Better Each Day Podcast Radio Show with Bruce Hilliard
256 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis is a platform, a stage for singers, songwriters and the creative to share their work, backstories and positive words.
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JOB: Ability to Sing Like Whitney, Melissa, Pat, Ann, Stevie, Linda and Joan with Bruce Hilliard
October 03, 2021 17:35 - 32 minutes - 74.5 MBI have never worked up a full set with a female vocalist. And some of my original songs have never been played outside of the recording studio, and with me doing all the parts. So, why not mortally wound two Byrds with one stone and audition at least session singers based on how well they interpret and perform my songs. Then rehearse well, play live, rinse, repeat...record. So far, it’s been 95% my voice on my songs. It’s always great when an enthusiastic singer grabs the song and runs...a...
Pacific NW Bands You May Have Heard Of with Bruce Hilliard
September 20, 2021 02:07 - 31 minutes - 71.4 MBWelcome to the Better Each Day podcast from me to you, episode 202. It took that many episodes to get around to doing this one. So tune in your transistor radio. A quick look back on the hit makers of the Pacific Northwest in random order beginning with a band I love so much I jammed with member Keith Lilly last night. Keith told me they used to practice in a space smaller than a one car garage...and for endless hours. Here are the Heats with I Don’t Like Your Face. She told me one time tha...
The Zombies' Live 9/18 Live Stream From Abbey Rd., Colin Blunstone with Bruce Hilliard
September 12, 2021 01:03 - 28 minutes - 66.1 MBFor one night only – Saturday, September 18 - iconic 1960’s band The Zombies will be performing live from Abbey Road Studios in London! Returning to the very studio where they recorded their seminal album, Odessey and Oracle in 1967, they will perform their timeless hits "Time of the Season," "She's Not There" and "Tell Her No" along with beloved deep cuts and B-sides...plus the debut of songs from their forthcoming new album. This “World Tour in One Night” live streaming event is the O...
Aberdeen Songs, Dean Backholm, Murchy Brothers and Home with Bruce Hilliard
September 06, 2021 01:44 - 21 minutes - 48.7 MBWelcome to the Better Each Day podcast from me to you, episode 200. I’ve had almost four years of podcast analytics to support an argument that the most popular Better Each Day episodes aren’t what you’d think. We’ve hosted some of the friendliest and compelling guests of all levels of notoriety. Surprising to me at first was that the episodes about artists closer to western Washington, especially shows where my lifelong friends from my hometown Aberdeen WA are featured, get the most attent...
Where Lyric Ideas Hide with Bruce Hilliard
September 01, 2021 01:01 - 25 minutes - 59.1 MBWelcome to the Better Each Day podcast from me to you, episode 199. I’m your host Bruce Hilliard and I hope your everything is ducky. I like to write. I’ve written for business, pleasure, grocery lists, short stories, incredibly informative texts, speeches, advertisements, and my favorite thing to write since I can remember, songs. Some of my songs are completely made up and some are based on experience. This next song is both. When I was in my early twenties I still had my high school sw...
Bruce's Sunday Night Requests Only Originals With One Cover Set with Bruce Hilliard
August 23, 2021 02:26 - 28 minutes - 66.1 MBWelcome to the Better Each Day episode 198. I’m your host Bruce Hilliard and I hope your world is a wonderful place. I spoke with a friend today that told me to play a bunch of my songs. Here they are. Something old, something new, something borrowed...
The California Sound, Burrito Brothers' Chris James with Bruce Hilliard
August 09, 2021 04:19 - 26 minutes - 60.2 MBWelcome to the Better Each Day episode 197 with 138 days until Christmas and 365 days until this time next year. I’m your host Bruce Hilliard and I hope your world is a wonderful place. My hand surgery went well--it’s been about three weeks--and I won’t be playing guitar worth a damn for a while but the time off doing the prescribed exercises and pretending I’m right-handed has inspired me to do things set aside for showing off my penguin flipper dexterity: mix and release a new single call...
Barista, aka Bahadır Han Eryılmaz, New Music and Thoughts with Bruce Hilliard
August 01, 2021 20:16 - 39 minutes - 89.7 MBBahadır Han Eryılmaz, better known as Barista, is an Istanbul-based musician whose genre-defying, soul-ascending strain of music compels people to truly listen. An introvert by nature, he attributes his body of eclectic studio work to helping him to better understand himself, and to be fully immersed in a world of expression and escapism. Making music inspires him to translate quietude, heart, mood, night and day, with lyrics abundant with purpose and emotion, Barista's music radiates a beau...
Glass Heart String Choir, New Release "California" with Bruce Hilliard
July 25, 2021 22:32 - 29 minutes - 66.4 MBFriends-in-arms reveling at the intersection of classical virtuosity, existential poetics, and art-film surrealism, Seattle art-pop duo Glass Heart String Choir weaves golden lyrical threads of haute-art into their achingly beautiful orchestral tapestry. Always ambitious in their quest to create unique compositions that stand out from other string-heavy chamber-pop, their latest release California is a beautiful art-song reminiscent of Damien Rice or Joanna Newsom. The song begins in...
The Show Must Go On with Bruce Hilliard
July 18, 2021 18:56 - 21 minutes - 49.6 MBHow much of a copyrighted recording can I play without an internet algorithm detection system banning yours and my free non-profit production? Welcome to the Better Each Day free non-profit production podcast. I’m your host free non-profit production podcast Bruce Hilliard with three of my songs I hope you’ll enjoy. If you play more than a few seconds of a copyrighted song, through some coding system and artificial intelligence, or AI for the acronym lovers, it gets eliminated from whatev...
Saho Yamashita, "Back In Time" and Her Guitar Teacher's Hand Surgery with Bruce Hilliard
July 12, 2021 01:02 - 20 minutes - 46.1 MBWelcome to the Better Each Day podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hilliard with a very special guest. Well actually she’s not here to be interviewed because she left her guitar lesson and recording session to go to the Mariner’s game with her family today. So I’m leaving you hanging for a few minutes. 2021, what a year it’s been for many of us. And as for me, no exception. Since Valentine’s Day I’ve worked for three different major league paint shops, played 17 solo gigs, released three singles, ...
Doogie II--The Rest of "As Yet Untitled", The Album and the Man with Bruce Hilliard
July 03, 2021 07:15 - 31 minutes - 71.7 MBThe intro music you just heard The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen featured the guitar of Richie Blackmore, probably best known for his work with rock band Deep Purple and the vocals of today’s guest, from Scotland, the great pipes of Doogie White. Welcome to the Better Each Day podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hilliard with a very special guest. Sometimes there’s an interview where I could go on talking to the guest for hours. This is one of them. The dinner bell rang and Doogie had to run. H...
Doogie White "As Yet Untitled", Cool Covers and More with Bruce Hilliard
June 27, 2021 01:48 - 32 minutes - 74.3 MBThe intro music you just heard was the guitar of Richie Blackmore, probably best known for his work with rock band Deep Purple and the vocals of today’s guest, from Scotland, the great pipes of Doogie White. Welcome to the Better Each Day podcast. I’m your host Bruce Hilliard with a very special guest. Sometimes there’s an interview where I could go on talking to the guest for hours. This is one of them. The dinner bell rang and Doogie had to run. His album, As Yet Untitled, the topics, ev...
Aberdeen, Pawn Shops, Kaleidoscopes and Why I Wrote The Lyrics with Bruce Hilliard
June 20, 2021 20:14 - 19 minutes - 45.3 MBEverybody has a love-hate relationship with their hometown. When I was growing up in the 50s, 60s and 70s in Aberdeen Washington the economy was strong. There were fish to catch in trees to harvest. I was a kid learning to play football and rock and roll, working in a Veterinary hospital with dogs and cats, painting houses and noisy mills and writing songs. I moved around for forty years after that and somehow landed 25 miles north of my birthplace Seattle. When I tell people where I'm from,...
Thank You KOSW 91.3, "I'm Going Home", "One Man Band" and "I'll Find a Way" with Bruce Hilliard
June 13, 2021 18:54 - 18 minutes - 41.6 MBYou’re listening to radio station KOSW-LP 91.3 in Ocean Shores WA and this is the Better Each Day Podcast. I am DJ Bruce of Hilliard, there’s no traffic today if you stay home and enjoy your company and pop open a can of here comes a summer to remember. I did a short stint as a classic rock DJ at a small Ocean Shores radio station. It was some of the best times ever. For me, it was a break from actually writing, performing and producing the music to just announcing and playing songs from ot...
3 Song Set: Sam, 34th and Vine and Better Each Day with Bruce Hilliard
May 29, 2021 16:29 - 16 minutes - 37.5 MBWelcome to episode 188 of the Better Each Day Podcast and all sunny spring day. All is how they pronounce oil in Texas, all is good, all is ducky, and its and all request...it’s a Jimmy crapped corn and I don’t care show. This will be a short listen featuring three of my songs. Sam, 34th and Vine and the intro/outro song for this show...and it’s namesake written in 1980 Better Each Day. First up, Sam. Sam was the name of the young woman that used to book interviews for the show. She was fu...
Jon Blackstone With More New Music and Rusty Smith? with Bruce Hilliard
May 22, 2021 19:45 - 50 minutes - 115 MBHey to everyone as we slowly gain access to a mask free environment. Bruce Hilliard here at the Better Each Day beat lab...like the one from the movie Step Brothers. Welcome to part two of a super good interview with Seattle recording artists Jon Blackstone. In this episode he even starts off interviewing me. Here's a minute of his song Dear Friend from his new album Survive available on his website jonblackstone.com and any streaming platform. Please listen. I think you’ll like what you he...
Three By Me with Bruce Hilliard
May 21, 2021 01:43 - 14 minutes - 32.9 MBKerri ~ Bruce Hilliard A schoolgirl crush Really didn’t think it would amount to much, they said So many years gone by Worn out jeans and tennis shoes Grass is green, sky is blue Small town girl, small town boy Meeting for the very first time And I think I kind of like you And I think I kind of love you And I think someday you’ll marry me And raise a family Just one more look from those eyes I might have fallen in love with you Just one more kiss one less lonely night I mig...
Jon Blackstone, New Album "Survive" , How He Survived with Bruce Hilliard
May 15, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 76.5 MBHello and congratulations on the near completion of a pandemic and the beginning of a new perspective. And for some, on music and life. Today’s guest is a Seattle singer/songwriter, performer and filmmaker Jon Blackstone. His must listen to new album “Survive” is available on all digital service providers and his website https://jonblackstone.com/home. JON BLACKSTONE is a singer, songwriter, performer, producer and film maker from Seattle, WA. He has worked in the music industry for over...
Nouhi's Nomad, The Voice, The Songwriter and More with Bruce Hilliard
May 08, 2021 22:49 - 23 minutes - 54.5 MBNouhi's Nomad (pronounced New-He’s Nomad) is an Iranian-American multi-instrumentalist genre-fluid creator based in New York City. Bringing a warm and vintage style and sensitive lyrics to the forefront, Nouhi's Nomad is a refreshing modern listen for anyone with a love of indie rock and the groovy state of nostalgia. New single and video for “Number 4” out on April 16th! Nomad showed an early interest in music, starting with the violin at the age of three before moving to the piano at age...
3 Songs, Gypsy Woman, Endless Rain, Even If I Wanted To, By Bruce Hilliard
May 02, 2021 01:01 - 17 minutes - 40.1 MBI’ve played 16 gigs this year and it’s only May first. Not bad for a pandammit year 2021. Last week’s episode featured a few of my songs and got such a warm response I decided to talk to the music director here at Better Each Day Music and suggest we play a few more. Two of today’s selections are actually throw-aways--songs I didn’t publish until today. The third song is Even If I Wanted To. I thought it was to long but I listened to it last night and it aged well. It’s about sticking to c...
7 Songs By Bruce Hilliard
April 24, 2021 22:27 - 31 minutes - 71.1 MBApril 24th, 2021 and things are looking up my friends! I’m your host, friend of those who want no friends, Bruce Hilliard...feeling your love. Go out there and spread it around. Today marks the one year anniversary of my EP release Pawn Shop Boulevard. I had more than one, okay several, millions of people tell me they haven’t heard the songs. Why? Because they don’t know how to get on Spotify or even this internationally obscure podcast for that matter. So, here we go. Some Bruce Hilliard ...
Patti Parks, "Whole Nother World" and Nurs’n Blues with Bruce Hilliard
April 17, 2021 20:42 - 34 minutes - 77.9 MBPatti has had an exciting year recording her next album, Whole Nother World. Recorded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it will be released on Booga Records/Vizztone and available wherever you get your tunes. American Bluesman Kenny Neal signed Patti to his own label and produced, arranged and performed on this eclectic gem. The album will debut in May 2021 Patti Park’s original album, “Cheat’n Man,” continues to have radio play all over the world including Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the...
"Kaleidoscope Heart", Annie and Freya with Bruce Hilliard
April 11, 2021 21:45 - 13 minutes - 30.4 MBIt’s the Better Each Day Podcast Radio Show and once again it’s me, Bruce Hilliard, bringing you Kaleidoscope Heart. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry, sometimes I let my guard down and let people into my life and my heart. I'm so thankful I’m a songwriter because I can vent my sometimes over the top affection by writing sappy lyrics...and somehow that seems okay. Being too transparent without the guise of a third party doing your dirty work and saying for you “hey, you’re just great” is d...
Pascal Danae and Delgres' New Album "4:00 A.M." with Bruce Hilliard
April 03, 2021 20:04 - 25 minutes - 57.5 MBIt’s the Better Each Day Podcast Radio Show and once again it’s me, Bruce Hilliard, bringing you the power roots trio Delgres and one third of the trio, our very talented guest Pascal Danae. He is a singer/guitar player and songwriter of music that takes on slavery, immigration, workers’ rights on their new album coming out April 9th titled 4:00 AM. The band members include drummer Baptiste Brondy and, in a nod to New Orleans tradition, rather than using a conventional electric or acoustic ...
Scrapbook ~ Mark Farner, Matt Westin., Ashley Pucket with Bruce Hilliard
March 27, 2021 20:02 - 27 minutes - 62.4 MBScript: It’s the Better Each Day Podcast Radio with the recurring voice of me, Bruce Hilliard, bringing you clips of past shows. These are pre-COVID so don’t be alarmed by our lack of masks. We’ll hear from country music artists Matt Westin and Ashley Pucket but first off, here’s Mark Farner with a story from his Grand Funk Railroad days Mark has the best stories and this one is about Janis Joplin and her chocolate affair with Mick Jagger. Country artist Matt Westin was on the show in Octo...
Robert Berry Rocks "Third Impression" Latest Solo LP with Bruce Hilliard
March 20, 2021 21:33 - 47 minutes - 109 MBWelcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We’re so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside. Today’s guest was one the last people to work with the late great Keith Emerson (for you young folks, he was “E” in ELP or Emerson, Lake and Palmer...worth a Google). Except for a song you’re about to hear, Never, Emerson’s final keyboard work was part of 3 with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer and today’s guest, Robert Berry...who has also worked with Ambrosia, Alliance and The Greg...
Robbie LaBlanc Gets It Right ~ "Double Trouble" with Bruce Hilliard
March 13, 2021 21:32 - 38 minutes - 88 MBWelcome to the Better Each Day podcast. I’m your host and bathroom buddy Bruce Hilliard donning my new groovin’ the tunes of Rube Tubin and the Rondonnas stylish, yet comfy, wardrobe courtesy of Freya Fashion Design and Calvin Klein undies. It's been a year since the COVID hammer came down. People. Let’s remain Fauchi-ing until it’s cool to take off our masks and dance like children of the night. I should take a moment and apologize for the late airing of this episode. I, under the close ...
Bruce Hilliard Interviews Bruce Hilliard with Bruce Hilliard
March 02, 2021 23:27 - 24 minutes - 55.4 MBEpisode 175 and I finally got around to it. An interview with myself. I showed up in time twice and the chat went well. Some of the questions were curve balls and maybe too personal. That's the risk you take. We talked about what's going on as a musician and podcast host and the ongoing need for a "real job" to pay the bills. Then it was three original songs: Hold On, I'm Going Home, Pawn Shop Boulevard and finally Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone. Here are the lyrics so you folks at home c...
Mark Mangold of Touch and "Tomorrow Never Comes" with Bruce Hilliard
February 22, 2021 19:34 - 31 minutes - 73 MBTomorrow Never Comes, latest by Touch ~~ Drops March 26, 2021. Hello again and welcome to the Better Each Day podcast with me, your 138 pounds of wild flesh host Bruce Hilliard. I’m excited to introduce today’s guest musician Mark Mangold from an awesome rock band Touch. Touch is an American band from New York City formed in 1978 with Mark Mangold (keyboards and vocals), Glenn Kithcart (drums), Craig Brooks (guitars and vocals) and Doug Howard (bass and vocals). All previously had been i...
Kick Back With Dean Backholm and Bruce Hilliard Tunes
February 18, 2021 19:58 - 28 minutes - 64.3 MBHey everybody! My musical hometown Aberdeen WA and I welcome you to the Better Each Day Podcast Radio Show where you are my friends and listeners from all over the world...and me? I get to be the happy-go-lucky host Bruce Hilliard. I mentioned Aberdeen because that’s where both of the guys you’re about to hear on this show hail from. The singer/songwriters I speak of are Dean Backholm and myself. Dean and I have worked together in the past but it’s been a while. To the tune of, oh I’m sure....
Nordic Fiddlers Bloc, Kevin Henderson New CD "Bonfrost" with Bruce Hilliard
February 11, 2021 20:28 - 22 minutes - 50.7 MBHello and welcome to a rare Better Each Day podcast featuring fiddles. And fiddlers from three different countries who bring traditional folk, their own imaginations, a dash of magic and throw it in a blender. The result is nothing short of unique and refreshing. And these guys are really really good. From the moment Kevin Henderson, Olav Luksengård Mjelva and Anders Hall of The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc played together in 2009 they felt a particular chemistry in the sound they created. Today’s...
David Victor, Former Boston Guitarist/Vocalist & Founder Of Harmony & Healing with Bruce Hilliard
February 04, 2021 21:02 - 29 minutes - 67.6 MBIn 2009, a YouTube video featuring today’s guest David Victor performing the rock band Boston’s song “Smokin'” caught the attention of the band’s founder Tom Scholz. Tom contacted David and said hey, come join Boston for recording and touring on their 2012 and 2014 North American and Canadian tours. In a world without a Freddie Mercury, there came Adam Lambert. For Journey without Steve Perry, there was Arnel Pineda. And like those other one-of-kind vocalists, the absence of Boston’s pheno...
David Victor, Boston and Health & Healing with Bruce Hilliard
February 04, 2021 21:02 - 29 minutes - 67.6 MBIn 2009, a YouTube video featuring today’s guest David Victor performing the rock band Boston’s song “Smokin'” caught the attention of the band’s founder Tom Scholz. Tom contacted David and said hey, come join Boston for recording and touring on their 2012 and 2014 North American and Canadian tours. In a world without a Freddie Mercury, there came Adam Lambert. For Journey without Steve Perry, there was Arnel Pineda. And like those other one-of-kind vocalists, the absence of Boston’s phenome...
"Snow Angel" a Song by Victoria Lye and Bruce Hilliard
January 28, 2021 18:50 - 22 minutes - 51.7 MBIt’s not very often I suggest working with one of my guests and produce a song out of it. Today’s guest is Victoria Lye, singer, songwriter, mother, wife and kind person. And we did it. We wrote and recorded a song. It’s rare that I write with anyone else these days. But with a woman, one that lives in Germany and hails from Russia and we met because we released music at the same time early in the COVID lockdown...well that’s once in a lifetime opportunity. The song Snow Angel was the res...
Davy Williamson "Thin Disguise" and "Cliche" with Bruce Hilliard
January 05, 2021 22:03 - 19 minutes - 44.3 MBToday’s guest is rock monster Davy Williamson...a man with similar habits to my own. He writes the songs, plays guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. He sings and records...and for one thin dime he crawls on his belly like a reptile. Going into the interview I requested him to send another song in addition to his new single “Thin Disguise.” He sent me “Cliche”, another song that’s on his soon to be released EP, available wherever you get your steaming music. The pre interview consisted of Dav...
2020 Done--Give COVID Back To The Bats Episode with Bruce Hilliard
December 31, 2020 07:15 - 19 minutes - 45.6 MBWelcome to the 2020 finale episode of the Better Each Day Podcast Radio Show. I’m your host Bruce Hilliard and I hope you had fun. As a special favor to my listeners I’m not going to do a recap on the year. You lived it, that’s enough. But in Better Each Day true fashion, everyday in every way, things will get better and better. I’m optimistic. To kick off this new year, New Year’s Day conveniently falls on January 1st...and we’re off to a good start. People ask me “Bruce, what did you d...
Murchy Brothers' "I Believe In Father Christmas" with Sandy and Bruce
December 24, 2020 07:15 - 24 minutes - 56.6 MBMy guest Sandy Murchy and his family were neighbors while I was growing up and instrumental in my life, especially musically. Sandy and I were in a rock band that played thousands of hours together and opened for great artists including Heart, the Ramones, Dr. Hook and Lee Michaels, among many others. And so, in 2016 when I was considering doing a podcast and how unqualified I was to do a talk show based podcast, this very podcast, I bounced it off my buddy Sandy. We concurred without a do...
'Twas the Week Before Christmas with Bruce Hilliard
December 17, 2020 21:43 - 22 minutes - 51.8 MBHello and welcome to the Better Each Day Podcast Radio Show coming to you from Mukilteo Washington. For the listeners that don't know where that is, let’s leave it that way. :-) Mukilteo is 25 miles north of Seattle, about a half hour drive via I-5. Mukilteo is one of those four syllable words that I was cautioned about using when I was studying journalism. “Don’t make sentences too long and avoid using too many four syllable words Bruce.” They have a measurement system called, among othe...
Laura Cheadle ~ Christmas Wishes And A Side of Songs with Bruce Hilliard
December 11, 2020 00:22 - 23 minutes - 53.3 MBAward Winning Singer Songwriter Laura Cheadle has but one wish for the holidays – to lift her fans’ spirits and bring back the true meaning of Christmas. The self-proclaimed purveyor of positivity, has released a pair of seasonal songs and videos “Christmas In My Life” and “Red Ain’t Everything (The Rudolph Blues)" – available now on all DSPs – that she hopes will evoke “that nostalgic Christmas feeling, no matter where they are on Christmas.” “Christmas In My Life,” which showcases Cheadl...
"This Wicked Pantomime" and Songwriter Neil Fitzsimon with Bruce Hilliard
December 03, 2020 07:00 - 30 minutes - 69 MBFitzsimon and Brogan are an indie pop band, consisting of Neil Fitzsimon (songwriter and guitars) and Bee Brogan (vocals and keyboards). They have worked with musical legends including producer Pat Collier (Walking On Sunshine by Katrina and the Waves), Woody Woodmansey and Pete Thomas, drummers for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, and Elvis Costello, respectively. Their new album This Wicked Pantomime is available on Spotify and all popular streaming platforms.
A Most Excellent Thanksgiving with Bruce Hilliard, Esq.
November 26, 2020 19:29 - 13 minutes - 31.4 MBHey there everyone everywhere. That’s a very podcasty thing to say. Happy Thanksgiving for my American listeners. For those of you who live in other countries, happy special November 26th or whatever you call it. Make it a good day wherever you are. It’s not quite time to start celebrating a new year but kudos to us for weathering 2020 as well as we did. Every day in every way I’m becoming better and better. That was the quote from a French psychologist and pharmacist who introduced a popul...
Ten Penny Gypsy "Fugitive Heart" with Bruce Hilliard
November 24, 2020 19:38 - 34 minutes - 78.5 MBArkansas singer/songwriters Justin Patterson and Laura Lynn Danley had been writing and performing separately as solo artists for years when they decided to form the Folk/Americana duo Ten Penny Gypsy in 2017. That decision changed their fortunes immediately, and put their musical careers onto a new and exciting trajectory. In 2018, "Ten Penny Gypsy," their self-titled debut album, was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the Arkansas Country Music Awards. The group garnered additional Arka...
Hollis Jordan "Runaway" the Video and the Batmobile? with Bruce Hilliard
November 19, 2020 17:26 - 12 minutes - 28 MBIt’s often said by musicians that “music is in my blood.” In the case of Detroit R&B/Pop singer/producer Hollis Jordan, nothing could be more accurate. Jordan is the younger brother of well-known area producer, MoStaxx. He is also the 2nd cousin of Def Jam Recording artist and #1 Billboard charting female rapper, BO$$. If you look further up Hollis’ family tree, you will find one of the most well-loved and influential jazz musicians, Louis Armstrong, a 6th cousin. So, it’s no surprise that H...
Israel's Ambassador of the Blues Andy Watts' "Supergroove" with Bruce Hilliard
November 12, 2020 18:34 - 28 minutes - 65.5 MBPremier blues guitarist Andy Watts has earned a reputation as Israel’s Ambassador of the Blues. Over the years he has brought some of the world’s leading blues artists to Israel to perform and record with his 9-piece rockin’ blues band, Andy Watts & Blues on Fire, known as the biggest R&B show in Israel. Andy’s recent guests have included Joe Louis Walker, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson, Rick Estrin, Bernard Allison, Eliza Neals and others. Andy developed such great musical chemistry with Kenny ...
Gathering Time, Stuart Markus and New Album “Old Friends” with Bruce Hilliard
November 05, 2020 16:00 - 42 minutes - 97.7 MBMaybe the best vocal group on this show to date. Stuart Markus is our guest. He talks about the band and their new album Old Friends. Short Bio Gathering Time is an internationally touring folk-rock harmony AAA/Americana trio in the spirit of the '60s and beyond, playing original, classic 20th-century, and trad tunes. Like a co-ed CSN, GT is known for astute songwriting, spirited and accomplished musicianship -- and a stellar vocal blend. Stuart Markus, Hillary Foxsong and Gerry McKeveny ...
Why Don’t You Just Shut Your Big Yapper ~ Halloween 2020 with Bruce Hilliard
October 31, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes - 32.3 MBThe script: It’s Halloween 2020, a year to remember indeed. Welcome to the Better Each Day podcast. Trick or treat, from six feet, throw the candy to the street. I’m Bruce Hilliard and I approve this message. Set your clocks back, wear your mask, drink your Ovaltine and wash your junk. This year is fraught with fright. Los Angeles won both the NBA Championship and the World Series but the LA fans weren’t allowed to attend the games. Only cut outs and a select few. Dressing up in costumes ...
Australia’s Shayne Cook Talks New Release “Epiphonetics” with Bruce Hilliard
October 29, 2020 17:25 - 22 minutes - 52.1 MBShayne Cook is a Brisbane bred, Melbourne based singer/songwriter who writes hypnotic songs ranging from dark, simple and haunting to unleashed emotional outpourings. His musical influences span from Nick Cave to Ainslie Wills and Bon Iver, City and Colour, Tom Isanek to Thom York, Emma Louise and even some Seattle based artists. Matters of the Heart features a 12 string acoustic waltzing with the rhythm section while Shayne’s heartfelt vocals describe the decisions made by the heart and al...
Australia's Shayne Cook Talks New Release "Epiphonetics" with Bruce Hilliard
October 29, 2020 17:25 - 22 minutes - 52.1 MBShayne Cook is a Brisbane bred, Melbourne based singer/songwriter who writes hypnotic songs ranging from dark, simple and haunting to unleashed emotional outpourings. His musical influences span from Nick Cave to Ainslie Wills and Bon Iver, City and Colour, Tom Isanek to Thom York, Emma Louise and even some Seattle based artists. Matters of the Heart features a 12 string acoustic waltzing with the rhythm section while Shayne’s heartfelt vocals describe the decisions made by the heart and also...
Jethro Tull’s Guitarist Martin Barre ~ 50 Years of Jethro Tull with Bruce Hilliard
October 22, 2020 16:00 - 36 minutes - 82.4 MB2021 will be the 50th Anniversary of Jethro Tull’s legendary ‘Aqualung’ album release. The live show touring worldwide and performed with the Martin Barre band will be playing the Aqualung album in full and in sequence, together with other massive Tull classics at all the new and rescheduled shows throughout 2021. Check out a few special shows dates which will include former Jethro Tull members Clive Bunker and Dee Palmer as part of the line up! Check out the tour page for tour dates!