273: Johnathan Rice
The Trap Set with Joe Wong
English - April 24, 2020 02:54 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 645 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Comedy drummers drums joewong Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Songwriter Johnathan Rice joins Joe to discuss: his upbringing in Virginia and Glasgow; the serious academic ambitions that resulted from being the first child of immigrants; abandoning those ambitions to pursue music; a fortuitous meeting with Dave Grohl in suburban Virginia; moving to New York and befriending songwriters such as Jesse Harris and Connor Oberst; getting a major label deal within a year of graduating high school; writing songs for Meryl Streep to sing in Jonathan Demme's final directoral effort; and his recent interest in screenwriting.