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José James | Interview

Songfacts Podcast - April 17, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
José James is a groundbreaking singer/songwriter known for seamlessly blending jazz, soul, hip-hop, and R&B into a distinctive and captivating musical style. José rose to prominence in the mid-2000s with the release of his debut album, "The Dreamer" (2008), which garnered widespread acclaim for i...

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Ali Jafri's newest project The Shadow Majlis produced by Grammy Award Winning Producer David Bottrill

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - April 09, 2024 16:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Ali Jafri  is a multi-instrumentalist known for his involvement in various projects - as a member of David J's live band, playing rock- sitar for Pigface (or through his projects ARIEL, The Gotham City Drugstore, Saintfield or his solo work and so much more.   His newest project is called The S...

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Diversify Your Wealth | Precious Metals Bullion Investments | Interview with Bill Armijo of TransWorld Metals, Ltd.

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - April 01, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
I had a conversation with Bill Armijo, president of Transworld Metals, Ltd. regarding investing in precious metals and diversifying your financial portfolio and so much more. Based in the Big Island of Hawaii, Tran World Metals, Ltd is a recognized retailer for the United States Mint  and an a...

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Dark, Mysterious and Beautiful | Dark Electro Pop Duo, Black Nail Cabaret

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - March 28, 2024 10:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
I had a conversation with the dark, mysterious and beautiful Emese Árvai-Illés of the Hungarian band Black Nail Cabaret. We talked about their music, her fascination with tornadoes which was quite interesting and so much more.. listen to the interview - please like, subscribe and share on YouTub...

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Zada | Singer-Songwriter Interview

Songfacts Podcast - March 20, 2024 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Singer/songwriter Zada is only 20 years old, but she has already carved out a name for herself in the music industry. Born in Ethiopia and based in Vancouver, Zada showcases a full range of influences in her singing and songwriting.  She released her debut album, Water in the Desert, on March 1, ...

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Queen of Green Cuisine |Interview with Lillian Cumic, Gourmet Vegan Chef and Cookbook Author

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - March 17, 2024 21:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
I had a conversation with Lillian Cumic, a gourmet vegan chef, cooking instructor, and cookbook author hailing from Sydney, Australia, who has dedicated over two decades to crafting plant-based recipes. During her three-decade stint in Sendai, Japan, she honed her culinary skills while managing ...

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Cutting and Making New Sound by Cauterizing it and Sealing It | Interview with The Caughtery

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - March 17, 2024 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
I had the opportunity to chat with Austin rock duo  The Caughtery.  Formed in 2020, The Caughtery is long-time Austin music veterans Lisa Tingle and David Gayler, whose contemporary rock output is influenced by musical threads running from the 60s through current.  Their 2022 debut EP "The Caugh...

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French Darkwave Electronic Act Divine Shade and My Interview with Founder Ren Toner

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - March 13, 2024 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
I had a conversation with Ren Toner, the founder of the French dark wave electronic act known as Divine Shade. They recently revealed their single “Stars,” which was performed live during Divine Shade’s set supporting Gary Numan’s 2022 UK tour. The song delves into the theme of the disappearin...

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Interview with Yarusha Jimenez | Chiron, The Key to Healing Your Inner Child

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - March 10, 2024 21:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
I had a conversation with Astrologer, Yarusha Jimenez. Yarusha embarked on her profound exploration of tarot, astrology, and the occult from an early age, delving into the depths of truth with the adventurous spirit of a Sagittarius and  the transformative intensity of Scorpio’s waters. Guided b...

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Interview with Dark Alternative music composer STELLA WEMBLEY

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - February 26, 2024 15:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Leeds-based Italian-born artist Stella Wembley  began her musical career in Italy as a soprano while studying opera at the Royal Conservatory of Music "San Pietro a Majella" in Naples. Upon graduating, she found limited opportunities on the Italian music scene, she moved to London in 2017, where...

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Narada Michael Walden | Interview

Songfacts Podcast - February 21, 2024 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Calling Narada Michael Walden a "musical powerhouse" would be a severe understatement. A former member of the legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra, he's also a prolific producer, has been the drummer for Journey, co-wrote the classic Aretha Franklin song "Freeway of Love," and now has a new album, "Eup...

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London Based Alternative-Psychedelic Rock INTERVIEW WITH SABATTA | YINKYA OYEWOLE

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - February 20, 2024 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
SABATTA is the musical project of London based alternative -psychedelic rock artist guitarist and songwriter Yinka Oyewole . He released his debut album "Middle of The Night" in 2015 in which the album's lead single "Politician" garnered national play on BBC 6 Music, setting the band off touring...

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SCI-FI REVISTED | INTERVIEW WITH JEAN-MARC LEDERMAN

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - February 20, 2024 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Step into a realm where artistry meets innovation with the latest offering from composer extraordinaire, Jean-Marc Lederman.  Jean-Marc Lederman  is known for his connection and collaboration with bands such as Fad Gadget, Gene Loves Jezebel, The The, The Weathermen, Ghost & Writer (with Frank S...

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Legendary producer and founder of KMFDM | Interview with SASCHA KONIETZKO

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - January 31, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
KMFDM, the multinational musical project from Hamburg, Germany is led by the legendary producer Sascha Konietzko  who founded the band in 1984.  Their early albums were recorded in Germany before moving to the USA, where they found much greater success with Chicago-based seminal record label Wa...

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Interview with NBC Senior Edition, JESSICA MACHADO | LOCAL, A MEMOIR

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - January 30, 2024 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
JESSICA MACHADO is a senior editor on NBC News' Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team. She was also a staff editor at Vox, Rolling Stones, Vice, Elle, The Cut, Bust, Bitch, among others. Jessica holds BAs in journalism and sociology from the University of  Hawaii and an MFA in creative nonficti...

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Dark Electronic Act IIOIOIOII : Interview with Christopher Gurney

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - January 25, 2024 06:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Charlotte, North Carolina’s synthpop, dark electronic act is  IIOIOIOII (Pronounced IO "eye-oh"). Formed in 2012 and founded by Christopher Gurney, along with his keyboardist and wife Niki, Iioioioii is best described as dark and atmospheric electronic synthpop with a big dose of classic New Wav...

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Pete International Airport, the project of Peter G. Holmstrom of The Dandy Warhols

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - January 25, 2024 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Pete International Airport is the project of guitarist and founding members of the Dandy Warhols, Peter G. Holmstrom.   The third album released in late 2023 is called "It Felt Like the End of The World" released on Little Cloud Records, is a meticulously crafted psychedelic rock journey into t...

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Unitcode:Machine latest album Critical Fault, a voyage of self-discovery and Transformation

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - January 25, 2024 05:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
UNITCODE :  MACHINE is the Industrial/ dark electro project of Texas native Eric Kristoffer.  His music and songwriting crafts a paradoxical blend, fusing vibrant, energetic sound with brutally raw lyric. For Kristoffer, music is an emotional conduit. Songwriting becomes catharsis, a channel to ...

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Songwriter Mike Stoller of Leiber & Stoller | Interview

Songfacts Podcast - January 24, 2024 08:01 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Legendary songwriter Mike Stoller, of the songwriting team Leiber and Stoller, is speaking with us in this episode. Together with Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller wrote a breathtaking number of classics for Elvis Presley, The Coasters, The Drifters, Peggy Lee, LaVern Baker, Ben. E. King, and more, incl...

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Release of Fortune via Distortion Productions | Interview with Electronic Artist Sapphira Vee

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - December 31, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Growing up in New York in an Italian- American home,  Sapphira Vee is a prolific electronic artist who emerged in late 2018 with a steady stream of releases that combine alluring, elegant vocals with her trademark percussive beat approach and emotionally affecting synths. After the success of ...

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Interview with Octavian Winters | Stephan Salit, Ria Aursjoen and Randy Gzebb

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - December 31, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Octavian Winters was formed in San Francisco, California in 2021 when Randy Gzebb (drums) and Stephan Salit (guitar), former bandmates in Thrill of The Pull, met up to discuss a film/television publishing deal for Thrill’s catalog (a four-year licensing deal has since been finalized with Express...

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Musical Russian Duo, VEiiLA, Interview with Vif Nute and Bes Eirid,

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - December 30, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
VEiiLA (Pronounced Vay-la)  is Vif Nute and Bes Eirid, a "band without a country," the duo fled their homeland of Russia with a couple of suitcases when Russia invaded The Ukraine in 2022 unwilling to support the ugly war and the horrible autocratic regime.  They embarked on a journey without a ...

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Black Market Karma | Interview with Stanley Belton

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - December 30, 2023 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
London psychedelic pop artist Black Market Karma is the project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Stanley Belton. Black Market Karma colourizes the world with a carousel of jingle jangle, distorted wobble and flavours of psychedelia, fuzzed out tones and thumping grooves. With a thick and ...

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Fourth Annual Holiday Songs Special

Songfacts Podcast - December 16, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Every year we ask the hosts at the Pantheon podcast network to tell us their holiday favorites and break down the songs. This year, we hear about Alanis Morissette's cover of "Last Christmas," Barbra Streisand's "Jingle Bells," and a few songs we've never heard before, from the likes of Charles B...

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THE PERSIAN LEAPS Covers JEANE, B-Side to The Smiths' This Charming Man | Interview with Drew Forsberg

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - December 05, 2023 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Indie Rock project The Persian Leaps presents "Jeane" an addictive rendition of one of the Smiths Lesser known tracks celebrates the band's colossal body of work and the impact it has had on so many people. Originally released in 1983 as the B-side  to "This Charming Man" it was released on 7-in...

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How To Find Musical Talent In A Birth Chart In Prince, Leonard Cohen and Kirstin Hersh Charts | Interview with Astrologer Fred Abong

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - December 05, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Astrologer in both Western and Vedic Astrology, Fred Abong looks at how to find musical talent in Astrology by examining the birth charts of Prince, Leonard Cohen and Kristin Hersh.  Fred Abong is also a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Getting his musical start in the 1980s as t...

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ANDY ROURKE AND KAV SANDHU of BLITZ VEGA | RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM BY BLITZ VEGA in 2024

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - December 04, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
In April 2019 KAV SANDHU (Happy Mondays) launched BLITZ VEGA with ANDY ROURKE, the legendary bassist who helped craft the iconic sound of the 80s with seminal band, The Smiths. His recognizable and undeniable iconic bass lines from Barbarism Begins at Home to How Soon Is Now helped solidify the...

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Interview with NYC-Alternative Rock Black Rose Burning founder George Grant

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - November 26, 2023 18:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
NYC-based alternative rock "Black Rose Burning" was formed in 2018 by instrumentalist, producer and engineer George Grant. Grant's soulful vocal delivery, instantly recognizable voice, solid instrumentation crossing several genres are standout features of his music. Roughly 40 years of songwrit...

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Philadelphia Art-Rock Duo, Music, Animation and Film, Tulipomania

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - November 26, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Philadelphia art-rock duo Tulipomania was founded by Tom Murray (lead vocals, synthesizer, electronic percussion) and Cheryl Gelover (synthesizer, background vocals). Categorized as cult synth punks, glam-leaning, post-punk, art-rock and muscular chamber pop, the two first began their collaborat...

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Industrial Glam Project Terminal and Interview with Thomas Mark Anthony

DJ Nocturna Presents Queen of Wands - November 26, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Thomas Mark Anthony is the mastermind behind the industrial-glam project called TERMINAL. As a Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and fashion designer Anthony has been a lifelong anti-apartheid and civil rights activist over a life lived in South Africa, Canada and the United States. Anth...

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