#92 - Troy Cassar-Daley on Willie Nelson ‘Greatest Hits’

One of Australian country’s most respected and awarded country singer-songwriters Troy Cassar-Daley joins me to talk about one of his idols, Willie Nelson, and the iconic Texan’s first ‘Greatest Hits’, collecting his pre-outlaw era classics from the early 60s.

How does the sound of this record diverge from what became Willie’s signature sound? How did Patsy Cline come to record 'Crazy’? What instrument did Troy teach Willie to play when they toured together in the 90s? Why didn’t Troy cut any songs from this album on his platinum selling duets album with Adam Harvey 'The Great Country Songbook’? And how does the original version here of 'Darkness on the Face of the Earth’ compare with Willie’s reggae reimagining of the song?

Plus Troy gives us a peak at a beautiful not yet released song 'Outlaws Like Me’, inspired by Willie and his fellow outlaw country legends.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#91 - Lydia Loveless on The Replacements ‘Pleased to Meet Me’

The modern ambassador of cow-punk, singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless, joins me to chat about The Replacements 1987 album “Pleased to Meet Me”, diversifying sounds, the ‘Mid-West sound’ and her love of pure pop music.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Lydia Loveless on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#90 - Gena Rose Bruce on Nick Cave 'The Boatman’s Call'

Smokey-beyond-her-years Melbourne chanteuse Gena Rose Bruce joins me from a haunted hotel room in Kings Cross to talk about the most personal album from one of Australia’s greatest singer/songwriters - Nick Cave’s 1997 LP “The Boatman’s Call”.

We talk about the trickiness of writing songs about real people and relationships, covering Nick Cave at weddings, why this album was a change of pace for Cave, keep musical and real life personalities separate and the intersection between love, religion and heroin.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#89 - Kitty, Daisy and Lewis on Bert Kaempfert ‘A Swingin Safari’

English multi-instrumentalist sibling trio Kitty Daisy & Lewis talk about taking childhood inspiration from Bert Kaempfert’s ’A Swingin Safari’, working with The Clash’s Mick Jones, why they built a studio in an Indian restaurant and making anti-concept albums.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#88 - Will Hoge on Ray Charles ‘Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music’

It’s no surprise that someone like Will Hoge, whose music blends R&B sounds with heartland rock, would love the genre-busting “Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music”, Ray Charles’ 1962 album that saw him cover country classics by Hank Williams, The Everly Brothers and more.

Will and I discuss how he stumbled upon the album as a kid, what it meant for Charles to release it at the height of the civil rights era, the good and bad ways country and R&B have been mashed up over the years, seeing Ray Charles live in Nashville, why Usher should make a country record and how Charles influenced Will’s song “This Time Around”.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#87 - Shane Nicholson on Billy Joel ‘52nd St’

Shane Nicholson is one of Australia’s finest Americana singer-songwriters and producers, an ARIA and Golden Guitar winner whose new album ‘Hell Breaks Loose’ is one of the most memed record covers of 2015. He’s also an out and proud Billy Joel fan, and today he and I gush and defend the great man’s 1978 album “52nd Street”.

We talk about how listening to Billy Joel brings back Shane’s treasured childhood memories, why Billy Joel is to NYC what Springsteen is to New Jersey, the song “Honesty” and why it’s really about the difficulty of accepting praise, Joel’s talent as a mimic of other artists and how one of Shane’s new songs almost ended up sound a bit too much like BJ.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Shane Nicholson on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#86 - Tired Lion on Sigur Rós ‘Takk…'

Sophie Hopes, frontwoman of Perth alt-rockers Tired Lion, joins host Jeremy Dylan in the midst of their Splendour in the Grass performance to talk about her love for Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós and their hit 2005 album ‘Takk…’

Sophie talks about the non-obvious influence of the band on her own music, why she turns to the album when her life takes a downward turn, making up her own meanings for the Icelandic lyrics, why part of the album is sung in a made-up language and why she’s never seen Sigur Rós live.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Tired Lion on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#85 - ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris on Love 'Forever Changes'

‘Whispering’ Bob Harris is one of the most iconic voices in British rock broadcasting, with an incredible career over four decades including ‘Sounds of the Seventies’, ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ and his current home at ‘Bob Harris Country’ on BBC Radio 2. Today he joins host Jeremy Dylan to reveal why Love’s seminal 1967 album ‘Forever Changes’ is his favorite of all time.

How did the legendary John Peel introduce Bob to the album? Why did Arthur Lee elude Bob as an interview subject for decades? How did confronting lyrical content of the album make it stand out from the other records of the Summer of Love? Was 1967 the greatest ever year for pop music? Was Love really a band or was it all about frontman Arthur Lee? And what does Lee have in common with modern country superstar Kacey Musgraves?

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#84 - Jake Stone (Bluejuice) on Ben Folds Five

On an intense episode of MFA, Bluejuice frontman Jake Stone joins me to reveal his passion for the self-titled debut album from Ben Folds Five - an album Jake says has inspired almost every song he’s written since.

We talk about how the album got him back into piano playing, what “cool” meant in the 90s and why Folds didn’t fit it, whether BFF were more emotionally honest than grunge bands, what kind of music is best to dance to when you’re coping with anxiety and depression, writing about infidelity, the different types of love you can have for a band and why Jake would prefer not to be himself.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Bluejuice on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#83 Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello) on Jimi Hendrix 'Are You Experienced?'

As requested by folks out in the world, I'm reposting one of our earliest episodes - my epic two-part chat with legendary Elvis Costello drummer and Rock'n'Roll Hall of Famer Pete Thomas, now together as one easy to digest episode.

We discuss the classic 1967 debut album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience - “Are You Experienced?”

Along the way, we break down classic tracks including Purple Haze, I Won’t Live Today, Manic Depression, Love or Confusion and Hey Joe, Pete reveals which drum parts in Elvis Costello songs he stole from this album, recalls stalking Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell and how he almost got fired from the Attractions but saved himself by calling on the spirit of Mitch. Plus, Pete reveals the Hendrix origin of his most famous drum part and he recalls playing Foxey Lady with the Red Hot Chili Peppers while Flea hung upside down from the ceiling.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#82 - Dom Alessio on Radiohead ‘OK Computer’

As longtime host of Triple J’s Home and Hosed, Dom Alessio has been bringing the best of new Aussie music to the masses for years. But his favorite album is that seminal British record which defines the late 90s for so many - Radiohead’s “OK Computer”.

Dom talks to host Jeremy Dylan about discovering the record as a teenager, why it sounds more cohesive than other Radiohead albums, the lyrical themes of the album, how it represents a transition from the band’s Britpop roots to their electronic future, seeing Radiohead live and the band’s sometimes antagonistic relationship to their fans.

Along the way, we talk about Dom’s experiences with the “Tool hole”, why Aussie music is having such a moment of recognition and how he balances the music he has to listen to with the music he just wants to.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Dom Alessio on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#81 - Anthony Albanese MP on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 'The Good Son'

Former Deputy Prime Minister, long-serving parliamentarian and occasional DJ Anthony Albanese MP joins me on the show to talk about his favorite album by one of his favorite artists - “The Good Son” (1990) by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

We talk about the origins of his Nick Cave fandom, seeing him live with the Birthday Party and later with the Bad Seeds, how this album represents a period of Cave in transition, why ‘The Ship Song’ ended up on his playlist when he guest hosted Rage and which Nick Cave song got people moving in his recent DJ set.

Also, we talk about why his electorate has Australia’s best concert venue (the Enmore), the advantages of going to gigs in Canberra, why bad governments breed good music, protest songs and the Reclink Community Cup.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Anthony Albanese MP on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#80 John Waters on Jimi Hendrix ‘Electric Ladyland'

English born Aussie acting legend John Waters (Offspring, Oliver, Rush) is probably best known for his one man musical about the life of John Lennon “Looking Through A Glass Onion”, but his favorite album is from another icon who emerged from the 60s British rock scene - Jimi Hendrix’s “Electric Ladyland” from 1968.

John and host Jeremy Dylan talk about growing up in England during the rock boom, how making a double album allowed Hendrix to experiment more, why Hendrix’s version of “All Along the Watchtower” has eclipsed Bob Dylan’s original, Hendrix’s lack of confidence in his unique voice and why Hendrix did jamming right.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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#79 - Jim DeRogatis (Sound Opinions) on The Flaming Lips ‘Clouds Taste Metallic’

There is no greater rock'n'roll talk show than WBEZ radio’s Sound Opinions, hosted by the Siskel and Ebert of music: Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot. This week, Jim joins host Jeremy Dylan to chat about the band he literally (in the traditional non-ironic sense of the world) wrote the book on - The Flaming Lips, and their 1995 album “Clouds Taste Metallic”.

They talk about how the band’s career parallels their psychedelic-rock forebears Pink Floyd, the unique contributions of guitarist Ronald Jones, frontman Wayne Coyne’s hangups about his lack of formal education, Jim’s experiences being in the studio while the album was made, Coyne’s latter day affinity for Miley Cyrus and why Jim thinks the band has lost his way.

Is there an Eno reference? Stick to the end to find out.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Sound Opinions on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#78 - Montaigne on Bat For Lashes 'The Haunted Man'

The unmistakable voice of 19 year old Triple J star Jess Cerro aka Montaigne joins host Jeremy Dylan for a discussion of a record that’s currently obsessing and inspiring her - Bat For Lashes’ 2012 album “The Haunted Man”.

They break down the album’s feminist themes, the similarities and differences in how Jess and Bat For Lashes make records, how the album helped Jess deal with a recent personal trauma, building production from the voice out, loneliness vs. collaboration, recording songs on location and writing songs on airplanes.

Plus, Montaigne closes the show with a killer acoustic rendition of her hit single “I’m A Fantastic Wreck”.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Montaigne on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook.

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#77 - Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd) on The Who ‘Quadrophenia’

Standup comic and legendary bass master Guy Pratt (Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Icehouse) joins host Jeremy Dylan to chat about the iconic rock concept album about alienation and adolescence - The Who’s 1973 rock opera “Qaudrophenia”.

How did Quadrophenia kickstart a mod revival? How easy was it to understand the story of the album? What is the meaning of the lyrics to 5:15? What makes the bassline on ‘The Real Me’ so unique? Did Guy really buy one of Who bassist’s John Entwistle’s bass guitars? What word has Guy never been able to say to Pete Townshend? Has the Who influenced Guy’s bass playing?

Plus, Guy reveals why he’s played in both Pink Floyd and a Floyd tribute band, how he almost got sued after playing Whole Lotta Love with Jimmy Page at the Olympics and some Pete Townshend stories he heard from David Gilmour.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Guy Pratt on Twitter, Facebook.

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#76 - Homer Steinweiss (Dap Kings) on Shuggie Otis ‘Inspiration Information’

Homer Steinweiss is not only the greatest drummer of his generation, but a producer and songwriter whose understated humility belies an immense list of fantastic credits. The rhythmic spine of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and the Menahan Street Band, Homer has also lent his incredible feel on the drums to records by everyone from Amy Winehouse and Bruno Mars to Al Green and Rufus Wainwright. He’s also a frequent collaborator of Mark Ronson, including on his recent smash Uptown Special album.

Homer joins host Jeremy Dylan to talk about Shuggie Otis’s cult classic soul album “Inspiration Information”. They talk about how Shuggie’s pioneering use of drum machines has influenced his ideas of rhythm, playing as a one man band vs. playing live with a band like the Dap Kings, why Shuggie’s vocal style is so atypical for R&B, the similarities to Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s A Riot Going On” album and more.

Plus, Homer reveals his favorite album of 2015 so far, how he balances his approach between different albums and artists, and friend of the show Rose Elinor Dougall drops in to pay tribute to Homer and ask him what it was like to work on St Vincent’s latest album.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Homer Steinweiss on Twitter.

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#75 Best of 2015 (So Far) ft. Danny Yau, Montaigne, Harts, Joelistics, Rose Elinor Dougall and Burke Reid

It’s an action packed name-dropping 75th episode extravaganza, as we mark the halfway point of 2015. Guest co-host Danny Yau joins Jeremy Dylan as they count down their three favorite albums of the year to date, plus Jeremy checks in with friends of the show Montaigne, Harts, Joelistics and Rose Elinor Dougall to find out what their top picks have been - and we hear from Burke Reid about some of the process of producing the best record of 2015 so far.

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RUNNING ORDER
0:00 Introduction
3:18 Best concerts of the year so far
8:30 Montaigne on Florence + the Machine “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful”
13:05 Danny on his #3 album: Laura Marling “Short Movie”
15:48 Jeremy on his #3 album: Kendrick Lamarr “To Pimp A Butterfly”
19:38 Harts on Kendrick Lamarr “To Pimp A Butterfly”
22:44 Joelistics on Kendrick Lamarr “To Pimp A Butterfly”
26:12 Danny on his #2 album: Blur “The Magic Whip”
30:57 Jeremy on #2 album: Mark Ronson “Uptown Special”
38:27 Rose Elinor Dougall on Father John Misty “I Love You, Honeybear”
41:34 Jeremy and Danny on their #1 album: Courtney Barnett “Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit” (including Burke Reid interview)
50:32 Previewing the rest of the year in music - Tame Impala, Oh Mercy, Jason Isbell, Kacey Musgraves.

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My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Danny Yau on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and music video for 'Courtney's Moving to Newtown to Start a Band'.

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#74 - Matt Farley (Motern Media) on Paul McCartney ‘Ram’

My guest today is the mindbendingly prolific Matt Farley aka Motern Media, the man behind a myriad of ‘bands’ whose specifically themed tunes are produced at the rate of roughly 100 songs a day. We have a passionate back and forth about the guvnor, Sir Paul McCartney, and his classic 1971 album “Ram”.

Why doesn’t McCartney get the critical respect he deserves? How does this record balance the homemade quality of his debut solo album with the ambition of the Beatles? Does it matter if you don’t understand what McCartney’s lyrics mean? How did this album exacerbate the Lennon v McCartney feud?

Plus an original song from Matt about why Paul is better than John Lennon, called “Paul McCartney is better than John Lennon”.

Listen in the player above or download the episode by clicking here.

Subscribe to the podcast in Apple Podcasts here or search 'My Favorite Album' wherever you listen to podcasts.

My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

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- Motern Media on Twitter, Facebook.

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Neil Finn on The Beatles, Neil Young, Bowie + Radiohead

After receiving some requests from you listeners out there, I’m reposting my two-part interview with legendary singer-songwriter, Crowded House frontman and Twitter star Neil Finn, as one combined bonus episode. Regular programming resumes on Tuesday.

The first Kiwi on the podcast waxes lyrical on four of the most influential albums in his record collection.

Neil and host Jeremy Dylan delve into The Beatles’ “Beatles for Sale” and Neil Young’s “After the Goldrush” and along the way talk about their shared memories of a bizarre Crowded House gig in Hyde Park, covering the Beatles with Paul Kelly, the Finn family record collection circa 1964, Neil’s planned first name-based supergroup, singing in falsetto and why he’s a self-described “perverse bastard”.

They delve in to David Bowie’s “Hunky Dory” and Radiohead’s “In Rainbows”, try to resolve the Bowie vs. Bowie debate, why Bowie is as important to Neil as the Beatles, what Radiohead’s favorite card game is, the time and place to be methodical in rock'n'roll and Neil reveals his next musical project.

Listen in the player above or download the episode by clicking here.

Subscribe to the podcast in Apple Podcasts here or search 'My Favorite Album' wherever you listen to podcasts.

My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it's influenced them.

Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist, concert promoter and photographer. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins.

If you've got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

LINKS

- Neil Finn on Twitter, Facebook.

- Jeremy Dylan's website, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook page.

- Like the podcast on Facebook here.

- If you dig the show, please leave a rating or review of the show on iTunes here.