WTTS In conversation – Kenny Aronoff

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists.
For Episode #76, Kenny Aronoff spent almost two decades as John Mellencamp’s drummer, and has also worked with Melissa Etheridge, Willie Nelson, the Smashing Pumpkins, John Fogerty, and many more. He talked with morning host Matt Pelsor about his time with John Mellencamp, and playing in the Jim Irsay Band.

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WTTS In conversation – Eric Howk from Portugal. The Man

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists.
For Episode #75, Portugal. The Man guitarist Eric Howk talked with Matt Pelsor about life in the band now versus before “Feel It Still” became the international mega-hit that it is. They also discuss the song “Who’s Gonna Stop Me,” featuring Weird Al Yankovic, as well as Eric’s perspective of being a wheelchair-bound professional musician in a world that sometimes doesn’t accommodate him.

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WTTS In conversation – Noah Cyrus

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists.
For Episode #74, Singer-songwriter Noah Cyrus spoke with morning host Matt Pelsor ahead of her show at Old National Centre this past September. She talked about her past struggles with addiction and how they inspired many of the songs on her debut album The Hardest Part, as well as her collaboration with Vance Joy on the song “Everybody Needs Someone,” and how it was a full-circle moment for her career. 

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WTTS In conversation – Bear Rinehart of Needtobreathe

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists.
For Episode #73, Morning host Matt Pelsor talks with Bear Rinehart about Needtobreathe’s new album Caves, and brings up questions from fans ahead of their May 22, 2024 show at Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park

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WTTS In conversation – Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists.
For Episode #72, Morning host Matt Pelsor talks with Ketch Secor, who wrote “Wagon Wheel” from a song fragment that Bob Dylan had written decades before. He explored the song’s origins and ubiquity, as well as their new album, Jubilee, ahead of Old Crow Medicine Show’s Brown County Music Center appearance on Friday, November 17th.

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WTTS In conversation – Jason Mraz

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists.
For Episode #71, Morning host Matt Pelsor talks with Jason Mraz, who kicked off this past Summer with a new album called Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride, and a tour with what he calls his “Superband.” They talk about both, plus details from an Indiana show that happened 20 years ago this month. They also discuss his best-known hit “I’m Yours” and what it was like as it was taking off in the mid-to-late 2000s.

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WTTS In conversation – Don McLean

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with emerging and legendary artists.
For Episode #70, afternoon host Crystal McKenzie talks to Don McLean about his storied career, and two of his hits that aren’t called “American Pie.” He also brings up “The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie,” now streaming on Paramount+

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