The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Episodes
Celebrating the "Peanuts" music of Vince Guaraldi with Sean and Jason Mendelson.
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Record Store Day 2026 Preview pt. 2. It's Record Store Day, Charlie Brown! On this episode we'll continue to preview titles from the RSD 2026 List, as...
XTC's Dave Gregory previews their RSD Exclusive Live Bootleg from 1981.
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
XTC guitarist extraordinaire Dave Gregory joins us to discuss the band's very first Record Store Day Exclusive Release, a double-LP set called Live Bo...
Los Lobos' Steve Berlin on a long lost recording from Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Berlin has been a member of L.A. band Los Lobos since 1984, but in the interim he has split his career between playing saxophone for that band (...
Jay Buchanan
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan went deep into the desert, and himself, to summon up the powerful songs on his recently released solo album Weapons ...
THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT (2026, pt. 2)
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, Paul asks his guests the familiar musical question, "What was the first record you ever bought in a record shop with your own money." For ...
Looking at THE LIST for Record Store Day 2026 with RSD co-founder Michael Kurtz
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz returns to the podcast to talk about The List of RSD titles now posted up at RecordStoreDay.com, and explain...
THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT (2026, Pt. 1)
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every week, Paul asks his guests the familiar musical question, "What was the first record you ever bought in a record shop with your own money." For ...
Courtney Marie Andrews
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney Marie Andrews joins us to discuss her brand new album Valentine (Loose Future/Thirty Tigers), which finds the critically-acclaimed songwrite...
Emma Swift returns!
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Nashville-based Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift returns to our program to peel back the layers on her most recent album, The Resurrection Gam...
The Beths' Elizabeth Stokes on Straight Line Was A Lie
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand indie pop group The Beths just released their fourth album, Straight Line Was A Lie (Anti records) and songwriter frontperson Elizabeth St...
Adrian Sherwood on "The Collapse of Everything"
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode of 2026, the legendary UK record producer, remixer, and dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood reflects on his fourth solo studio effort, ...
John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year from the Record Store Day Podcast! As we hustle 2025 out the door, we give you one final holiday treat. Actor John C. Reilly has made a...
The RSD Podcast's Wonderful Christmastime Special
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're simply having a wonderful holiday special, and you're invited. While music fans may be divided about the merits of Paul McCartney's enduring ...
Alan Light on The Enduring Legacy of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bestselling author Alan Light is here to unravel the enduring allure of Fleetwood Mac's monumental 1977 album, Rumours. In Light's comprehensive ...
Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, Old Crow Medicine Show released their very first holiday album, OCMS XMAS (in stores now from Hartland Records). Front man, Ketch Secor is ...
Midlake's Eric Pulido
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Midlake front man Eric Pulido talks to Paul about the band's just released sixth studio album, A Bridge To Far, and expounds on life in their hometown...
RSD BLACK FRIDAY PREVIEW Part 2 - Talking Heads, and Deee-Lite
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 is this Friday, November 28th. This week's episode is the second of two special spotlights on a few of the featured...
RSD Black Friday 2025 Preview pt. 1 - Jazz, Blues, and Hardcore with Zev Feldman
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Record Store Day Black Friday 2025 is coming up on November 28th. This week and next week's episodes of the podcast will shine a spotlight on a few of...
Sloan returns!
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Ferguson and Chris Murphy from Canadian alt-rock legends SLOAN return to the Record Store Day Podcast to talk about the recent release of Sloan's ...
Rodney Crowell
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rodney Crowell discusses his new album, Airline Highway. The legendary Houston-born singer, songwriter and guitarist first moved to Nashville in 1972,...
Deliver Me From Nowhere author Warren Zanes on Springsteen's Nebraska
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Paul went away on his own book tour for John Candy: A Life In Comedy, he conducted a few interviews with authors who have just published fantas...
Elvis Presley biographer Peter Guralnick on "The Colonel And The King."
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Paul went away on his own book tour for John Candy: A Life In Comedy, he conducted a few interviews with authors who have just published fantas...
Author Bill Janovitz on The Cars
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Paul went away on his own two-week book tour for John Candy: A Life In Comedy (out now!), he conducted a few interviews with other authors who ...
Season 7 debut with Rain Parade, plus a peek at the RSD Black Friday 2025 List
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our 200th episode of The Record Store Day Podcast and the beginning of our seventh season! This week, we delve into the history of the fa...
Todd Rundgren Keynote Interview from RSD Summer Camp 2025 (Recorded Live in New Orleans)
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Rundgren returns to our program, this time as the Keynote Speaker at Record Store Day Summer Camp 2025, in New Orleans, this past July. This wide...
Lady Wray
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lady Wray is here, on the eve of releasing her new album Cover Girl (Big Crown Records), to talk about her ongoing journey to find herself, and how fr...
The RSD Podcast's Record Stores And Photography Special
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to an RSD Pod Record Stores And Photography Special! This week, we have two segments that both involve three of our favorite things, records, ...
Tift Merritt
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tift Merritt marked the occasion of the 20th anniversary of her landmark album Tambourine to issue a brand new companion album of the kitchen demo rec...
Durry
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we meet Austin and Taryn Durry, the two siblings at the core of Minneapolis indie band, Durry, to unpack This Movie Sucks (Big Pip Recor...
Hotline TNT's Will Anderson
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June, New York City based indie rock band, Hotline TNT released their third album of what many are calling "American Shoegaze" indie rock, Raspber...
David Rawlings (Live Interview At RSD Summer Camp 2025 in New Orleans).
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Early in August, Record Store Day held their annual "Summer Camp" meeting in New Orleans, once again returning to the lovely Hotel Monteleone, in the ...
Caamp, plus Remembering Terry Reid (1949-2025)
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This summer, the Ohio-based musical group Caamp released theirfifth and most adventurous album to date, Copper Changes Color which they call "a celebr...
Director Amy Berg Discusses "It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley"
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On May 29, 1997, Jeff Buckley drowned in Wolf River, Memphis, Tennessee, just as he was preparing to record the follow-up to his critically accla...
Remembering Ozzy (1948-2025) with writer Sylvie Simmons, and Women In Vinyl's Jenn D'Eugenio
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On July 22, 2025, we lost Birmingham-born rock vocalist and cultural icon Ozzy Osbourne, rock's "prince of darkness," at the age of 76. His death, fro...
Chris Stamey
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest Chris Stamey's new album is called Anything Is Possible, and during long and fruitful musical career, he's done just about everything. As a ...
Daryl Hall
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Daryl Hall has been one of the most identifiable voices and songwriters on records and radios for over half a century and he's still doing it. As the ...
Filmmaker Mark Romanek's Music Video Legacy
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Filmmaker Mark Romanek's early love of cinema not only lead him to early acclaim at Sundance for his 1986 film Static, but his later award-winning fea...
Ken Pomeroy
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ken Pomeroy is a 22-year-old Oklahoma born singer songwriter whose songs have wide open spaces where animals and memories run wild. Her Cherokee name,...
North Mississippi Allstars' Luther Dickinson
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been 25 years since North Mississippi Allstars, the ever-evolving collective formed by Luther and Cody Dickinson (sons of the late great Memphis ...
S.G. Goodman
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kentucky born-and-raised singer songwriter S.G. Goodman makes her Record Store Day Podcast debut to discuss her hauntingly catchy third album, Plantin...
James McMurtry
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Austin, Texas songwriting legend James McMurty talks about his latest release, a 10-song, Don Dixon produced long player called The Black Dog & The Wa...
Benmont Tench Returns!
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Benmont Tench, founding keyboard player from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, returns to our program to talk about his recently released second solo alb...
Grace Potter
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grace Potter makes her Record Store Day Podcast debut to talk about her new album that is actually seventeen years old. In 2008, the Vermont-born, sin...
Marc Ribot
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For decades, the innovative guitarist Marc Ribot has been a first-call session musician, lending his singular instrumental voice to recordings by Tom ...
"Jazz Detective" Zev Feldman on Art Pepper, and more.
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zev Feldman, a/k/a "The Jazz Detective," returns to our show to talk about a newly released 1980 live set from the late great alto sax legend, Art Pep...
Swamp Dogg
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, and A&R man Swamp Dogg has done it all in his 65 plus years in the music business. Starting o...
Nick Lowe Returns!
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"The Basher" himself, Nick Lowe returns to the Record Store Day Podcast to talk about his recent records with Los Straitjackets, including this year's...
Lilly Hiatt
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Songwriter Lilly Hiatt recently released a cracking new set called Forever (New West Records) that her friend and fan Patterson Hood (Drive By Trucker...
Bob Mould
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Record Store Day 2025 in the books, we continue to feature some of the talented recording artists who make the records; and this week we have one...
Wallows, plus Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Record Store Day 2025 is April 12th. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, including The List, visit RecordStoreDay.com) In the last ins...
Neil Finn Returns!
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Finn returns to our program to talk about the impending vinyl debut of Neil Finn: Sessions At West 54th, a Record Store Day Exclusive release (on...
Sean Ono Lennon, Jason Falkner (The Grays)
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Ono Lennon joins us to discuss his production of the RSD release Power To The People, a 4-song live EP by John Lennon & Yoko Ono that Sean prod...
Jeff Bridges
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Musician and Oscar winning actor Jeff Bridges joins us to unpack his Record Store Day 2025 release, Slow Magic 1977-1978 (Light In The Attic Records),...
Sunny War
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sunny War (a/k/a Sydney Ward) has lived through quite a few of her nine lives, rising out of substance abuse and poverty on the strength of her musica...
Rainbow Kitten Surprise, plus Steve Conte remembers David Johansen (1950-2025)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
North Carolina band, Rainbow Kitten Surprise are re-issuing their 2015 album RKS for Record Store Day (April 12) as an expanded double album featuring...
Basia Bulat
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Montreal-based Basia Bulat has been nominated five times for Canada's prestigious Juno Awards, and is a three time finalist for the coveted Polaris M...
CLIP SHOW - The First Record I Ever Bought, pt. 2.
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While we're on a brief hiatus from making all-new episodes, we thought it would be fun to compile all the moments where Paul asks his guests "What Was...
CLIP SHOW - The First Record I Ever Bought, pt. 1.
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While we're on a brief hiatus from making all-new episodes, we thought it would be fun to compile all the moments where Paul asks his guests "What Was...
Belle And Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, plus a few words about Marianne Faithfull (1946-2025)
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Belle And Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch is here to discuss his new semi-autobiographical novel, Nobody's Empire, his struggles with chronic fatigue, and ...
Benjamin Booker, plus Sid Griffin (The Long Ryders) remembers Garth Hudson & The Band.
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been nearly eight years since today's guest Benjamin Booker released his critically acclaimed second album, Witness, but now he's back with a ven...
Pixies' Joey Santiago, plus Remembering David Lynch
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pixies guitarist and founding member Joey Santiago is here to talk about their most recent album, The Night The Zombies Came (BMG) which is in stores ...
We Love You L.A. - Fran Healy on Travis's L.A. Times, and L.A. fire relief with Musicare's Laura Segura
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As apocapytic fires continue to ravage Los Angeles, we spoke with Laura Segura, Executive Director of Musicares.org about how you can help the people...
Jeff Parker, Julian Lage
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We hope you like innovative jazz-based electric guitarists, because our first episode of 2025 focuses on two of 'em. Jeff Parker is here to talk abo...
Celebrating The Tragically Hip (with Rob Baker and filmmaker Mike Downie)
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul goes home to Canada for Christmas, and the maple syrup is flowing. We close out 2024 with a snow-covered treat, a special celebration of Record S...
Ben Folds
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This holiday season, the singer/songwriter, piano player, and all around musical overachiever Ben Folds released an album called Sleigher (in stores n...
Steve Perry Celebrates "The Season"
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Christmas nears, we caught up with the legendary rock vocalist Steve Perry, a certified Rock & Roll Hall of Famer who first made his name as the f...
Holiday Gift Ideas for Record Fans, Pt. 1: Robyn Hitchcock Returns, plus Ann Powers & Alison Fensterstock on How Women Made Music.
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Holiday Gift Ideas for Record Fans, Pt. 1 As the holiday season gets into full swing, we feature two books (and one accompanying record) that would ma...
The dB's' Peter Holsapple & Will Rigby
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year, The dB's (Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby, and Gene Holder) reissued their first two albums, Stands For deciBels and Repercussion...
RSD BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL, Pt. 2, The Edge (U2), John Densmore (The Doors), Julian Lage
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Record Store Day Black Friday is November 29, and as we ramp up to the big day we offer the first of two specials. Pt. 2 features The Edge from U2 dis...
RSD BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL, Pt. 1, Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Record Store Day Black Friday is November 29, and as we ramp up to the big day we offer the first of two specials. Pt. 1 features Jorma Kaukonen, foun...
30 Years Of Hopeless Records
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year, the pioneering pop-punk and emo label Hopeless Records celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new compilation, Hopelessly Devoted To You, ...
Hippo Campus, plus Mike Myers remembers Quincy Jones (1933-2024)
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy November, anything important going on this week? Meanwhile, here at the Record Store Day Podcast, we're talking about, what else?, music. Twin ...
Joe Boyd
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joe Boyd has had many job descriptions over the course of his nearly sixty-year career in music, and there was simply no way to cover everything in th...
Tony Levin
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Master of the bass and pioneering Stick player Tony Levin regales us with tales from the court of King Crimson's Discipline era and more in this conve...
Kelly Finnigan, plus Elephant 6 Collective news with C.B. Stockfleth & Rob Hatch-Miller
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off our SIXTH SEASON of the podcast, Kelly Finnigan talks about his soulful new album A Lover Was Born (out Oct 18 on the Colemine Records lab...
Slash's Orgy Of The Damned
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gun N' Roses founding guitarist Slash talks to us about his recent solo album Orgy Of The Damned, a collection of blues and R&B covers featuring a s...
J.D. McPherson
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, the Oklahoma born singer, guitarist, and songwriter J.D. McPherson chats with us about his just released album, Nite Owls (New West Records...
Monterey Jazz Festival Special, featuring Samara Joy, Darin Atwater, and Bryan Burkert.
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist/composer Samara Joy is already establishing herself as one of the hottest stars on the contemporary jazz scene. In ...
The Big Star Quintet
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Big Star drummer and founding members Jody Stephens, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Wilco's Pat Sansone, and Jon Auer of The Posies join Paul for a discussion ...
Nada Surf
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nada Surf front person Matthew Caws chats with Paul about the themes and inspirations behind his band's shiny new album Moon Mirror (New West Records)...
The Heavy Heavy
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
UK breakout band The Heavy Heavy co-founders Georgie Fuller and William Turner are here to unpack their debut full-length album One Of A Kind (ATO Re...
Shelby Lynne
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shelby Lynne's voice resonates with hard-won wisdom and the unseen scars of love and loss. After returning home to Nashville after years in Palm Sprin...
John Doe & Exene Cervenka of X.
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary L.A. punk rockers X began their career in 1977, and this month they released the ninth album, Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum Records). Founde...
Marc Maron Returns, Dan Pasternack on Bob Newhart (1929-2024), Harvest Records (Asheville, NC)
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Comedy records are records too! WTF podcast host Marc Maron returns to the show to talk about his new vinyl LP, From Bleak To Dark (Craft Recording...
Brigitte Calls Me Baby
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brigitte Calls Me Baby is a Chicago-based band with a sound that, while rooted in 2024 could have easily made it onto the soundtrack of an 80s John Hu...
Lawrence Rothman
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Rothman (they/them) is a gender fluid singer songwriter (and music producer) born in St. Louis, MO, and currently living in Los Angeles, CA. ...
BJ Barham (American Aquarium) unpacks The Fear Of Standing Still
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
American Aquarium frontman and songwriter BJ Barham talks about the inspirations behind his band's new album, The Fear of Standing Still, out this wee...
Ringo Starr and Dhani Harrison REPRISE, plus a preview of Blur Live At Wembley from Travis & Lisa at The Guestroom
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There's kind of a theme to this week's show, which is admittedly a bit of a mashup of two previous episodes plus a new chat with Travis & Lisa from Th...
Mac & Laura from Superchunk celebrate 35 years of Merge Records.
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After last week's all-Memphis lineup (Episode #134) it's time for a little North Carolina love as we welcome Superchunk founders Mac McCaughan and Lau...
Memphis: Rob Bowman on Stax Records, plus Eric Friedl and Zac Ives from Goner Records.
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby! Our featured interview is with Rob Bowman, the Toronto based academic scholar and Grammy Award-winning ...
Redd Kross (Jeff & Steven McDonald)
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This year, the genre-straddling Hawthorne, California rock band Redd Kross are celebrating 45 years as a band, and as such, founding brothers Jeff ...
Ann Powers on The Path of Joni Mitchell
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paul welcomes best-selling author and award-winning journalist Ann Powers to discuss her incredible new book, Traveling: On The Path Of Joni Mitchell ...
Richard Thompson
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guitarist's guitarist and UK folk/rock legend Richard Thompson joins Paul to discuss his brand new album Ship to Shore (out now from New West Records)...
Ringo Starr, Abe Laboriel, Jr., Beatles author Debbie Gendler.
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Getting Ringo Starr don't come easy, but we did it! Ringo is here to chat about his new Crooked Boy EP (written and produced by Linda Perry), while al...
Andrew Bird
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Bird takes a slight detour into the world of jazz standards while keeping his own impeccable standards high on the brand new Andrew Bird Trio a...
Shannon & The Clams' Shannon Shaw
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shannon Shaw opens up about the tragic events that informed the new Shannon & The Clams album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place (Easy Eye Sound) which i...
Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley, and a few words about Steve Albini (1962-2024)
14 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley explains the zen inspirations behind his band's newest album, 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions (May 17 on Yep Roc)....
The Lemon Twigs Return!
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, The Lemon Twigs' Brian & Michael D'Addario made their RSD Podcast debut to talk about one of the best albums of 2023, Everything Harmony. ...
The High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan
30 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
English/Irish composer and arranger Sean O'Hagan (Microdisney, Stereolab) is perhaps best known as the visionary behind The High Llamas, whose second ...
Joe Pernice returns!
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As the dust settles after Record Store Day 2024, Joe Pernice joins the "second-timers club," returning to our podcast to unpack Who Will You Believe? ...