065: José González
José González discusses his life in music, beginning with his tenure as a bassist in a hardcore band, through his time with Junip, and up to his lates...
Music Is My Life
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During each episode of this Berklee Online podcast, we talk to a different music industry mover and/or shaker who is making us take note. Our guests walk us through their musical journeys, beginning with their first exposure to music, continuing through their epiphanies and into their current positions, where the subjects can proclaim from the highest mountain, “MUSIC IS MY LIFE!”
064: Colin Blunstone of the Zombies
Colin Blunstone began his career in music as a teenager with the Zombies. After a run of successful singles in the 1960s the group broke up, but not...
063: Don Letts
Don Letts provides an important lesson in the fact that even if you don’t play an instrument, you can still be a part of the music industry, and not j...
062: Butch Vig of Garbage
You know Butch Vig as the drummer and producer of Garbage, or you know him as the producer of genre-defining albums from Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins...
061: Sly and Robbie—Sly Dunbar
If you’ve heard any reggae music in your entire life then you’ve heard Sly Dunbar’s drumming, or at the very least, his influence. As one half of Sly ...
060: Anna Bulbrook
Anna Bulbrook began studying violin at 4. She quit at 21, but a gig with Kanye West changed that. She helped found the Airborne Toxic Event the next w...
059: Hailu Mergia
Hailu Mergia is a master accordionist and veteran bandleader, arranger, and keyboardist, originally from Ethiopia. He became famous in his homeland in...
058: Margo Nahas and Jay Vigon
Margo Nahas and Jay Vigon are partners in life, love, and business, and have designed classic album covers by iconic acts like Prince, Van Halen, Flee...
057: Kamilah Marshall
Kamilah Marshall is a seasoned Broadway performer whose credits include Rent, Lion King, and Hairspray. From there, she toured with Bette Midler, Matt...
056: Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis discusses his meteoric rise to fame in the 1980s, his struggles with Ménière’s disease, and everything in between (clothes shopping with Ph...