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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WTTS In Conversation – Paul Janeway of St. Paul and The Broken Bones

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.


For Episode #69, St. Paul and The Broken Bones singer Paul Janeway talks to Matt Pelsor about the emotional kickoff to their new album Angels in Science Fiction, and the new song that he considers to be the first love song he ever wrote. They also talk about balancing  fatherhood with touring, and the concept behind the interviewer’s favorite album of theirs, Young Sick Camellia.

St. Paul and the Broken Bones play the WTTS Rock To Read concert series at Old National Centre on September 26th.

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WTTS In Conversation – George Thorogood

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.


For Episode #68, This year marks 50 years of George Thorogood and The Destroyers. He talks with morning host Matt Pelsor about one of his biggest hits and who it was meant for. They also talk about the only electric guitar model he’s ever used, and what it took to have more made.

George Thorogood and The Destroyers play Old National Centre on Thursday, September 14th

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WTTS In Conversation – John McCrea of Cake

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.


For Episode #67, Cake frontman John McCrea talks to Matt Pelsor about the band’s signature sound, and one essential instrument that makes it. They also touch on the band’s activism, which includes the tradition of giving away a live tree at every show. Plus, why their great live album spent years in the vault before anyone heard it.

Cake plays TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park on September 13th.

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WTTS In Conversation – Robby Takac of Goo Goo Dolls

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.


For Episode #66, Matt Pelsor talked with Robby Takac about the Goo Goo Dolls upcoming August 23rd show at TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park. They talked about the songs he wrote for the new album Chaos in Bloom, as well as his successful Buffalo-based nonprofit “Music Is Art,” and why he often performs barefoot.

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WTTS In Conversation – Melissa Etheridge

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.


For Episode #65, Crystal McKenzie talked with Melissa Etheridge before her July 25th performance at Brown County Music Center. They talked about her cancer battle, her forthcoming book, and the Broadway show she’s about to start in September.

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WTTS In Conversation – The Revivalists’ George Gekas

WTTS In Conversation’ is a bi-weekly podcast delivering decades of WTTS interviews with music legends and emerging artists.


For Episode #64, bassist George Gekas of The Revivalists talks to morning host Matt Pelsor about how the new album Pour it Out into The Night came together. They talk about the upcoming tour dates with Band of Horses that will include our Rock On The River show, and the charitable causes they’ve supported as a band, which will include Indiana Wish, come July 29th.

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