Hi there, person interested in the interviews I did A through F. Thanks for exploring the great musicians and artists below…
–Mike Matthews
Ages And Ages
I spoke with Tim Perry of the band Ages And Ages and found myself in a conversation covering Sting, Whole Foods, and President Obama’s musical tastes. Listen to this fun interview here including the corresponding Mike’s Daily Podcast….
Alex Fossella
Alex is a comedian who contributes to the Modern Day Philosophers Podcast and we discuss philosophers and comedy. Hear it and the show it was part of by clicking here.
Alex Simon
Alex is an amazing musician on the rise living in Berkeley, California.
Alyssa Morrissey
Alyssa Morrissey can’t take a bad picture and she has a lovely singing voice. She’s on her way in the Country Music world. Here I spoke to her about Ontario and how she got into being a Country Music singer. Click the parts below to go to the shows she was featured on…
Amy Rose
Amy’s a Country singer from Barrie, Ontario, Canada and we had a fun, weird interview! She was so great to put up with my foolish antics! She was the first Country singer I’ve interviewed in a long, long time! You can hear out interview as well as the MDP that it was featured on by clicking on the links below…
And then we spoke again a year later! Hear that interview included in this show…
An Intimate Evening with Michael Shaw
Michael Shaw has tuned in to the amazing sound that came out of the 70’s from the likes of the Who, the Electric Light Orchestra, John Lennon, and Elton John. The story behind his album “This Is It” (and the name of his band) is interesting as is our discussion on a myriad of topics about the Bay Area and more. Listen to our chat along with the podcasts they were featured on here…
Angeline Saris
I’m so happy I finally got Angeline on the show! She is a busy busy bass player who talks to me in this interview about everything from Huey Lewis to black leather cat suits. Listen to our chat and the show it was featured on by clicking here!
Anthony Vernon
Anthony Vernon, who also goes by the name “Idiot”, is a very creative guy. He makes music, art, video, video games, but you’ll have to google him since we didn’t quite know what the name of his bandcamp website was. Till then, listen to this discussion we had about everything including The Gorillaz, pirating, and bikini farm. Below are the shows our Into An Interview was included on…
Autopilot
I talked to Marlon of the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan band Autopilot when he called in for a little chat just before the crazy 2016 election. We talked hurricanes, touring, songwriting, and more. Listen to the INTO AN INTERVIEW by clicking here.
Barbarossa
So it’s a little confusing. I still am not sure if “Barbarossa” is the name of his band, or the name he gives himself. It could be himself since the word “barbarossa” translates to red beard and James Mathe has a red beard. In any case, James is one nice fella, and I enjoyed talking to him just before a show he did in Germany. Listen to our interview along with the corresponding Mike’s Daily Podcast they were on by clicking on the parts below…
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Ben Wilkins
My first interview on my podcast was with Canadian singer/songwriter Ben Wilkins. Click on the links below to listen.
Billy Grima
Billy lives in Caledon Hills in Ontario, Canada. He’s a very nice guy who has some cool little country, pop, rock, and Americana songs. We chat about one of my favorites, “Sugar & Cream,” in this interview which also feature the rest of the podcast. You can hear it by clicking here.
BLAKE SHELTON
This is guy is tall! This interview is from my birthday, November 22nd, 2002. He’s had a bunch of number one Country hits and, of course, he was a judge on the TV show The Voice. Here my interviewing skills are at their peak…Charlie Rose is so jealous. Listen to the interview along with the Mike’s Daily Podcast I featured it on here…
Here is the finale of my interview with Blake Shelton from 2002 where we mention Mark McGuinn who was a Country artists who looked a little like me. We also talk about Blake’s amazing hair which may have been what attracted Miranda Lambert and Gwen Stefani…
BLAUS
BLAUS consists of the brothers Nathan and Zach Blaustone who do everything they can to make you get up and MOVE YOUR BOOTY! They’ve created “Booty Haus” music and we discuss that along with how the Bay Area influenced their music. Click on the parts below to hear the interview along with the show it was on…
Bluphoria
I spoke with Reign LaFreniere of the band Bluphoria about working with the producer for The Killers and getting his band together.
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Bon Saints
Roger Bonsang and his brother Keith have a great band called Bon Saints. We talked about Boston (the city and the group) and about Bon Saints music. Listen to our interview and the shows they were part of here…
Bright Moments
Bright Moments is the brainchild of amazing multi-instrumentalist Kelly Pratt. He’s performed with David Byrne, Coldplay, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, as well as his own bands Team B and now Bright Moments. Talking to him was so fascinating! He is especially well known for his horn playing. Listen to the interview segments and their corresponding MDP shows by clicking on the parts below…
Calgary James
Does he live in Canada? No. That name is misleading. He’s actually a prolific singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist in Walnut Creek, California in the East Bay. We talk about his eclectic music on my eclectic show. You can hear the different parts here…
Cash For Gold
I could have talked with Jordon of Cash For Gold all day. I probably could have danced with him all night. Alas, I was born a bit too straight. Hell, I’ll dance with him anyway, as long as it’s to the awesome Cash For Gold music! Listen to the different parts of our interview with their corresponding shows here…
Chelsea Crites
Chelsea is a beautiful Country singer and songwriter who has a bright future before her. She and I talked about songwriters we both like and the wonderful weather of her hometown of Port Colborne, Ontario. Listen to the interview along with the 3 year anniversary of my show by clicking here!
CHELY WRIGHT
Not only is she the inspiration for the name of our giftshop supervisor, Chely Shoehart, but she is the only artist I have interviewed a whopping THREE TIMES! The first time we talked was in 1994 but unfortunately I didn’t record that interview. I did record this one a couple years later when she was promoting her album featuring the hit she had with Trisha Yearwood “Shut Up and Drive.” Chely has since become well known for coming out to the Country Music world as a lesbian. Watch the fantastic documentary “Wish Me Away” to see what she went through and her interesting life as a Country Music star.
Chris Hanson
Chris is my former cousin-in-law and a great musician! We talked about music and other stuff.
Chris Mills
Chris is an awesome singer/songwriter who has made a name in the alt-country music world. We talk about his music and “mindfulness” as well as the wonders of speed death metal. He also teaches me about protest songs. Listen to the interviews along with the shows they were featured on here…
Christy Jill Brush Gourley
Christy has a strange fascination with the Amish. But she sure knows a lot about them! We talk all things Amish is in this interview which you can hear by clicking here!
Clem
Clem is the nephew of the Disgruntled Fiddle Player and is one strange dude. See for yourself! Here are the various time he’s been on the shoe…
And these links include the entire show along with Clem visits…
Cloud Person with Pete Jordan and special guest Kye Alfred Hillig
Kye Alfred Hillig returned to Cafe Anyway all the way from Seattle, Washington bringing his friend and fellow awesome singer/songwriter Pete Jordan of the band Cloud Person. This is probably the crazies, funniest, and weirdest interview I have ever done! Enjoy all the parts and the corresponding shows they were featured on here…
Constant Coogan
Off in the distance in the picture above you see the Golden Gate Bridge which is a reminder of San Francisco. The band, Constant Coogan, is based there and I spoke to husband and wife Jen and Matt Coogan on a busy San Francisco street for this Into An Interview. Listen to our chat here.
Courrier
I spoke with Taylor Cole Bartholomew, the bass player for the band, where we talked about how this Austin, Texas band got together and the pluses and minuses of playing on a “Rock Boat.” Listen to our interview and the shows they were featured on here…
Courtney Jaye
She is one beautiful singer/songwriter. I first heard about her in the mid-00’s and then suddenly, one Friday afternoon, I found myself interviewing her. We cover her interesting history and her incites on songwriting and collaborating. Listen to the interview along with the individual Mike’s Daily Podcast’s that it appeared on by clicking below…
Craig Marshall
Craig is a singer/songwriter from Austin who spoke with Hayley and I one autumn day. He told us about his many side projects and what life is really like being a musician in that progressive Texas town. We spoke over three podcasts…
CRAIG MORGAN
In February of 2000, Craig Morgan stopped by the radio station and I was thrown into an interview with him. He played two songs live and we were all impressed. After September 11th this former soldier really connected with Country fans who were looking for patriotic songs by explicitly patriotic people. Craig spoke out in 2015 about Seth Rogen’s criticisms over the movie American Sniper. He had numerous Country hits after this interview which you can hear (along with the podcast it’s on) by clicking here!
Crumb Catcher
I spoke with Marc, Matt, and Gregory as they huddled around a speaker phone in the cold of winter in Burlington, North Carolina. They are proudly the first interview of 2015 and they have a lot to say about IHOP, humidity, drummer deaths, and writing songs. Listen to the different parts of the interview along with the shows they were featured on here…
Cure For Gravity
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I spoke with Joe Markert again in 2015 as they were driving out from California to do their Colorado Tour. Listen to this fun interview along with the podcast it was on here.
Then in July of 2016 I spoke with Joe again before he head back to Colorado for another show with the band. He was also just about to release a new album. Listen to our chat and the show it was featured on by clicking here.
Current Swell
I got to speak to Scott Stanton the lead singer and he opened up my mind to the world of Canadian surfing. Sounds very, very cold! Great band!
CYNDI THOMPSON
Her debut album had a number one country hit called “What I Really Meant To Say.” It was one of the few times a female artist had a number one with her debut song. Three singles later, she vanished, telling country music and radio good-bye, thanks for all the help, but I’m leaving and starting a family. She did just that, but years later she would reemerge on the Internet with several self-produced songs. Here was our fun (and also distracting) interview…
And this next part features the entire Mike’s Daily Podcast that was included with this interview…
D. Edward & Jenna Lavoie
I met D. Edward and Jenna Lavoie in San Francisco and we had a fun Mike on Mobile interview! They get all soulful and sexy on the tune “Show Me,” plus we talk about some of D. Edward’s other funky “joints.” We also discuss if I’m using the word “joint” correctly in that sentence and if Beyonce really is part of the Illuminati. Listen to the interviews here…
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Dangermaker
This interview features Dangermaker’s lead singer Adam Burnett. We discuss how the band makes their music and talked about some of the cool videos they’ve done. Listen to the different parts of the interview along with their corresponding Mike’s Daily Podcast shows here…
Adam, the one on the far right side in the picture, has been on the show before. I went to see them play live in San Francisco and really enjoyed the show. When he and the band released a new EP a year later he came back and we discussed his new music. Listen to the three parts included on the podcasts they were featured on…
Daniel G. Harmann
Daniel is a hoot! I think he and I could co-host a snappy podcast together! He also is a great singer/songwriter formerly of the band The Trouble Starts. We cover a bevy of topics which are sure to fascinate. Click the links below to hear the parts of the interview along with its corresponding shows…
And then I got to interview him again ACTUALLY AT MY HOUSE in studio along with his friend…
Kye Alfred Hillig
Kye and Daniel were both hanging out live at THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH where Basil the Boxer got to lick them both and gross them out. We have a very bizarre conversation (per yoooozzh) plus hear some of their songs performed live. Hear the segments along with the shows they were included on here…
Daniel is such a fun singer/songwriter to talk to! I spoke to him first over a year previous to this interview. Here we discuss Seattle, the CW, Counting Crows, Christian Pop, and, of course, his album White Mountains. Listen to the different parts and the shows they were on here…
The picture above is not from Seattle, Washington where Daniel is from but it was the picture I used for the 1100th anniversary show, and I was pleased to have Daniel on the show for the fourth time. His newest album, Slowing Down, came out on his 40th birthday but I had the chance to debut some songs off it before anyone else heard them. Listen to our fun Into An Interview here.
Danny Newcomb and the Sugarmakers
There doesn’t seem to be a single thing this man can’t do. He plays in a bunch of bands, manages a farm, constantly writes music, and maintains a myriad of friendships with amazing musicians. Listen to our four part chat on the following podcasts…
Dark Ocean Colors
Dark Ocean Colors is Scott Hunt and Mark Mikel from Toledo, Ohio who have also worked with the band The Pillbugs. We chatted about their name and their interesting recording process. Listen to the two parts of the interview and the shows they were featured on here…
Dead Cat Hat
Where did that name come from? How does a band form in the small wonderful town of Benicia, California? We answer these and many other questions as I speak to Pato Milo, Allan Canumay, and Steve Glover of the band Dead Cat Hat. Listen to the interviews and the shows they were featured on here…
I spoke with Steve Glover, Pato Milo, and Allan Canumay again in 2017 with my dog Basil the Boxer providing color commentary. I also broke my cellphone while trying to take a picture of all of us. A small price to pay in order to bring to you this fun Into An Interview which you can hear here.
Dean Harlem
I met Dean through Nathan McEuen and I am sure glad I did! His music is fantastic! We talk about his short and interesting life in this interview!
DIERKS BENTLEY
He became a huge country star in the late 00’s and through the 10’s even recording with legends like George Jones and pop stars like Elle King, but first he had to be interviewed by me which you can hear right here!
DIXIE CHICKS
Before they dropped the “Dixie” and before that thing happened when they said something about a U.S. President in a foreign land I got to talk to them. I was single at the time and suddenly there were three blondes in the room with me and I was a bit nervous. So you can’t say “Dixie” anymore but apparently “Chicks” is okay. Hear me stammer and bumble my way through this interview…
Donica Knight
Donica Knight took time out of filming a music video in Hollywood, California to talk to me about her music and living in Alabama. She also makes some funny observations about California. Check out the three parts of this interview along with the podcasts they were on here…
Doug Briney
Doug is such an interesting guy! He’s the Alaskan Cowboy and Country singer! He’s started churches, coffee houses, bands, and traveled through several states on his motorcycle! Here’s the 2 parts of our interview and the corresponding MDP’s they were featured on…
Then I talked to Doug again later in the year around Halloween 2013 and we covered everything from moving to Nashville and missing motorcycles. Here are the interviews included in the entire podcast for that day…
Dredg
This band is from Palo Alto, the home of Stanford, and these guy makes some pretty darn enjoyable music. I spoke with the bass player Drew Roulette about their music and why their band name is missing an “e”. Listen to the two parts including the podcasts they were featured on here…
Ed Roman
Ed is a singer/songwriter from Canada with a very interesting family and lots of intriguing thoughts on everything from coffee to cows. Listen to our interviews along with the shows they were featured on here…
Ed Roman
Ed and I had spoken before in 2014. We get caught up here towards the end of 2015 by talking about music, philosophy, Jamaica, and life in general. Enjoy our chat and the podcasts they were featured on here…
El Terrible
I spoke the El Terrible’s lead singer and guitarist Terry Ashkinos where we talked about their first self-titled EP and eating hot hot chili’s. Listen to the interview along with the show they were featured on here…
Then a couple months later I talked to Terry again and we chatted about everything from the Great Gatsby to Thousand Oaks. Hear our second round of interviews and the shows they were on here…
In 2017 Terry and I talked about getting his old band Fake Your Own Death back together and recording new material. Click here for our conversation and the show it was featured on.
Eliza Doolittle
Eliza got some notoriety in 2011 when one of her songs was used in some TV commercial. She’s extremely nice and who doesn’t love that charming accent!
Erin Suth
Erin is a wonderful actress in PodCastro Valley who also performs in her own band as well as the improvisational group The Men’s Department. Listen to our chat and the podcast it was featured on by clicking here.
Eureka Birds
I spoke to Justin Levy about his band based in Baltimore. We talked about his music and the pros and cons of Applebees. Listen to the interviews along with the shows they were included with here…
Everyone Is Dirty
I spoke to the lead singer and violin player Sivian Gur-Arieh about her interesting name and the great music her band makes. Oh, and we also talk about all the wonders of Oakland where the band originates from. Hear the different parts of the interview along with the shows they were with below…
Exohxo
I spoke with Jasen Samford and Danny Oleson of Exhoxo about the band’s interesting name and how the band formed. Get ready for a surprise visit from Art Bell! Unfortunately the band broke up in September of 2015. Listen to the interview in its different parts on the different shows they were featured on here…
Eyes Lips Eyes
Spencer Petersen, the guitarist for Eyes Lips Eyes, talks to me about moving from Utah to Los Angeles and how awesome L.A. can be…as well as Provo. Listen to each part of the interview along with the entire podcasts here…
Fabagoo
It’s not a rock band, it’s a website! Well, it WAS a website. Unfortunately, like many web-based businesses just starting out, it ended. In this interview I talk to the wonderful Steve Hansen and his beautiful daughter Lacey about the website they created that helped people in the Bay Area find fun things to do. Click here for the show that includes the interview…
Fake Your Own Death
Above is a picture from 2014 when Terry Ashkinos was still with El Terrible. In 2017 Terry and I talked about getting his old band Fake Your Own Death back together and recording new material. Click here for our conversation and the show it was featured on.
Finn Riggins
I spoke with singer/keyboardist/bassist/guitarist/tree fort builder Eric Gilbert of the band Finn Riggins in November 2012. He was vacationing in Kawaii at the time with his wife, Lisa Simpson, who is also a vocalist for the band. Listen to the shows that feature the interviews by clicking on the links below…
Franki Dennull
Franki was fun to chat with from Massachusetts as we discussed his interesting history and making music. Listen to the two parts of our interview here…
Hey! Let’s go to the next letter in our alphabet and that would be G! We’re going to Into An Interviews G through J by clicking here!