Anywhere The Needle Drops
Music and art is all around us. Join Justin Flagel for conversations with the musicians, artists, and creative people making things happen here in Michiana and beyond. Tales from the growing local scene will highlight the creators, venues, and events. Performers from the regional and national scene will stop by to visit. Big or small, learn about who they are, what they’re making, and what drives them as creators and as people.

Musician Justin Wells phones in to the Red Chuck Studio to discuss his upcoming solo release.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: Justin_Wells.mp3
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Robert Irving III joins Justin in the Red Chuck Studios to discuss his life as a musician and his time as the music director for Miles Davis.

Catch Robert and Generations this Saturday, July 9th, at the Lighthouse Jazz Festival in Michigan City, Indiana and follow his work at sonicportraitsjazz.com.

Photo by Richard Duncan.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: Robert_Irving_III.mp3
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Sahffi joins Justin in the Red Chuck Studio to discuss the latest in her music career, most especially the #Song4Unity project to unite Baltimore and raise funds for charity.

Check out the song and support the cause at Song4Unity.bandcamp.com and see how the funds are helping at Save A Dope Boy.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

Direct download: Song4Unity.mp3
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Justin sits with none other than Stephen "Brer Rabbit" of Flobots. They speak at length about activism, art, community, books, and music. It's an energized and emotional discussion.

You can check out the Flobots Kickstarter for the new "NOENEMIES" project here and keep up on all they've got going on at Flobots.com.

This episode is the season finale of Anywhere The Needle Drops. We'll be taking a hiatus while we work on making this show even better and while we tackle some new projects at Red Chuck Productions. Stay tuned to the website and the podcast feed for updates on all of the fun stuff to come.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: Flobots.mp3
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Justin hangs with the working man's musician, Mr. Paul Erdman. They chat about his journey to becoming a full time musician. Get a taste of his End Of An Era EP with the tracks Leavesick Blues and Human Nature.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: Paul_Erdman.mp3
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Neal & Beth of Korean Jeans join me to share some new music and discuss the pizza wars, Boston vs Chicago, and the Gathering of the Juggalos!

Check out the new tunes koreanjeans.bandcamp.com.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: Korean_Janes.mp3
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Justin chats with musician David Wirsig, previously featured on Welcome To Nightvale and the man behind the excellent Sunken City EP. They talk the merging of the creative, the freelance, and the Internet economies and how all artists suck when they start. Even Bono.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: David_Wirsig.mp3
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Justin hangs with The Crane Wives after their recent show at The Livery in Benton Harbor. They chat about validating creativity, quitting your job, and, of course, making music.

This episode features two songs from The Crane Wives Coyote Stories, The Hand That Feeds before the conversation and Sleeping Giants after.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: The_Crane_Wives.mp3
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Roger Clyne of Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers chats with me on the first episode of Anywhere The Needle Drops of 2016! It started out as a brief plug for my favorite musician and his tequila crowd-funding and it ended up as a near hour-long conversation about music, creation, and...dogs in the home office.

Roger and company are raising funds to help expand operations and reach for their Mexican Moonshine tequila. We talk about the campaign and we also discuss the 20th anniversary of The Refreshments album, Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy. This was a fantastic, unexpected conversation with a musician I've followed for those twenty years.

You'll also get to check out two tracks from Roger's catalog, Counterclockwise from Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers Americano album before the conversation and, after, Mekong from Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy.

Anywhere The Needle Drops is brought to you by Red Chuck Productions.

You can support Red Chuck Productions on Patreon!

The Anywhere The Needle Drops theme music is by Ethan W. Kampa and Jeremy Whetstone.

Direct download: Roger_Clyne__Mexican_Moonshine.mp3
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