When it comes to finding out what makes musicians tick, Mako Funasaka has proven himself to be a master interviewer capable of relaxing and opening up his subjects, revealing valuable insights into their careers and musical pedigrees. At the same time, his reputation for providing an audience with intelligent, penetrating portraits that help define, if not explain, each artist's influences and approach. Historically, Funasaka has focused on illuminating blues artists, helping to define this oft-neglected genre through illustrating its role in much of today's music. Yet this new series will go well beyond the blues, embracing many categories of music which will include folk to classical, jazz to funk and most things in-between, Funasaka, a self-confessed 'non-musician', has been documenting music since 2001, originally indoctrinated back in 1970 with his first exposure to Top 40 radio.
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The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 52: Alec Fraser
An interview with musician producer and songwriter Alec Fraser He is one half of Fraser Daley and has played with the whos who of the Canadian blues scene wwwfraserdaleycom
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 51: Cécile Doo-Kingué
An interview with blues afroroots and soul guitarist singersongwriter Ccile DooKingu wwwcdkmusikcom
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 50: Steve Strongman
An interview with blues roots and rock musician Steve Strongman wwwstevestrongmancom
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 49: Shakura S'Aida interviews Mako
Shakura S'Aida interviews Mako Funasaka about his life. www.talkinblues.com
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 48: Linda Manzer
An interview with Canadian guitar maker Linda Manzer wwwmanzercom
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 47: Eric Thom
An interview with music writer Eric Thom about his life and his approach to reviewing music You can find some of Erics latest reviews at httpblurtonlinecom
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 46: Steve Marriner
Episode 46 features an interview with Steve Marriner of Monkey Junk monkeyjunkbandcom
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 44: Jimmy Boudreau
A conversation with Jimmy Boudreau drummer for Mel Browns Homewreckers Jimmy also plays with Jim Witter The Western Swing Authority and many other musical projects wwwjimboudreaucom
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 44: Toney Springer
An interview with guitaristsingersongwriter Toney Springer of Wild T and the Spirit wwwwildtca
The Talkin'Blues Podcast Episode 43: Chris Whitley Part 1
From the Talkin Blues Archives Back in September of 2004 I had the wonderful pleasure of interviewing one of my musical heroes Chris Whitley the day after his performance at Hughs Room Portions of this interview was to be used for my television series back then but that fell through I am not micd for this interview as I had no idea it would ever wind up on this podcast project My brother Tom was kind enough to edit and clean up the audio for this podcast episode For more information on...