Ever Present Past

Ever Present Pastis a hybrid storytelling and music broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical commentary. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. In part one of our very special two part conversation with lead singer Colin Blunstone and Keyboardist/Founder Rod Argent of The Zombies, we discuss how the two first came to be collaborators, how they handled success, and their take on the group's decision to split up after posthumously finding success in their critically acclaimed albumOdessey and Oracle. Songs She's Not There The Way I Feel Inside Care Of Cell 44 Time Of ...

Ever Present Past is a hybrid storytelling and music broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical commentary. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. In this episode, we explore the music and story of English Singer-Songwriter Labi Siffre - a self-described "Atheist/Homosexual/Black/SongwriterMusicianSingerPoet", in that order, whose recent renaissance from hip-hop sampling has given exposure to his work for younger generations. Playlist It Must Be Love Watch Me Bless The Telephone I Got The... (Something Inside) So Strong If You Have Faith ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical commentary. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. In this episode, we discuss The Beach Boys' record 'Sunflower' - an explosive album that found the Beach Boys at their lowest point of popularity. The make-or-break effort pushed the limits of the group in an attempt to stay relevant in 1970. This episode features altered recordings of songs in an immersive auditory journey. Playlist Slip On Through Add Some Music To Your Day Soulful Old Man Sunshine Forever ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical commentary. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. In this episode, we discuss Neil Diamond's foray into theater via the 1980 recreation of the Hollywood staple "The Jazz Singer". An absence of uniform direction, multiple personnel changes, and a lack of solid supportive foundations in his debut contributed to Diamond's short-lived career as an actor. We delve into how everything unfolded resulting in what could have been a promising acting career. This episode features interviews from Good Morning America (1980) and interviewer Joe ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical commentary. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. In this episode, we are joined by special guest New York Times Best Selling Author Stephanie Clifford as we foray into Country and Western music through the story of Rose Maddox - a trailblazing 20th-century Western singer who dedicated her whole life to her craft quietly helping pave the way for women in the C&W scene. Stephanie helps guide us through Rose's life + legacy and speaks with us on her new novel "The Farewell ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical world. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. In this episode, we delve into the seemingly conflicting yet brilliantly chemistratical songwriting relationship that evolved between alternative rocker Elvis Costello and American composer Burt Bacharach. In this episode, we use interview clips from a 1998 documentary entitled 'Because It's A Lonely World'. Playlist I'll Never Fall In Love Again God Give Me Strength Toledo You Can Have Her ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical world. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. In our first episode in the 2023 new year, we dive into the story of 1970's Singer-Songwriter Andrew Gold - a Pop-Rock whose success to many new audiences stems from a modern-day meme ('Spooky Scary Skeletons') but also an impressive catalog from the '70s that might not be known to certain audiences. In this episode, we use clips from interviews posted on Andrew Gold's official youtube account, including a 2001 radio interview with Mike Botts ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical world. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences.In our final episode of 2022, we dive into the story of English Singer-Songwriter Nick Drake - a timid folk musician from the early 1970s whose success eluded him from lack of interest in live shows and interviews but whose music was some of the most intimate and sincere of 20th-century production.PlaylistTime of No ReplyTime Has Told MeHazey Jane IPink MoonSaturday Sun ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical world. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences.On the fifth episode of Ever Present Past, we focus on the music that made one of the most decade-defining shows of the 1980's that seems to have lost all relevancy and significance as soon as the decade ended.PlaylistMiami Vice Theme (Jan Hammer)Smuggler's Blues (Glenn Frey)Voices (Russ Ballard)Livin The Book Of My Life (Phillip Michael Thomas)Take Me Home (Phil Collins) ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical world. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences.On the fourth episode of Ever Present Past, we are joined by Jesse Mina to discuss the bookend of Steely Dan's heyday with their albumGaucho, one of the most expensive albums made in the 1980s. In the second and final part of this episode, we delve into the crux of the story and tracks that make the album that isGaucho.Playlist (All from the albumGaucho)The Second Arrangement (Previously Unreleased)Glamour ProfessionGaucho ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn’t seem to get its fair share of coverage in today’s musical world. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences.On the third episode of Ever Present Past, we are joined by Portland State University's Sonic Arts Music Production student Jessy Mina to discuss the bookend of Steely Dan's heyday with their albumGaucho, one of the most expensive albums made in the 1980s. In the first part of this two-part episode, we go discuss what makes Steely Dan so divisive and give context to the build-up ofGaucho.PlaylistDeacon Blues (from the albumAja)Babylon Sisters (from the albumGaucho) ...

Ever Present Past is a broadcast that focuses on music from the past that doesn't seem to get its fair share of coverage in today's musical world. Our goal is to ensure these featured stories told of each artist or album live on while educating and entertaining the listening audiences. The inaugural episode of Ever Present Past focuses on Emitt Rhodes, a prodigal pop-rock musician from the 1970's who drew constant comparisons to Paul McCartney himself only to disappear from the spotlight before even having a chance to lift off.Playlist (All Featured Music Performed By Emitt Rhodes)With My Face On The FloorSomebody Made For MeReally Wanted YouTame The LionRainbow EndsFarewell To Paradise ...