“The Real Me,” a new production from Pantheon Podcasts premiering Tuesday, Oct. 5, follows the emotionally powerful stories of young songwriters and p...

I know its been a long wait, but I have a few bonus episodes up my sleeves that I want to release before season two of Sample Excavator officially dro...

WE MADE IT. This is the final episode of season 1, the second part to the two part finale that we started last week with the story of Nile Rodgers. If...

The finish line is in sight. We are finally at the first part of the two part finale to season one of Sample Excavator. We are exploring the immense i...

These last three episodes of Season 1 will really chronicle the rise of hip hop. This week we are looking at the producer Rick Rubin, possibly the mos...

Last weeks episode was our longest yet so I limited myself this week to even it out. In this brief episode I break down the song Tom's Diner by Suzann...

For the first time I am tackling a song in the top 10 most sampled of all time list. In fact this week's sample has been used in 2340 other songs in t...

We are halfway done with the first season of Sample Excavator! A shorter episode this week as we examine a soul vocal from Etta James used throughout ...

This week we look at the incredible story of Bert Berns, a songwriting genius who was exceptionally prolific in the 1960's. He's worked with the Isley...

Episode 3 breaks down samples from the Isley Brothers, a gospel, soul, funk, R&B, and rock group that was active from the late 50's to the early 80's....