Music Person

The final installment of a 3-part travelogue mini-series exploring the music life in the Hudson Valley, New York.  For this very special Christmas Eve episode, Dylan sits down with Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell of the band Ida, and their daughter, singer-songwriter Storey Littleton have a wide-ranging discussion about the multigenerational experience of living the music life. Starting off in the DC punk scene of the 80s, to the indie rock scene in Brooklyn in the 90s and early aughts, to moving to Woodstock in the before times (pre-cell phone).  They discuss how the lore of Woodstock drew Dan and Elizabeth there, how Storey found her own voice growing up in the shadow of musical giants, and the differences between growing up in an artist colony-style small town versus an industry city. Artists referenced in this episode: Ida, the Hated, The Band, Levon Helm, Amy Helm, Bad Brains, Michael Hurley, Happy Traum, Larry Campbell, Ronnie Spector, the McGarrigle Sisters, Tsunami, Simple Machine Records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of a 3-part travelogue mini-series exploring the music life in the Hudson Valley, New York. Maya Bon and Ryan Albert of Babehoven from Hudson, New York. Maya, Ryan, and Dylan discuss the seasonality of creativity, moving from the West Coast to the Northeast, gardening, doing a ton of drugs in old age for fun, unconventional wedding brainstorming, Hilma af Klint, and water. + Music journalist Jenn Pelly takes Dylan to a sitar concert at a secret ashram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A 3-part travelogue mini-series exploring the music life in the Hudson Valley, New York. Hannah Cohen of the Catskill Mountains, New York, featuring Sam Evian. Hannah and Dylan discuss building the residential recording studio of your dreams, connecting to the seasons, small town living forcing you to grow up, and the music community in and around Woodstock today. + Dylan, Jenn Pelly, Olivia Bee, and friends take a swim at Colgate Lake, and visit Big Pink. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel Bateman of Frog from New Rochelle, New York. Dylan and Daniel discuss fathering twins, working in film production, cult fandom, improvisation, and whether New Rochelle is the best city in the entire world. Artists we referenced: Uncles, Count Basie, Weirs, Ariel Pink, Holy Shit, Girls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

S.G. Goodman from Murray, Kentucky. S.G. and Dylan discuss slow burn careers, connections between manual labor and songwriting, mental health and life on the road, how a Southern Baptist kid becomes a Calvinist teenager, and spreadin’ them toes out all across the nation. Artists we referenced: Tyler Childers, Erin Rae, the Savage Radleys, Fust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices