Kyle Meredith
@kylemeredith.lpm.org
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Lissie left California, bought a farm in Iowa, went fully independent, and started calling things as she sees them. “I don’t have superstardom in my sights. I just want to be myself and talk about the things that matter to me.”
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Lissie: "I didn’t want to just sit on my porch forever”
Lissie on My Wild West, Bernie, and Starting Over in Iowa
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November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Lissie left California, bought a farm in Iowa, went fully independent, and started calling things as she sees them. “I don’t have superstardom in my sights. I just want to be myself and talk about the things that matter to me.”
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Mick Rock on Lou Reed: “The shot was out of focus. I thought it looked unprofessional. Lou said, ‘That’s the cover.’” Icon status: achieved.
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Mick Rock: “I shot the covers for both Raw Power and Transformer within a 24 hour period”
Mick Rock on Lou Reed, Transformer, and the Out-of-Focus Shot That Changed Rock Photography
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November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Mick Rock on Lou Reed: “The shot was out of focus. I thought it looked unprofessional. Lou said, ‘That’s the cover.’” Icon status: achieved.
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www.lpm.org/music/2017-1...
“I couldn’t dance—I was too heartbroken. That’s why I covered ‘Dance With Somebody.’”
Conor Maynard talks Whitney, breakups, Broadway tricks & his hundreds of buried demos.
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Conor Maynard talks Whitney, breakups, Broadway tricks & his hundreds of buried demos.
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Conor Maynard: "I’ve always wanted covers to sound like new songs”
Conor Maynard on Covers, Catharsis, and the Broadway Trick That Changed His Voice
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November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“I couldn’t dance—I was too heartbroken. That’s why I covered ‘Dance With Somebody.’”
Conor Maynard talks Whitney, breakups, Broadway tricks & his hundreds of buried demos.
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Conor Maynard talks Whitney, breakups, Broadway tricks & his hundreds of buried demos.
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Guster’s Ryan Miller on evolving: “We’re not clawing to stay relevant. We’re clawing to not be stuck in the ‘90s.”
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Guster's Ryan Miller: "We lost some purists, but the rest are in it for the adventure"
Guster’s Ryan Miller on Evolution, Spiritual Misreadings, and Surviving the Bongo Backlash
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November 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Guster’s Ryan Miller on evolving: “We’re not clawing to stay relevant. We’re clawing to not be stuck in the ‘90s.”
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www.lpm.org/music/2016-0...
Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie joined me to celebrate the anniversary of 3—a raw, underrated gem born from a reunion no one made a big deal about. We talked about Gordon’s inversion boot trauma, protest songs, and a more recent Femmes record they knocked out in five days.
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www.lpm.org/music/2019-0...
Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie: “We didn’t split up for any particularly good reason”
Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie on the Underrated ‘3,’ Inversion Boots, and New Albums
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November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Violent Femmes’ Brian Ritchie joined me to celebrate the anniversary of 3—a raw, underrated gem born from a reunion no one made a big deal about. We talked about Gordon’s inversion boot trauma, protest songs, and a more recent Femmes record they knocked out in five days.
www.lpm.org/music/2019-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2019-0...
Phoenix’s Thomas Mars told me how Fellini logic and museum‑top experimentation went into Te Amo. We talked Italian disco vibes, singing in a not‑quite‑right English on purpose, and why messing with his voice made the whole band’s eyes light up.
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Phoenix's Thomas Mars: "We’ve always been creating our own language"
Phoenix on Italian Discos, Fellini Logic, and Turning Their Studio into a Three‑Year Funhouse
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November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Phoenix’s Thomas Mars told me how Fellini logic and museum‑top experimentation went into Te Amo. We talked Italian disco vibes, singing in a not‑quite‑right English on purpose, and why messing with his voice made the whole band’s eyes light up.
www.lpm.org/music/2017-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2017-0...
Cherry Jones on Five Days at Memorial:
“For all the moral ambiguity… I hope people wake up a bit and ask, what are we going to do about this?”
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“For all the moral ambiguity… I hope people wake up a bit and ask, what are we going to do about this?”
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November 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Cherry Jones on Five Days at Memorial:
“For all the moral ambiguity… I hope people wake up a bit and ask, what are we going to do about this?”
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“For all the moral ambiguity… I hope people wake up a bit and ask, what are we going to do about this?”
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Carly Rae Jepsen and I talked about climbing trees in gowns, frolicking Kate Bush-style, touring with her “band brothers,” and why no one throws a family dance party like the Jepsens.
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Carly Rae Jepsen: "I was kind of forced to look in the mirror"
Carly Rae Jepsen on Frolicking, Finding Herself, and the Wind That Blew Her Back
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November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Carly Rae Jepsen and I talked about climbing trees in gowns, frolicking Kate Bush-style, touring with her “band brothers,” and why no one throws a family dance party like the Jepsens.
www.lpm.org/music/2022-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2022-0...
“When you write about people at Christmas, that’s when it really connects.”
Jim Brickman on A Joyful Christmas, writing with heart, and getting Dick Van Dyke to say yes.
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Jim Brickman on A Joyful Christmas, writing with heart, and getting Dick Van Dyke to say yes.
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Jim Brickman: “I’ve always wanted my music to feel like an escape"
Jim Brickman on ‘A Joyful Christmas,’ Collaborating with Legends, and Writing for the Season
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November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
“When you write about people at Christmas, that’s when it really connects.”
Jim Brickman on A Joyful Christmas, writing with heart, and getting Dick Van Dyke to say yes.
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Jim Brickman on A Joyful Christmas, writing with heart, and getting Dick Van Dyke to say yes.
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Davey Havok says AFI’s Bodies is his favorite record they’ve ever made. We talked about co-writing with Billy Corgan, why he writes songs as performance blueprints, and why Duran Duran doesn’t get the artistic credit they deserve.
www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...
AFI's Davey Havok: "We’ve lost a common point”
Davey Havok on AFI’s ‘Bodies,’ MTV Nostalgia, and Writing Songs as Duets with the Crowd
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November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Davey Havok says AFI’s Bodies is his favorite record they’ve ever made. We talked about co-writing with Billy Corgan, why he writes songs as performance blueprints, and why Duran Duran doesn’t get the artistic credit they deserve.
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www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...
Michael Clifford goes solo with Side Quest. The 5SOS guitarist opens up about fatherhood, childlike wonder, and scrapping half an album post-baby.
“I don’t know who I am. I’m just flying and flailing through the universe screaming, ‘Help me.’”
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“I don’t know who I am. I’m just flying and flailing through the universe screaming, ‘Help me.’”
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5 Seconds of Summer's Michael Clifford: “I’m a chronic overthinker”
5 Seconds of Summer's Michael Clifford on dad energy, no-drums pop, and overthinking in ALL CAPS
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November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Michael Clifford goes solo with Side Quest. The 5SOS guitarist opens up about fatherhood, childlike wonder, and scrapping half an album post-baby.
“I don’t know who I am. I’m just flying and flailing through the universe screaming, ‘Help me.’”
www.lpm.org/music/2025-0...
“I don’t know who I am. I’m just flying and flailing through the universe screaming, ‘Help me.’”
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Bring Me The Horizon sat down with me backstage at Louder Than Life to talk about the evolution of their Post Human series, making music on a studio bus, mental health, and pop melodies that don’t dilute the heaviness.
www.lpm.org/music/2022-1...
www.lpm.org/music/2022-1...
Bring Me The Horizon's Oliver Sykes: "There’s no difference between a single and an album anymore"
Bring Me The Horizon on Post Human, Emo Sounds, and Embracing Chaos
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November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Bring Me The Horizon sat down with me backstage at Louder Than Life to talk about the evolution of their Post Human series, making music on a studio bus, mental health, and pop melodies that don’t dilute the heaviness.
www.lpm.org/music/2022-1...
www.lpm.org/music/2022-1...
Today would have been Scott Hutchison's birthday, so I've revisited all three of our interviews—from grassy Kentucky hillsides to vegetarian tour buses to late-night phone calls from Scotland. Scott was always sharp, always sincere, and always searching.
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www.lpm.org/music/2021-1...
For Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison: “Treat the worst times in your life with humor”
Scott Hutchison, in His Own Words: A Tribute in Three Conversations
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today would have been Scott Hutchison's birthday, so I've revisited all three of our interviews—from grassy Kentucky hillsides to vegetarian tour buses to late-night phone calls from Scotland. Scott was always sharp, always sincere, and always searching.
www.lpm.org/music/2021-1...
www.lpm.org/music/2021-1...
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Philip Selway (Radiohead), and H. Jon Benjamin all on tonight’s show. Y
Plus music trivia, new cuts, classics, and the usual detours.
Plus music trivia, new cuts, classics, and the usual detours.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Philip Selway (Radiohead), and H. Jon Benjamin all on tonight’s show. Y
Plus music trivia, new cuts, classics, and the usual detours.
Plus music trivia, new cuts, classics, and the usual detours.
Jason Scott Lee on filming The Wind and the Reckoning:
“Sixteen days. No money. First Hawaiian-language film with international distribution. Hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
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“Sixteen days. No money. First Hawaiian-language film with international distribution. Hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
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Jason Scott Lee: “I’ve done a lot of films that explore culture"
Jason Scott Lee on Hawaiian History, Bruce Lee’s Legacy, and Finding Truth in Every Role
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November 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Jason Scott Lee on filming The Wind and the Reckoning:
“Sixteen days. No money. First Hawaiian-language film with international distribution. Hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
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“Sixteen days. No money. First Hawaiian-language film with international distribution. Hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
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Jason Pierce on And Nothing Hurt: “I ran out of money fast trying to pursue something that didn’t work.”
What followed was one of Spiritualized’s most beautiful messes.
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What followed was one of Spiritualized’s most beautiful messes.
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Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce: “I’ve been accused of writing the same song my whole life"
Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce on Pain, Process, and the Beautiful Mess of ‘And Nothing Hurt’
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November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Jason Pierce on And Nothing Hurt: “I ran out of money fast trying to pursue something that didn’t work.”
What followed was one of Spiritualized’s most beautiful messes.
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What followed was one of Spiritualized’s most beautiful messes.
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Felicity Jones + Kerry Condon on the haunting, dreamlike Train Dreams — the music, the frontier skills, and the memories that linger.
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Felicity Jones & Kerry Condon on Netflix's Train Dreams, Learning to Skin a Goat & Bryce Dessner's Score: Podcast
Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon join the Kyle Meredith With podcast to talk Netflix's Train Dreams, including learning to skin a goat and Bryce Dessner's score.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Felicity Jones + Kerry Condon on the haunting, dreamlike Train Dreams — the music, the frontier skills, and the memories that linger.
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Tonight on the show: Little Steven, Jack Johnson, and Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds of Summer.
I’ll mix in music trivia, brand-new cuts, classic alt favorites, and whatever scenic detours I talk myself into.
6p ET on WFPK.
I’ll mix in music trivia, brand-new cuts, classic alt favorites, and whatever scenic detours I talk myself into.
6p ET on WFPK.
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tonight on the show: Little Steven, Jack Johnson, and Michael Clifford from 5 Seconds of Summer.
I’ll mix in music trivia, brand-new cuts, classic alt favorites, and whatever scenic detours I talk myself into.
6p ET on WFPK.
I’ll mix in music trivia, brand-new cuts, classic alt favorites, and whatever scenic detours I talk myself into.
6p ET on WFPK.
Foy Vance told me he found old demos “that disappeared in Africa or wherever,” made two albums, and preferred being a “Monday-to-Friday plumber” to touring.
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www.lpm.org/music/2020-0...
Foy Vance: "Gospel music I grew up with cost somebody something”
FOY VANCE ON DUSTING OFF OLD DEMOS AND WHY HE’D RATHER BE A “MONDAY-TO-FRIDAY PLUMBER” THAN A TOURING MUSICIAN
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Foy Vance told me he found old demos “that disappeared in Africa or wherever,” made two albums, and preferred being a “Monday-to-Friday plumber” to touring.
www.lpm.org/music/2020-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2020-0...
Elizabeth Perkins joined Kyle Meredith With… to talk 70s LA nostalgia and naked boy toys. We also got into her Joni Mitchell pilgrimage at the Gorge. Perkins is everywhere right now, and honestly, we’re better for it.
www.lpm.org/music/2023-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2023-0...
Elizabeth Perkins: “Why not be everywhere?”
Elizabeth Perkins on Minx, Joni Mitchell, and Playing a 70s Power Broker
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November 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Elizabeth Perkins joined Kyle Meredith With… to talk 70s LA nostalgia and naked boy toys. We also got into her Joni Mitchell pilgrimage at the Gorge. Perkins is everywhere right now, and honestly, we’re better for it.
www.lpm.org/music/2023-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2023-0...
Cindy Blackman Santana says singing without her drums made her feel “naked,” which is wild because Give the Drummer Some sounds like she’s been front & center for decades. Also: yes, she really put Kirk Hammett and Vernon Reid on the same track.
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www.lpm.org/music/2020-1...
Cindy Blackman Santana: “I wanted to share everything I love”
Cindy Blackman Santana on Drumming Fearless, Singing Shy, and Inviting Kirk Hammett Into the Party
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November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Cindy Blackman Santana says singing without her drums made her feel “naked,” which is wild because Give the Drummer Some sounds like she’s been front & center for decades. Also: yes, she really put Kirk Hammett and Vernon Reid on the same track.
www.lpm.org/music/2020-1...
www.lpm.org/music/2020-1...
Kirk Hammett, G-Eazy, and Jason Scott Lee all swing through tonight. Add four hours of new indie, classic alt, and trivia, and that’s the show.
6p ET on WFPK
6p ET on WFPK
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Kirk Hammett, G-Eazy, and Jason Scott Lee all swing through tonight. Add four hours of new indie, classic alt, and trivia, and that’s the show.
6p ET on WFPK
6p ET on WFPK
Foxygen mapped their discography a decade ago—and stuck to it. We talked orchestras, ragtime piano, teaming with The Lemon Twigs, and more.
www.lpm.org/music/2017-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2017-0...
Foxygen's Jonathan Rado: “Our biggest strength and weakness is being hyper-conceptual”
Foxygen on Orchestras, Hyper-Concept Albums, and Their Love of Ragtime
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November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Foxygen mapped their discography a decade ago—and stuck to it. We talked orchestras, ragtime piano, teaming with The Lemon Twigs, and more.
www.lpm.org/music/2017-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2017-0...
Jeff Buckley’s voice didn’t just sing. It haunted. I talked with his former manager Dave Lory about grief, unfinished tapes, and why Grace still hits harder than most albums today.
www.lpm.org/music/2019-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2019-0...
Jeff Buckley manager Dave Lory: "He played live and people thought it was a religious experience”
Dave Lory on Jeff Buckley’s Final Days, the Lost My Sweetheart the Drunk Album, and Why That Voice Still Haunts Us
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November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Jeff Buckley’s voice didn’t just sing. It haunted. I talked with his former manager Dave Lory about grief, unfinished tapes, and why Grace still hits harder than most albums today.
www.lpm.org/music/2019-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2019-0...
Amy Berg joined Kyle Meredith With… to talk It’s Never Over, the years-long trust fall with Jeff Buckley’s family, and why Grace still hits like a freight train 30 years later.
www.lpm.org/music/2025-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2025-0...
Amy Berg on Jeff Buckley: “He gave everyone permission to feel”
Amy Berg on the Myth of Jeff Buckley, the Pain of Perfection, and the Ghosts of Memphis
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November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Amy Berg joined Kyle Meredith With… to talk It’s Never Over, the years-long trust fall with Jeff Buckley’s family, and why Grace still hits like a freight train 30 years later.
www.lpm.org/music/2025-0...
www.lpm.org/music/2025-0...