Posts Tagged: train

INTERVIEW: Train’s Pat Monahan On The Game 1 National Anthem, New Tour

Back in February, while talking about baseball, Train lead singer Pat Monahan told me he was done singing the National Anthem at sporting events because of how stressful it is. You could imagine my surprise when I saw Monahan on national television belting out the anthem, a cappella, before Game 1 of the NBA Finals…. Read more »

INTERVIEW: Marc Scibilia On His First Headlining Tour And Performing On The Train Cruise

After setting sail with Train on its cruise and performing with Pat Monahan, my buddy Marc Scibilia dropped a new music video for his single “Summer Clothes.” He wrote the song back in our hometown of Buffalo. The video pays homage to old Americana and Western New York using stock footage and home videos from… Read more »

Train, Lukas Graham, Noah Cyrus, Gavin DeGraw And More Stop By : The 59th GRAMMYs Day 3

For day three of our broadcast with Westwood One Backstage at The 59th GRAMMYs we chatted with a bunch of current and former nominees while also speaking with a few friends-of-the-show. It was great to see Train’s Pat Monahan and Gavin DeGraw. I also interviewed Lukas Graham for the second time; the first time was… Read more »

2 Slices And A Story: Marc Scibilia

This is my second-to-last “2 Slices & A Story” for season one and this episode is sentimental. I thought of the concept for this series on a random Saturday afternoon in the city over lunch with Marc Scibilia (ironically we were not eating pizza; he brought me to this great spot downtown called Cafe Habana)…. Read more »

INTERVIEW: Marc Scibilia On Jacob Whitesides, Michael Franti And His Endless Touring

Friend-of-the-show Marc Scibilia stopped by to talk about the endless tour he’s on with some amazing tourmates, from Gavin DeGraw and Andy Grammer to Michael Franti and Jon McLaughlin. Scibilia also talked about working with Jacob Whitesides and preparing to record new music later this year.

INTERVIEW: Andy Grammer Drops First Single From Third Album!

Andy Grammer needed to figure out how he was going to follow up 2014’s “Magazines or Novels,” his sophomore album which included his biggest hit to date, “Honey I’m Good.” So he decided to try out a new approach. “Coming off the last two singles (also ‘Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)’) which were both pretty… Read more »

VIDEO: The 2015 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!

My Thanksgiving tradition: Waking up early, walking a few blocks to Central Park West, chatting with some friends who are performing in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and snapping a few photos and videos the floats. A big thanks to Macy’s along with Rachel Platten, Pat Monahan, Brendon Urie, Questlove, Shawn Mendes, Prince Royce, Trey… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Pat And Jimmy From Train On ‘Bulletproof Picasso’ And The San Francisco Giants

In an interview taped prior to the release of Train’s seventh studio album “Bulletproof Picasso,” Pat Monahan and Jimmy Stafford sat down in the MLB Fan Cave for MLB.com to chat with me about the band’s new music and love for San Francisco and its Giants. The audio portion of this interview aired on “Ralphie… Read more »

INTERVIEW: Michael Franti on Touring With Train, Releasing ‘All People’

Michael Franti is known to his fan base for his philanthropy and philosophy as much as his music. Franti might be the last artist that you would think to hear shout out Jay Z and Beyonce in a song. But, the San Francisco singer does just that on the track “I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like).”… Read more »