Beyond the Stage with Jimmy K

Jimmy Keegan is one of the most prolific and exciting drummers on the North American scene. He is best known for his work with his current band Pattern-Seeking Animals, as well as Spock's Beard and his contribution to Santana's Supernatural album. We talk about his very early career start, Cruise to the Edge, his band Pattern-Seeking Animals, his solo album and a whole bunch more.

Andrea Benz is Swiss Lead Guitar player, singer and songwriter based in Nashville.She has been the touring lead guitarist for Karen Waldrup and has worked with Grammy winner Paul Overstreet, Country Music Hall of Fame member Charlie McCoy and Lonestar Troubadour Dale Watson, to name a few.Andrea is a true road warrior with millions of travel miles to her credit and has performed fo

Toney Springer is "Wild T" - a Juno-nominated blues-rock guitarist and singer, songwriter and also a good friend. He has fronted Wild T and the Spirit since 1990. The band has released a number of hard hitting albums and is known for their live performances that are tough to follow for any other act.Toney is also a great storyteller and he talks about and we share quite a few laugh

Birth Control is one of the longest-running German rock bands of all time.50 years ago, they released the album Hoodoo Man which included the international mega-hit "Gamma Ray" that turned the band into household names throughout Europe.While the personnel of the band has changed over it's 54-year history, one thing has not: solid musical performances in the studio and even more so

Sonic X is a modern rock band from Toronto that has been around for 18 years. Their compositions feature many memorable melodic passages backed by guitar riffs, lots of dynamics and great vocals.Earlier this year, Sonic X released their latest album “All been said and done” and it’s a great collection of diverse songs that simply put “just get the job done and then some”.

Art Griffin is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who spent 2 decades on the touring circuit. In 2012, he began writing, recording and producing a project that would be called "Art Griffin's Sound Chaser". They have released 2 albums to critical acclaim to date.We talk about the process in this project and how it differs in approach, how the collaboration between the bandmates an

Kalle Wallner is best known for his work with the German Art Rock Band RPWL (they have released 16 albums over the past 20 years) and for the hard-hitting band Blind Ego.He also is the co-owner of "Farm Studios" and the Gentle Art of Music label which houses an interesting selection of artists.He just released his solo album "Voices", which features 6 instrumental and 1 vocal track

Rob Brian is a Grammy Award winning studio and touring drummer from the UK.He has worked with Goldfrapp, Miles Kane, Loreena McKennitt, Siouxsie Sioux, Simple Minds, and Peter Gabriel. Next month, he is appearing at the Liverpool Beatles Museum with Ringo's Drum Curator Gary Astridge to play some of the famous Ringo grooves.Our conversation zeros in on a few of the highlights of hi

Kelly Kereliuk is a string master of epic proportions. Not only can he shred with the best of them - and he does, but besides having the technical chops to play the living shit out of just about any guitar, he plays with feel and emotion, which sets him apart from many others.He lends his talents to a variety of projects in different genres and we talk about these projects and a wh

Whitney Tai is a New York City-born singer and songwriter, an architectural designer, a creative director and a performer with a Symphonic and cinematic vision.She has found the dynamic central point between Annie Lennox's soulful immortality and Kate Bush's lyrical art-pop and she receives high praise from critics and fans alike. This year she headlined the NAMM Show in Anaheim, w