Singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris--whose recording career spans 30-plus years, during which she's won 12 Grammys--discusses various aspects and phases of being a lifelong animal advocate, including her formative years growing up around animals and animal lovers (her...
John Doe--founder-bassist-vocalist of legendary punk band X (in the midst of a major national tour, including a stop in Saint Petersburg, FL), acclaimed singer-songwriter as a solo artist (he's just re-issued & expanded his '98 EP, "For The Rest Of Us," now...
Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay, whose double-disc debut album, "Get Away From Me," was named one of the 15 Best Albums of 2004 in the Village Voice poll of nearly 800 critics nationwide--and now just 21 or thereabouts, she's no less of an accomplished wunderkind as...
John Doe--founder-bassist of legendary punk band X, a member of the country-folk X-offshoot The Knitters (who, after a 20-year gap, recently released a terrific new album, "The Modern Sounds Of The Knitters," which includes the rollicking tale of a buffoon-ish...
While "Talking Animals" is my chief radio focus, I also host a weekly music show, called "The Dead Air Zone," and on June 7, I was thrilled to be joined in studio by John Doe, the founder-bassist of legendary L.A. punk band X, who's gone on to an acclaimed solo...
Kinky Friedman--the singer-songwriter who, fronting his band The Texas Jewboys, toured in the '70s with Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue...more recently has worked as a prolific mystery novelist...is now running for Governor of Texas..and has long been an animal...
Nellie McKay--the 19-year-old piano-playing, genre-traversing singer-songwriter, whose recently-released double-disc debut, "Get Away From Me," has drawn a boatload of rave reviews--discusses the animal songs and references on her album, her commitment to animal...
Steve Brooks, a dog trainer who's trained over 1000 dogs, including his companion Sven--who under the name K9 Fusion recorded a CD, "Who Really Loves You," on which Sven sings and plays all the instruments, except drums, which Brooks plays--discusses rescuing...
Richard X. Heyman--an accomplished, if somewhat under-the-radar singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist (Rolling Stone: "An undiscovered treasure,"Stereo Review: "A pop savant of the very first rank")--discusses his 20-year experience rescuing cats and other...
Ian Anderson, leader of rock band Jethro Tull--and something of an animal expert and champion discusses various animal-related issues, including captive wildlife, various conservation efforts, the pros & cons of zoos, and the cons & cons of using animals...
