Working Drummer
With 500 episodes and counting, Working Drummer Podcast is the source for those interested in what it’s like to be a professional drummer. Hosted by Matthew Crouse and Zack Albetta, Working Drummer covers it all with a dynamic range of pro drummers who represent many different genres and scenes. Each weekly interview features a different performer, sometimes with a less recognizable name, but always with an impressive and distinct body of work. This unique approach has garnered a loyal audience hungry for unfiltered stories about making a living as a musician today.
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137 – Kevin Kanner: Coming Up Under Jeff Hamilt...
In today’s music landscape, Kevin Kanner is a rare breed of drummer; focused intently and passionately on straight-ahead jazz. While...
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136 – Jason Harrison Smith: Drumming for Albert...
Finding a drummer with the chops and knowledge necessary to recapture a wide range of various styles authentically, is no...
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135 – Doug Auwarter: Mentoring Generations of K...
Doug Auwarter has spent most of his 40-year career in Kansas City and has been equally active as a performer...
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134 – Evan Stone: Bandleading and Producing, Ta...
Based in Los Angeles but originally from Long Island, New York, Evan Stone (Drummer/Producer/Bandleader) currently fronts his original project the...
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133 – Gintas Janusonis: Playing and Producing i...
Gintas Janusonis is the son of Lithuanian immigrants and grew up in Milwaukee. Berklee brought him to the East Coast...
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132 – Kent Slucher: 10 Years Drumming for Luke ...
Kent Slucher was born in Louisville, Kentucky October 19, 1976. With an intensely musical ear he learned to appreciate music...
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131 – Matt Jorgensen: Juggling Roles, Making Ar...
Matt Jorgensen was born and raised in Seattle and caught the jazz bug in high school. It sent him to...
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130 – Bob Breithaupt: Teaching at the Universit...
Robert Breithaupt is a veteran of over 40 years in music, as a performer, arts administrator, educator, author, musical contractor,...
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129 – Steve Fidyk: Laying a Foundation with Sop...
Steve Fidyk’s career has been a balance between military service in the Army Field and Army Blues bands, civilian life...
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128 – Seth Rausch: Drumming for Keith Urban, Re...
Originally from upstate New York, Seth began playing drums at the age of three. By age nine, he was sitting...
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127 – Justin Chesarek: Rustbelt Roots, Branchin...
Justin Chesarek has lived in Atlanta for almost a decade, where he has played with various jazz artists including Gary...
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126 – Kyle Wilkerson: Touring with Maddie & Tae...
Kyle Wilkerson is a well-versed and highly versatile drummer/percussion and film composer based out of Nashville, Tennessee. He has played/toured/recorded...
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125 – Rafael Pereira: Playing with Janelle Mona...
Rafael Pereira was born and raised in Sao Paolo, Brazil. As a kid he began playing piano, guitar and percussion,...
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124 – Brian Ferguson: Drumming for Texas Artist...
Brian Ferguson is a studio and live Musician/Drummer/Producer based in Austin, Texas. He began playing drums and percussion at the...
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123 – Adam Goodhue: Following a Sound from Mass...
Adam Goodhue has been busy on the Atlanta scene for the last four years. Before that, he spent 16 years...
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122 – Sarah Tomek: Drumming with Steven Tyler, ...
There are drummers and there is Sarah Tomek. With the rumbling authority of a John Bonham and the razor precision...
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121 – Kevin Stevens: Playing for a Tribute Show...
L.A. drummer Kevin Stevens recently completed two tours of Europe with David Brighton’s Space Oddity, a David Bowie tribute show....
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120 – Kasey Todd: Touring with Tonic, Paying Yo...
Kasey Todd is a professional drummer, percussionist, vocalist, and an all around musician and entertainer. Along with being a performer,...
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119 – Go-Go Ray: 25 years of Funk, Rock, Fusion...
Go-Go Ray has been a Kansas City fixture since he moved there in the early 90s. He grew up in...
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118 – Milton Sledge: Studio Legend, Musician Ha...
Milton Sledge is a session drummer best known for a string of sessions in Muscle Shoals, Alabama as well as several...
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117 – Evan Pazner: Touring with Lee Fields, Bei...
Evan Pazner is a native and life-long resident of New York City. For the last six years, he has been...
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116 – Derrek Phillips: Drumming for Hank Willia...
Since the age of three, Derrek C. Phillips has had a deep passion for music. From that time he has...
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115 – A Sit-Down with The Bosses: Equinox Orche...
At the helm of The Equinox Orchestra are tenor saxophonist and bandleader Jeremy Davis, lead vocalist Clay Johnson, and trumpet...
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114 – Angela Lese: Drumming for The Dead Deads,...
Angie Lese always wanted to be a drummer since she could remember. Growing up in Fort Wayne Indiana, she took...
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113 – Jermal Watson: Born & Bred in New Orleans...
Jermal Watson is a native of New Orleans and like so many musicians there, got his musical start playing in...
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