No Simple Road

More than just a Grateful Dead Podcast, more than a music and culture show, something other than a family of cosmic wanderers.... Join the hosts of No Simple Road as they dive deep into the world of psychedelic exploration, music, art, and spirituality. Each week, they bring you captivating interviews with musicians, artists, authors, and visionaries from all walks of life. Join them on their long strange trip!

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Music Interviews
Music
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The Owsley Stanley Foundation - Listening For T...
No Simple Road is extremely honored to have Starfinder and Hawk from the Owsley Stanley Foundation as our guests this week. The Owsley Stanley Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of “Bear’s Sonic Journals,” Ows...
143 min
402
Wood & Wire - Getting Down To The Nitty Gritty
This week we welcome Tony Kamel from Wood & Wire as our guest! To understand the musical entity known as Wood & Wire, it’s best to toss aside expectations regarding the sounds that might be created by four pickers holding assemblages of wood an...
158 min
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Keller Williams - Blazing A New Path
No Simple Road is proud to have the one and only Keller Williams as our guest this week! Keller is a dynamo of sounds and sonic amazingness and is often described as a one-man-jam-band! He joins the NSR crew for a conversation about handling our menta...
106 min
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Heads Talking - Sacramental Birthday
Heads Talking is here this week to make you feel good about being you. The Conductor pops in to give you all an update on what NSR has in store for you, the guests we have coming your way, and a little insight into why Birthdays are cool. Like, the coo...
19 min
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Sol Doc - In The Flow
This week on No Simple Road we are excited to bring you Sol Doc! Sol Doc's lyrics reflect his close ties with the land in which he was raised and his carefree yet conscious lifestyle. Growing up in West Marin County on the rolling hills of Mt. Tam...
119 min
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Heads Talking - Grateful Dead Mystery School Al...
No Simple Road is back this week with another Heads Talking taking you on a journey through the hidden realms of other dimensions, rituals hidden and exposed, symbolism made manifest, the language of Magick, and leveling up your life. Or, a bunch ofHea...
80 min
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Dogs In A Pile - A Bright Future
No Simple Road is proud to bring you Dogs in A Pile this week. Dogs in a Pile is the culmination of a love of music born from the deepest American roots of psychedelia, jazz, fusion, funk, traditional, and rock & roll. Sprung from the rich Asbury P...
150 min
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Heads Talking - Finding Magic In The Moment
Heads Talking is back this week with Aaron, Mel & Apple talking about everything from UTI's to being grateful for the little things. Think of this episode as a freeform jazz improv of conversation. We sit down, open the mics, and see where the...
60 min
409
Heads Talking - Love, Fear, god, Hate, and Ever...
Heads Talking is back for your Friday with some special guests joining the crew. Jake from The Midnight, On Earth Podcast and Brynn from Vital Force Herbs join us in the studio for a little session of blowing off steam through conversation. Love and Fe...
80 min
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The Mom and Me Astrology Podcast - Uranus Is In...
This week on No Simple Road we welcome Kate Wind and Mary Swick of the Mom & Me Astrology Podcast! This conversation completely blew our minds! Kate and Mary are a mother and daughter who have over 40+ years practicing Astrology and Feng Shui. In t...
149 min
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Jim Nunaly of The Jim & Nell Band - Chasing The...
This week on No Simple Road we welcome Jim Nunaly of the Jim & Nell Band.This band of genre-busting artists delivers original music and stories, startlingly fresh arrangements, delivered with virtuosic improvisation. Featuring Jim Nunally on guitar...
150 min
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Heads Talking - Within You and Without You
Heads Talking is back for your Monday morning with Aaron doing another solo. He talks to us about connection with reality, dealing with the diet that we take in through our eyes and ears, how we're a part of the world we see all around us, and mor...
28 min
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Max Davies of Kitchen Dwellers - The Galaxy Bey...
Max Davies from Kitchen Dwellers is our guest this week on No Simple Road! Montana-bred bluegrass outfit Kitchen Dwellers are captivating fans across the country with their high-energy live performances and unique approach to traditio...
109 min
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Heads Talking - We Are Here
Heads Talking is back with a single Head talking this week. It's just Aaron this week sharing some love for those affected by the wildfires ravaging the West Coast right now and offers a little insight into how we can move forward through the pain...
25 min
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Kenny Roby - Filling Up The Reservoir
This week on No Simple Road we welcome Kenny Roby! Kenny knew from the start there would be a lot to say for his first solo album in seven years, the emotionally and musically expansive The Reservoir. So much had changed in his world and the w...
151 min
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Scott Metzger of Joe Russo's Almost Dead - Just...
No Simple Road is extremely excited to have Scott Metzger as our guest this week! Scott is a full time member of the critically acclaimed, increasingly popular Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, and Circles Around The Sun. His various part time projects include ...
111 min
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Alex Jordan - Subtle Exhibition
Our guest this week on No Simple Road is the one and only Alex Jordan! In 2014, Alex began touring regularly with Midnight North, playing with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Peter Rowan, and many others. In the fall of 2017, he began working on his debut solo re...
121 min
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Will Hanza Of Escaper - Great Solo Everyone!
Will Hanza from Escaper is our guest on No Simple Road this week! Will has performed on stage with musicians such as Jimmy Vivino (Basic Cable Band/Conan O'Brien), Aron Magner & Marc Brownstein (the Disco Biscuits), Joe Russo (Further, JRAD), ...
102 min
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Russ Lawton of Soule Monde & The Trey Anastasio...
This week on No Simple Road we welcome Russ Lawton to The Porch! Russ tours and records with a variety of musicians including Phish's Trey Anastasio.Russ also tours with his fellow TAB band-member, Ray Paczkowski in the Vermont Funk duo,...
138 min
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Michelle Pietrafitta of Banshee Tree - Into The...
This week's guest on No Simple Road is Michelle Pietrafitta of Banshee Tree! Banshee Tree, which plays music rooted in classical swing and jazz with funk, rock and jam themes layered in was the stand out band of Northwest String Summit 2019 for th...
127 min
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Heads Talking - As Well To Count The Angels...
We're back on The Porch again this week with another Head's Talking. Mel, Apple, and Aaron get into talking about some of the recent's, letters, and emails that have come their way through the show, discuss the depth of the Grateful Dead...
52 min
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Mojohand - Looking Into The Future
This week on No Simple Road we are excited to bring you Mojohand! Mojohand's modern take on Cosmic Americana blends together the Folk, Country, Blues, and Improvisation infused Rock n Roll of the late 60's and early 70's with the Neo-Psy...
91 min
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Heads Talking - Just A Little Light
Heads Talking is back from a little break this week feeling renewed, refreshed, and a bunch of other 're' words. Aaron, Mel, & Apple are happily broadcasting once again from The Porch after being relegated inside for the winter and get in...
48 min
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Dave Schools - Unlearning What We Have Learned
No Simple Road is proud to have the legendary, one and only, Dave School as our guest this week! Dave is the bass player and founding member of Widespread Panic, record producer, songwriter, journalist, and just one hell of a kind human being! In the m...
109 min
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Billy Strings - The Perfect Day
Billy Strings has been hailed as the future of bluegrass, transcending tradition and genre with his high velocity, flat-picking guitar technique and intense, confessional songwriting and he's here to spend some time with No Simple Road! This conve...
83 min