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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Grahame Lesh - Heading North At Midnight
This week's guest is the one and only Grahame Lesh! We caught Grahame in a rare week off and got to spend some time talking about the upcoming Midnight North tour, playin in the band in Europe, creating a musical family through synchronicity, grow...
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Jeese Langlais of Town Mountain - Picking The G...
This week's guest is Jeese Langlais from Town Mountain!! Town Mountain is Langlais, Barker, vocalist/guitarist Robert Greer, fiddle player Bobby Britt, and bassist Zach Smith. Since releasing their debut album Original Bluegrass and Roots Country ...
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In Memory Of Our Brother Neal Casal - A Circle ...
This week we sit down as a Family in tribute to Neal, and share our memories and thoughts on the passing of our Brother. So much joy, incredible music, and sweet vibrations came from this singularly talented and soulful individual. His passing rocked...
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The Chilldren Of Indigo - Reaching The Next Level
The Chilldren Of Indigo return to No Simple Road this week! When we talked last they gifted us with the outro music you hear every week on the show. This time we talk about where they've gone since we talked last, what it's like to manage the...
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Summer Meltdown Part 2 - We Have Melted
We are back this weekend with part 2 of our trip to the coolest festival Washington State has ever known... Summer Meltdown! This week is filled with goodness like interviews with High Step Society (45;45:00) and Spafford (01:21:00), a live podcast...
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Rob Barraco of Darkstar Orchestra - Bring Out T...
We caught up with Rob Barraco from Darkstar Orchestra while we were at Northwest String Summit. He was so gracious with his time and sat with us for almost an hour so we figured this one needed to stand alone. Rob has played with so of our favorites...
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Episode 115 -We Have Melted: Summer Meltdown Pa...
We're back from a much needed break with Part 1 of our recap of Summer Meltdown! This marathon episode is packed with goodness! Jump in the car with us as we head to Darrington Music & Bluegrass Park for the most amazing festival Washington ha...
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Episode 114 - Traveling The Cosmos With Paracosmic
Ash Slater from the California Interstellar Cosmic Funk outfit known as Paracosmic is our guest this week! Paracosmic is a collaborative project of musicians from various parts of California and The United States. The band’s sound can be described as...
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Episode 113 - On The Road With Goose
Our guest this week is the one and only Goose! Goose is an indie-groove band based out of Norwalk, Connecticut. Rick Mitarotonda is the guitarist-singer-songwriter whose folky, hummable melodies are supported by Peter Anspach on guitar/keys, and a...
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Episode 112 - Taking In The View From Northwest...
We continue our journey to Northwest String Summit today with interviews with Banshee Tree, Good Morning Bedlam, Trout Steak Revival, The Deep Fried Pickle Project, and a chat with Andy Hall from the Infamous String Dusters. Interspersed in the episode...
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Episode 111 - Pt.1 -Taking In The View From Nor...
We have something really cool for all of you thins week… part 1 of our journey to Northwest String Summit!!! We are the ‘Official Podcast of Northwest String Summit’ and we went there with a mission… to bring those of you who went to the festival back...
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Episode 110 - Creating Circles With Peter Shapiro
We're extremely honored this week to have the one and only Peter Shapiro as our guest. Peter talks with us about his first Grateful Dead experience and how it shaped the rest of his life, owning his first venue and what it took, creating a movie o...
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Episode 109 - Life Is Live With Greg Ormont Fro...
Our guest this week is the one and only (scrambled) Greg Ormont from Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. We talk to Greg about what it means to give 100%, how to balance work and life in a way that’s meaningful, realizing that at some point we have to take care...
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Episode 108 - Being Fearless With Annabel Lukin...
Annable Lukins joins us this week for a super, extra special No Simple Road!! This is one of those conversations that stops us in our tracks. We talk to Annabel about making her Father proud, finding her way to Cloud 9 Adventures, being fearless...
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Episode 107 - Getting To The 13th Note With Mar...
We got a chance to sit down with Marco Benevento before the JRAD show in Eugene and talk about his new solo album 'Let It Slide', telepathy in the Benevento Russo Duo days, coming up with a universal song, what it feels like to have your drea...
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Episode 106 - Finding The Space Between The Not...
Andrew Hendryx is our guest this week! We get into him finding the mandolin in his favorite music and wanting to learn to play, creating his new album 'Deep River', giving space in your playing for space between the notes to sing, digging dee...
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Episode 105 - Admiring The View With The Rumpke...
We're super excited this week to have The Rumpke Mountain Boys as our guest and we can't wait to see them doing a late night set at Northwest String Summit here in a few weeks! We get into some strange and beautiful territory talking about ev...
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Episode 104 - Embracing The Face with Brando Fr...
A very special DOUBLE EPISODE this week!!!! First we have a super interesting interview with the brains behind the Face Value Ticket Movement, Brando Rich from Cash or Trade. Then, we get into a recap/trip report of last week's Dead & Company ...
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Episode 103 - The Return Of Dennis McNally
Author, Historian, and Music Publicist Dennis McNally makes a return to the Porch for a more relaxed and quiet conversation than when we talked at Skull & Roses Festival. We cover topics like his journey through post book depression and where that ...
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Episode 102 - Lost Ox On The Porch
The guys from the genre-blending Portland, OR-based band, Lost Ox, joined us on The Porch for a conversation around growing up listening to The Dead, their first LSD experience at a show, how being in a band mirrors romantic relationships, realizing...
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Epsiode 101 - Spending Quality Time With Holly ...
We spend the morning talking with Holly Bowling this week! She took some time out of a well earned break to talk with us about how Ghost Light became a band while hanging out for the very first time, having laser focus inside the jam, being a music...
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Episode 100 - 3/4 Of A Circle Around The Sun Wi...
This is a huge milestone episode for No Simple Road! Not only is Drummer, Mark Levy from Circles Around The Sun our guest, but this is our 100th Episode! We start the show with a walk down memory lane and a bit of commentary on the past 99 trips...
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Episode 99 - Making Moves With The Moves Collec...
Tim and Josh From The Moves Collective hung out with us for a little mid-week session! We shared some soup and smoke and talked about how their collective has transformed from gypsy-americana into what it is today, teaching through making music, the...
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Episode 98 - Shaking It Up With The Shook Twins
Katelyn and Laurie of The Shook Twins are our guests this week on No Simple Road! We talk about finding the muse and beginning their musical career, the grind of the road and traveling with a twin, the strength of The Sacred Feminine in sound, what...
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Episode 97 - Getting It Together With Dulaney &...
Dulaney and Company is a Soulful, Americana, Rock band from Southern California. They are led by husband and wife Singer/ Songwriter Duo Jerod Dulaney and Malissa Miller-Dulaney and we got to hang out with them for No Simple Road this week!! This is...
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