Podcasts by The Ezra Lipp Hour (More or Less)
Bay Area based drummer and composer Ezra Lipp brings his unique personality and years of experience in the music business as a base perspective to host insightful, informal and in-depth conversations with contemporary musicians focusing on the great stories, insights, and accrued wisdom that have informed their careers and journeys as artists. Occasionally it's a little funny.
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26 - Handmade Moments: Creativity Rooted in Compassion from 2020-03-04T08:00
It’s hard to encapsulate what the duo of Anna Moss and Joel Ludford, AKA Handmade Moments is and what they do. On the surface they’re two young, energetic multi-instrumentalists clearly in-love w...
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25 - Gabe Dominguez (Ecotopia Now!, Shake Your Peace!) Forging the Path Towards Ecotopia from 2020-02-04T08:00
You’ve most likely never heard of my good friend and amazing musician & eco-activist Gabe Dominguez but that’s ok. He’s co-founder of San Francisco’s Bicycle Music Festival, leader of Fantastic W...
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24 - Jay Cobb Anderson (Fruition) - Letting The Universe Provide from 2020-01-20T12:54
Jay Cobb Anderson is a prolific Portland, OR based songwriter and guitarist best know for his work as co-founder of the renowned Indie-Folk-Rock band Fruition. From humble beginnings and a chance...
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23 - Stanton Moore (Galactic) - Master of Time (In Many Senses) from 2019-06-25T17:31:26
Stanton Moore is an anomaly. Most musicians would only hope to have the success he’s had as to withstand over 20 years of lucrative world touring with New Orleans Funk-Jam Band Galactic. However ...
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22 - Leslie Mendelson: Ez and Les on Life and Music from 2019-06-01T03:09:29
Leslie Mendelson’s on-going journey as an artist is a testament to her undeniable talent, perseverance, and mastery of her craft. She had a storied start to her career in the 2000’s with support ...
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21 - Zach Gill (ALO, Jack Johnson) Thoughts from the Multiverse from 2019-05-16T21:14:11
Zach Gill is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter best known for his decades of touring as co-founder of the band ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra), as well as his years of traversing t...
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20 - Rob Barraco: Still Dead but Never More Alive from 2018-07-02T10:27
Rob Barraco is an incredibly talented keyboardist best known for his decades of longstanding affiliations and collaborations with Grateful Dead Alumni. He was playing in the Zen Tricksters in the 1...
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19 - Billy Martin (Medeski Martin&Wood) Putting In The Work from 2018-04-17T19:37:52
Billy Martin is a "renaissance artist" in the truest sense. For nearly 30 years he's been the drummer/percussionist with the legendary avant jazz-groove trio Medeski Martin & Wood and his singular ...
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18 - Midnight Musings With The One and Only Nathan Moore from 2017-11-27T15:00
Nathan Moore is a man who occupies many worlds and wears many hats. In my humble opinion, he is one of the finest songwriters of our time and his ongoing career has spanned many projects and phases...
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17 - Benevolent Jedi Mind Tricks with Anders Osborne from 2017-10-18T04:44:10
Swedish born, New Orleans based “triple-threat” songwriter/guitarist/singer Anders Osborne has been a force to be reckoned with for nearly 30 years. When I watch Anders on stage I get the impressio...
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16 - The Subtle Magic of Bonnie Paine (of Elephant Revival) from 2017-10-03T10:26
At a given show with her band Elephant Revival, Vocalist and Multi-Instrumentalist Bonnie Paine can be heard playing washboard, djembe, saw, cello, stomp box, singing, or any other instrument, yet ...
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15 - Neal Casal: The Best Things To Come from 2017-09-18T11:10
Since the early 1990's, guitarist/singer/songwriter Neal Casal has forged a career that has traversed much ground far and wide. While he is currently best known for his tenure in The Chris Robinson...
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14 - Russ Lawton (Trey Anastasio Band): Working Musician For Life from 2017-09-05T15:29:13
Russ Lawton is a Vermont based drummer best known for his years of work as the syncopated, driving engine behind the Trey Anastasio Band, whom he has been performing and collaborating with since it...
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13 - The Many Voices of Alfred Howard from 2017-08-30T06:10:39
San Diego’s Alfred Howard is a very dynamic character. He is best know for his involvement in a burgeoning music scene in San Diego as he is currently a primary lyricist, songwriter and producer in...
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12 - Jennifer Hartswick: (Trey Anastasio Band) "You Are The Answer!" from 2017-08-02T23:44:45
For the better part of two decades Jennifer Hartswick has held tenure in the Trey Anastasio Band (of Phish fame) providing powerhouse vocals and impeccable trumpet playing. When she first met Trey ...
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11 - Kalmia Traver (Rubblebucket, Kalbells): Shaping The Vibrations from 2017-07-26T03:58:27
Hailing from the North East Kingdom of Vermont, Kalmia Traver (Rubblebucket, Kalbells) has spent the last ten years touring relentlessly and co-leading the highly acclaimed Brooklyn based electro-i...
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10 - Marco Benevento: Keeping It Fun!! from 2017-07-17T13:30
Marco Benevento has been making waves in the experimental/jam/rock music scene since roughly 1999. As a sideman, he's played with some of the best players out there today including the likes of Dan...
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09 - Joe Craven: "You Are The Music" from 2017-07-10T21:18:58
Joe Craven is one of those humans who seemingly knows no bounds. Truly a jack of all trades, he embodies many roles in life; a virtuosic multi-instrumentalist with no formal music training, an awar...
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08 - Brad Barr: Student of the World from 2017-06-27T06:20:57
I believe Brad Barr is one of the more unique musical voices of our time. A musician who truly knows no bounds, his openness, curiosity and deep listening abilities have accompanied him around the ...
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07 - Steve Poltz: Troubadour For Life from 2017-06-19T14:00
Steve Poltz is a larger-than-life singer/songwriter, storyteller and entertainer who has been asserting his rugged independence and carrying out his unique personal vision for nearly 3 decades. He ...
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06 - Practice Less, Learn More: How I Completely Transformed How I Practice For The Better from 2017-06-05T11:00
Discipline and consistency have been a part of my practice routine for many years, however it wasn't until recently that I realized how much time I was wasting by not streamlining my practice metho...
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05 - Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz (Part 2): Setting Up The Context For Success from 2017-05-30T04:38:50
In the second installment of my conversation with Lebo we get deep. In this dialogue we cover lots of ground including the delicate nature of relating to bandmates and your own experience of playin...
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04 - Reed Mathis: Telling The Reckless Truth Since 1994 from 2017-05-24T21:10:11
Bass player extraordinaire, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and band leader Reed Mathis is a true artist, whom unapologetically has much to say both with his instrument and without. Reed spent 15...
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03 - John Craigie: He'll Make You Laugh, He'll Make You Cry; Just Give Him Two Minutes to Write the Song from 2017-05-15T11:07
John Craigie is a contemporary singer songwriter and folk troubadour who has been compared to the likes of John Prine, Woody Guthrie, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Pete Seeger, as well as the comic sen...
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02 - Melvin Seals: Keeper of the Flame from 2017-05-08T11:00
For over 15 years Melvin Seals provided the harmonic backbone of the beloved Jerry Garcia Band, illuminating the bands sounds with his exciting and soulful gospel-influenced organ playing. Before a...
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01 - Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz (Part 1): The Roots of a Rock N' Roll Adventure from 2017-04-25T20:39:06
In the very first episode of The Ezra Lipp Hour (More or Less), I speak with guitarist, singer and multi-instrumentalist Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz. Lebo is best known as the guitarist and co-founder of t...
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