My Favorite Album With Jeremy Dylan

Episode 28 of My Favorite Album sees host Jeremy Dylan joined my his youngest guest to date - prodigiously talented singer-songwriter Thelma Plum - for a chat about Paul Kelly's modern classic 2007 album "Stolen Apples". Along the way, they break down tracks including "You're 39, You're Beautiful and You're Mine" and "The Ballad of Queenie and Rover", talk about Paul Kelly's knack for singing in character, the genius of Dan Kelly's playing, Thelma's personal history with PK and speculate about a possible Paul Kelly hip-hop album. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and t

It's Beatles time again for episode 27 of My Favorite Album, as our semi-monthly exploration of the Fab Four's catalogue lands on 1965's "Rubber Soul", with Californian born Nashville hit songwriter and soulful singer James House stepping into the portable pod booth.  Along the way, they break down classic tracks "Norwegian Wood", "You Won't See Me", "What Goes On", "The Word", "Nowhere Man" and "In My Life" and chat about James's visit to Abbey Road studios, the sentimentality of John Lennon, the efficiency of the album's song construction and Sean Connery's contribution to the Beatles mythos. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music docu

ARIA-winning singer-songwriter-presentor-ambassador-multi-hyphenate Ella Hooper slides into the pod booth with host Jeremy Dylan for episode 26 - an exploration of PJ Harvey's 2011 war epic "Let England Shake". Along the way, they break down tracks including "The Words that Maketh Murder", "The Last Living Rose", "Written on the Forehead" and "The Colour of the Earth" and chat about Harvey's creepy clown vocal style, the unconventional production style, matching musical styles to songs and how this album is the missing link in the Ella Hooper fossil record. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Br

To celebrate 25 episodes of My Favorite Album, guest host Danny Yau puts regular host Jeremy Dylan into the hot seat for a super-sized chat about 1969’s classic Beatles masterpiece - Abbey Road. Along the way, they break down classic songs “Come Together” (and the surrounding lawsuit), “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, “Oh! Darling”, “Something”, “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” and the side two medley, Jeremy tells the McCartney-centric sequel to his Hyde Park story (hear part one in episode 21 with Neil Finn), they look at how this album has influenced Lana Del Rey and why “The End” was the perfect finish for the band. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music. Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the

Recorded just outside Nashville TN, on the actual microphone Frank Sinatra used to record "My Way" (!), the 24th episode of My Favorite Album features the gregarious and multi-talented singer/songwriter/producer Alyssa Bonagura rhapsodizing with host Jeremy Dylan on John Mayer's 2001 debut album Room for Squares. Along the way, they break down tracks "Why Georgia", "No Such Thing", "Back to You" and "3x5", compare "Your Body Is A Wonderland" to Bob Dylan and talk about why Mayer got more screaming live than NSYNC, the way influences define an artist's sound and how the environment songs are written in shapes them. Alyssa closes out the episode with a gorgeous acoustic cover of "3x5" that is not to be missed. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a film

To celebrate the release of Blue Planet Eyes, the long-awaited debut LP from The Preatures (go buy it, it's awesome), I'm reposting my chat with Preatures drummer, sample pad trigger man, songwriter and all around good dude Luke Davison. Luke sat down with me a few months ago for a chat about the classic 1962 debut LP from legendary groove merchants Booker T and the MGs - Green Onions. Along the way, we break down classic tracks “Green Onions” and “Twist and Shout”, talk about the accidental creation of the band, how the MGs songwriting process parallels The Preatures on songs like "Is This How You Feel?", Luke’s work in R&B band The Fabulous Rumble’ators, why simplicity is the hardest thing to pull off and how music ends up in Viagra commercials. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influen

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like episode 22 - part two of Jeremy Dylan’s chat with Twitter sensation @NeilFinn - pop legend and self-described “perverse bastard”. They delve in to David Bowie’s “Hunky Dory” and Radioheads “In Rainbows”, try to resolve the Bowie vs. Bowie debate, why Bowie is as important to Neil as the Beatles, what Radiohead’s favorite card game is, the time and place to be methodical in rock’n’roll and Neil teases details of his next musical project. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music. Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Pe

We return from hiatus as we turn 21 episodes old - a real man at last. What better way to mark the occasion than with the man behind many people's favorite albums - Neil Finn, late of the Pajama Club, 7 Worlds Collide, The Mullanes, After Hours, Crowded House and Split Enz. The first Kiwi on the podcast (and the first artist to go from subject of an episode to guest) waxes lyrical of two jam-packed episodes on four of the most influential albums in his record collection. In part one, Neil and host Jeremy Dylan delve into The Beatles' "Beatles for Sale" and Neil Young's "After the Goldrush" and along the way talk about their shared memories of a bizarre Crowded House gig in Hyde Park, covering the Beatles with Paul Kelly, the Finn family record collection circa 1964, Neil's planned first name-based supergroup, singing in falsetto and why he's a self-described "perverse bastard". Come back next week to hear Neil and Jeremy talk Bowie and Radiohead, as they fail to solve rock's most enduring mystery.

It's time for some local heroes on our 20th episode, as CMC Oz Artist of the Year and Newcastle singer/songwriter Morgan Evans heads into the podbooth to chat with host Jeremy Dylan about Silverchair's classic 2002 record of orchestrated rock Diorama. Along the way, they break down classic songs "Across the Night", "The Greatest View" and "Luv Your Life" and chat about creating music without boundaries, Morgan's work with Diorama engineer Matt Lovell, the Disney style orchestrations of Van Dyke Parks and weird vs pop. different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins and the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts, in addition to many commercials and music videos.

On the eve of the Americana Music Festival, singer-songwriter and Double J disk jockey Emma Swift drops into the podbooth to chat with host Jeremy Dylan about one of the seminal Americana albums of the 90s - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams. Along the way they break down classic songs Right On Time, Can't Let Go, 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten, Joy and Metal Firecracker and talk about the album's tumultuous production process, the intimacy of Lucinda's lyrics, why Jim Lauderdale is a genius harmony singer and Emma closes the episode with a beautiful acoustic rendition one of the album's best songs - Greenville. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed

Our You Am I exploration continues this week, with a discussion of the follow up to "Hi Fi Way", the ambitious song cycle "Hourly Daily". Musician, music industry executive and Australian Institute of Music teacher Danny Yau joins host Jeremy Dylan to chat about the record. Along the way, they break down classic songs including "Soldiers", "If We Can't Get It Together" and "Flag Fall $1.80" and talk about Tim Rogers unique singing style, what it's like to grow up in the same part of town as your heroes and why the album hasn't dated. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins and the feature

The seventeenth episode of My Favorite Album breaks new ground for the podcast, as host Jeremy Dylan is double-teamed via Skype by two guests for a discussion of Aussie rock legends You Am I's classic 1995 album Hi Fi Way. Singer-songwriter J Robert Youngtown from frosty Tasmania and expert witness Jon Auer (of legendary bands The Posies and Big Star) from a sweltering Paris. The trio break down classic songs The Applecross Wing Commander, Handwasher and Cathy’s Clown and discuss Tim Rogers' lyrical insight, the impact of the band's change in drummers and Jon, who mixed the album, recalls a near death experience with Tim Rogers on the eve of the sessions. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the mus

On the sixteenth episode of My Favorite Album, ghost pop singer-songwriter Anita Lester (AKA Lester the Fierce) comes by to talk about the weird, wild and wonderful Kate Bush and her seminal 1985 album Hounds of Love. Along the way, they break down classic track Running Up That Hill and the Ninth Wave song cycle and talk about whether this album could be made in the age of shuffle, authenticity vs. sincerity, Bush's cultural musical roots and how someone turns out when they're raised on Kate Bush records. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins and the feature music documentary Jim Lauderd

On the fifteenth installment of My Favorite Album, drummer and very tall man Luke Davison, from Sydney rockers The Preatures, heads into the pod booth in between dates of the band’s Two Tone Melody tour. Luke and host Jeremy Dylan discuss the classic 1962 debut LP from Booker T and the MGs - Green Onions. Along the way, they break down classic tracks “Green Onions” and “Twist and Shout”, talk about the accidental creation of the band, how the MGs songwriting process parallels The Preatures, Luke’s work in R&B band The Fabulous Rumble’ators, why simplicity is the hardest thing to pull off and how music ends up in Viagra commercials. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 20

On a contentious fourteenth episode of My Favorite Album, Mississippi Shakedown frontman, producer and studio owner Jeff Cripps steps into the podbooth to chat/argue about Cream's smash hit 1968 double album Wheels of Fire. In the spirit of the band, Jeff and Jeremy butt heads over the studio disc vs. the live disc, whether the band's live power came from cooperation or competition, whether Eric Clapton's live versions of Crossroads measure up to the version on this album and much more. They also break down classic tracks White Room, Spoonful, Crossroads and As You Said. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the

Legendary singer/actor/songwriter/producer Mark Holden returns for part two of our Joni Mitchell extraveganza. In this episode, Mark and host Jeremy Dylan delve deep into some of the Blue album's most iconic songs - River, A Case of You, Little Green and California - and Mark explains the allure of Los Angeles and reveals where the whitest place on earth was in the 1960s. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins and the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts, in addition to many commercials and music videos.

We hit a dozen episodes with our second two-parter, as Aussie music legend Mark Holden steps into the podbooth to join host Jeremy Dylan for an expansive lovefest on Joni Mitchell's heartbreakingly beautiful 1971 masterpiece Blue. Along the way, they talk about Joni's instrumental prowess, writing in open tunings, BB King's stamina, the way Blue has influenced succeeding generations of musicians and bumping into Joni at a Hall and Oates gig. Come back next week to hear part 2 as Mark and Jeremy break down classic songs River, My Old Man, California, Little Green and A Case of You. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music.Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegra

On the eleventh episode of My Favorite Album, we welcome our first female guest as the remarkable Gossling (aka Helen Croome) sits down with host Jeremy Dylan to talk about Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice's seminal 2002 album "O". Along the way, they break down classic tracks "Delicate" and Volcano", explore the origins of Helen's cello obsession and compare Ireland and Melbourne's climates and pubs. My Favorite Album is a podcast unpacking the great works of pop music. Each episode features a different songwriter or musician discussing their favorite album of all time - their history with it, the making of the album, individual songs and the album’s influence on their own music. Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He has directed the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins and the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts, in addition to many commercials and music videos.