No Bull Sessions

Listen to the original version of "Jolene" and the version at 33 rpm on Vinyl. It also sounds so good slowed down! Dolly Parton is a country music legend, movie star, business woman, philanthropist and an incredible songwriter. "Jolene" has been covered by several artists including, Ellie Goulding, White Stripes, Las Chicas del Can, Kygo (remix), and Miley Cyrus. We discuss Elvis Presley and Whitney Houston as we listen to another massive Dolly hit song, "I Will Always Love You".

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 According to Guitar World Magazine, Janet Robin is on the list of Top 10 Female Guitarists and Guitar Player Magazine has her listed as one of the Top 50 acoustic guitar players in the world!

One of her early guitar teachers and mentors was Randy Rhodes, yes, the legendary rock guitar hero and songwriter from Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osborne. 

Janet further developed her guitar chops on 80’s sunset strip scene with her band Precious Metal. Janet was part the scene and hung out with Guns n' Roses, Poison, Quiet Riot, Heart, Lindsey Buckingham (from Fleetwood Mac) and the list goes on… 

We also discuss her solo career album produced by famed producer John Carter Cash. 

She’ll play us a song live in studio, and we’ll also hear some songs from her new band on the raise, The String Revolution. 

The String Revolution

Is made up of: Markus Ilko , Daniel Schwarz, Art Zavala Jr, and of course Janet Robin

This is a multi-guitar project that creates the percussive beats, bass, melodies, rhythms and everything that you would want to hear in beautiful music into one incredible guitar ensemble. As you will hear, the songs will carry you and open up your imagination. 

  

To learn more about Janet Robin or contact her for work, recordings, gigs, lessons etc…You can find her at:

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 email her at: janet@janetrobin.com

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Who will win? This is the 2019 GRAMMY Awards predictions podcast show. We will run through the top categories for the Grammys: Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and Best Latin Pop Album. Richard Bull shares his predictions on the podcast and let's see how many we get right! 

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In this podcast we ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Sabrina Claudio, Greta Van Fleet, and Brushy One String. It is about all about new artists and bets for much success in 2019. We shine a light on a sultry R&B artist, a true rock revival band playing the real thing, and a street musician that is known as the king of the one-string guitar. Follow: https://www.instagram.com/nobullsessions/ https://www.instagram.com/richardbulltoro/ Sabrina Claudio “Unravel me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBVskvS7-vo “Frozen”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IezlWijcdQk Greta Van Fleet "Highway Song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJg4OJxp-co "When The Curtain Falls": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86_vnQc1oBE Brushy One String "Chicken in the Corn": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8H-67ILaqc "No Man Stop Me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfxMYSJSVTY

In this No Bull Sessions podcast episode we have one of the masters of marketing in the music business, Abbey Konowitch. We chronicle some of his career as a college radio DJ, booking agent at ICM, his ten years with Clive Davis at Arista Records, he headed up programming and artist relations at MTV during a most incredible time, Maverick Records, and his experiences as GM at Hollywood Records for Disney. We discuss streaming playlists vs radio charts and technology in music. We talk about stories from Madonna to Guns & Roses to Cher to The Doors to Demi Lovato to J Balvin to Cardi B, 360 label deals, and the future of the music business. Abbey manages several projects and also consults with close friends in the business. You can reach him via abbeykonowitch@rockmanialive.com Follow: www.instagram.com/nobullsessions/ www.instagram.com/richardbulltoro/

In this episode we dive into a cool americana, country, rock band making it as an indie group in LA. The band Roses & Cigarettes is composed of Jenny Pagliaro and Angela Petrilli. We talk shop, stories from the road, Norman's Rare Guitars, what it’s like to run your own small business (an indie band), band loyalty, and more. Roses & Cigarettes perform live songs for us right on the spot through this Skype interview! http://www.rosesandcigarettes.com/ IG: @rosesandcigarettesband IG @angelapetrillimusic Norman’s Rare Guitars “Home”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTglbLiukzE Norman’s Rare Guitars “Gold Dust Woman”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwIBIoU2bAQ Angela Petrilli - Fender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1X56w0AW1Y Eric Tessmer “Love Has Taken Its Toll” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpZzWivnFg8 Robert John and the Wreck “Good Lovin’” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhoDqeVzwJI Marc Broussard “Home”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuWPseegaKw

In this episodes we explore how the life of a studio rat, recording engineer, songwriter, session musician, music producer, singer, and organic farmer can all be combined into one. In this interview, Hector Crisantes shares plenty of stories and recommendations for up and coming artists to look out for in both Latin and general market genres. Crisantes presents us an exclusive clip from one of his new Spanish language songs "Invisible”. Links to Crisantes and his recommended songs/artists are listed below: instagram.com/crisantes instagram.com/mercedesjalil Dawes “Somewhere along the way”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6rDtW6_8bg Sonus “Vecina”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Hn9AfET8g Vicente Garcia “Dulcito e Coco”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTrUFzZi-TM Juan Pablo Vega “Vicio”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afojPZKVFLI Beatles “Something”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UelDrZ1aFeY Crisantes “Live & Let It Go”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSSVVTxYZNM