Caropop Podcast
1) Chris Difford (Squeeze)
Squeezeâs Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook are one of rockâs greatest songwriting tandems, with Tilbrook crafting indelible melodies around Diffordâs emotionally detailed lyrics. Here Difford digs int...Show More
2) Craig Finn (The Hold Steady)
No surprise, talking music with Craig Finn is stimulating and a lot of fun. The Hold Steadyâs frontman/lyricist recently released his sixth solo album, the character-driven song cycle Always Been. He ...Show More
3) Gina Birch (The Raincoats)
Bassist Gina Birch is a founding member of the legendary British post-punk band the Raincoats, whose self-titled 1977 debut album is an off-kilter classic. More Raincoats albums followed, as did stint...Show More
4) Dennis Dunaway (Alice Cooper)
Bassist Dennis Dunaway wasâand isâone of the key figures in the 1970s rock band, Alice Cooper. Thatâs right, the band Alice Cooper, which recorded seven albums between 1969 and 1973 (and had such hits...Show More
5) Chris Stamey 2025
When I spoke with Chris Stamey way back for Caropop Ep. 30, he shared a sheet music collection called Marvelous Melodies Songbook, New Songs Vol. III. Several of those songs appear on his wonderful ne...Show More
6) May Pang (John Lennon)
May Pang was John Lennonâs companion for the late-1973-to-early-1975 period that has become known as Lennonâs âlost weekend.â Although Pang has used that phrase for her documentary and photo exhibitio...Show More
7) Jim Davis (Mobile Fidelity)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has been a top audiophile label since its 1977 founding and 2001 reboot after Jim Davis, president of the high-end audio equipment company Music Direct, bought it out of bank...Show More
8) John Hall (Rickenbacker)
John Hall has been CEO of the family-run Rickenbacker guitar company since 1984, right around when R.E.M.'s Peter Buck was inspiring a generation of jangly bands with his Rick riffs. The Beatles led a...Show More
9) David Lowery 2025
David Lowery is looking back while pushing forward. The brainy, witty Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker frontman just released a two-CD, three-LP solo album, Fathers, Sons and Brothers, thatâs a sort of mu...Show More
10) Zev Feldman, 'Jazz Detective'
Zev Feldman, a.k.a. the âJazz Detective,â has turned his crate-digging passion into a career: He tracks down previously unreleased recordings and jumps through the necessary hoops to get them released...Show More