Landon Marcus » Family of the Year – Hero
As I drove up to Echo Park on a beautiful afternoon, going up and down steep hills, almost getting lost, my heart was thumping. I was excited to shoot for The Voice Project, for an opportunity to be a...
Wake Owl » Arn Rhys – Children In The River
So our theme (and setting) is very often home, and those spaces that we often call home…and sometimes for the musicians they are rolling ones, but either way, glad Tyler was able to find a nice quiet spot to...
EELS » Leon Russell – A Song For You
Thanks to E who Ryan caught up with in Los Angeles for dusting of this Leon Russell classic he hadn’t played in 80 or 90 years. He mentioned about how it could come back so quickly, had become part...
Bowerbirds » Doug Paisley – No One But You
I’ve had my eye on bowerbirds for a long time, the actual birds that is. It may have actually been this David Attenborough piece (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbWJPsBPdA which Google just led me to again) that I had seen years ago to...
Rosi Golan » Ryan Adams – Two
This was one of the hottest days I can ever remember in NYC but Rosi’s apartment was like an AC sanctuary… I could have stayed there forever! Rosi is good friends with Greg Holden and Katie Costello who both...
Rick Barry » Rosi Golan – Can’t Go Back
Here’s what I want to say about this episode: Thank you Rosi for writing this beautiful song. Thank you Rick for choosing it for this project. And for this humble, heartfelt performance which has stayed with me from the...
Jill Sobule » Wayne Kramer – Great Big Amp
Jill Sobule and I had been emailing back and forth for a while before we managed to find a time to shot this episode so I felt like I already new her when we met. She is a lovely...
Jason Heath And The Greedy Souls » Jill Sobule – Palm Springs
We’re going to forgo the usual write up on this one that Ryan shot out in Los Angeles and just let you know why we were moved to have the band participate. As this is a project about music,...
Here We Go Magic » Gillian Welch – Revelator
We had spoken to Jen and Mike who were keen for HWGM to do something for the project, so we were thrilled for the chance to come up to the cabin where they were rehearsing to do an episode,...
Mike Bloom » Here We Go Magic – How Do I Know
I was introduced to Mike through a good friend of mine who had always told me what an amazing guitar player he was and that we should grab him for the Voice Project. Mike has played with Rilo Kiley,...