I Wanna Hold Your Band

Paul Bartholomew
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I Wanna Hold Your Band invites you to experience the music that moves people, one story at a time. Host Paul Bartholomew interviews guests about the songs that define them, sharing their personal stories and the memories tied to the music that helped shape their life.

  1. 23H AGO

    Lennon Parham

    Actor Lennon Parham (Somebody Somewhere, Minx, Veep) talks Indigo Girls, Chess, Prince, James Ingram, Everything But The Girl & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. ⁠Prince of Darkness - Indigo Girls 2. Someone In The Dark - Michael Jackson 3. I've Got A Crush On You - Linda Ronstadt 4. Terrace Duet - Chess 5. Nobody's Side - Chess 6. Gett Off - Prince 7. Any Time Any Place - Janet 8. She Just Wants To Dance - Keb' Mo' 9. Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram 10. Missing - Everything But the Girl 11. Weak - SMV 12. Whatever You Say - Martina McBride 13. Broken Wing - Martina McBride 14. Waiting For My Dearie - Brigadoon

    27 min

  2. FEB 4

    Roxana Jullapat

    James Beard finalist author of “Mother Grains” and baker/owner of Friends & Family restaurant in Los Angeles, the wonderful Roxana Jullapat talks The Cure, Cafe Tacvba, Nick Cave, Juan Luis Guerra and more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Las Flores - Cafe Tacvba 2. Wish - The Cure 3. Drinking In L.A. - Bran Van 3000 4. Vikingur Olafsson 5. A Pedir Su Mano - Juan Luis Guerra 6. When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple 7. Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 8. ⁠Three White Horses⁠ - Andrew Bird

    26 min

  3. JAN 21

    Chris Baio

    Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio talks Depeche Mode, Underworld, The Pharcyde, Junior Boys, Public Enemy, La Femme d'argent & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST ​ Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen​ Basket Case - Green Day​ Bawitdaba - Kid Rock​ Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion​ Illmatic - Nas​ It Was Written - Nas​ Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode​ Enjoy The Silence - Depceche Mode​ Born Slippy - Underworld​ Air - La femme d'argent​ Sexy Boy - La femme d'argent​ Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde​ In The Morning - Junior Boys​ FM - Junior Boys​ Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy​ Funky Drummer - James Brown

    31 min

  4. 12/22/2025

    Held Songs Mixtape (2025)

    Each guest's questionnaire is filled with so many songs, albums & artists that I now love. But in the spirit of year end music lists, here is one song from each 2025 guest that really stuck with me. Order based on flow. ⁠HELD SONGS MIXTAPE⁠ (playlist on Spotify) ⁠So Lonely ⁠- The Police (Jay Lund) ⁠⁠Pata Pata⁠⁠⁠ - Miriam Makeba (Liz Tuccillo) ⁠Maps⁠⁠ - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Inara George) ⁠⁠Fake Plastic Trees⁠⁠⁠ - Radiohead (Rainn Wilson) ⁠St. Swithin’s Day⁠⁠ - Billy Bragg (Stephanie Courtney) ⁠⁠Cherry Bomb⁠⁠⁠ - The Runaways (Spencer Garrett) ⁠If It Ain’t Ruff⁠⁠ - NWA (Mark Pieper) ⁠I Can Let Go Now⁠⁠ - Michael McDonald (Cleto Escobedo III) ⁠Move On Up⁠⁠ - Curtis Mayfield (Alexander Straus) ⁠⁠Running Out Of Lies⁠⁠ - Johnnie Taylor (Jordan Whittington) ⁠Goodbye Earl⁠⁠ - The Chicks (Olivia de Recat) ⁠Verdi Cries⁠⁠ - 10,000 Maniacs (Sam Catlin) ⁠⁠Aphasia⁠⁠ - Pinegrove (Liam Yorgensen) ⁠Mandika⁠⁠ - Sinead O’Connor (Drew Droege)  ⁠⁠⁠Letter to Hermione⁠⁠⁠ - Robert Glasper (Jamila Glass) ⁠⁠If We Were Vampires ⁠⁠⁠- Jason Isbell (Mike Soroka) ⁠Girls Like Me⁠ - Bonnie Hayes (Merrin Dungey) ⁠The Distance⁠ - Cake (Pete Gardner) ⁠Come To The Manger⁠ - Donny Osmond (Jill Lover) ⁠Blues Run The Game⁠ - Laura Marling (Max Chernin) ⁠The Queen And The Soldier⁠ - Suzanne Vega (Tuc Watkins) ⁠Song 2⁠ - Blur (David Magidoff) ⁠Never Stop⁠ - Brand New Heavies (Julie Dretzin) ⁠The Foggy Dew⁠ - Chieftains/Sinead (Rory O’Malley) ⁠Come Back Home⁠ - Seo Taiji Boys (Peter Kim) ⁠Start Wearing Purple⁠ - Gogol Bordello (John Bush) ⁠Here We Go⁠ - N’Sync (Jeannie Klisiewicz) ⁠Painted From Memory⁠ - Elvis and Burt (Chris Douridas) ⁠Cold Feet⁠ - Tracy Chapman (Jordan Black)

    2 min

  5. 12/10/2025

    Alexander Straus

    LA Angel City Head Coach Alexander Straus talks New Order, Prefab Sprout, The Pogues, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bruce Springsteen, Alice In Chains, Curtis Mayfield & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. ⁠The River - Bruce Springsteen 2. Purple Rain - Prince 3. Infidels - Bob Dylan 4. Ghost In The Machine - The Police 5. Ceremony - New Order 6. The Perfect Kiss - New Order 7. Bonny - Prefab Sprout 8. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield 9. Nutshell - Alice In Chains 10. A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues 11. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues 12. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

    27 min

  6. 11/26/2025

    Jamila Glass

    LA Contemporary Dance Company Artistic Director Jamila Glass talks Robert Glasper, Lauryn Hill, The Temptations, Frankie Beverly & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Letter To Hermione - Robert Glasper 2. Everything Is Everything - Lauryn Hill 3. Lost Ones - Lauryn Hill 4. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica 5. Here's Where I Stand - 'Camp' Original Soundtrack 6. Give Love On Christmas Day - The Temptations 7. Before I Let Go - Maze with Frankie Beverly 8. This Too Shall Pass - India.Arie

    27 min

  7. 11/12/2025

    Rory O'Malley

    Tony nominated actor Rory O'Malley (Book of Mormon, Hamilton) talks The Beach Boys, Beauty and the Beast, Sarah McLachlan, Green Day & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Turn It Off - Book of Mormon 2. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys 3. Beauty and the Beast - Original movie soundtrack 4. Surfacing & Mirroball - Sarah McLaughlin 5. The Foggy Dew 6. Some Say The Devil Is Dead 7. Fields of Athenry 8. Dookie - Green Day 9. American Idiot - Green Day 10. Everybody Loves Louis - Stephen Sondheim 11. Sunday - Stephen Sondheim

    29 min

  8. 10/29/2025

    Sam Catlin

    Writer Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad, Preacher, Sugar) talks The Beatles, U2, Van Morrison, Alanis Morissette, 10,000 Maniacs & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. The Beatles - Greatest Hits - (Red album) ( Blue album) 2. The Unforgettable Fire 3. No Guru, No Method, No Teacher - Van Morrison 4. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 5. Live! - Bob Marley & The Wailers 6. Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs 7. Alive & Kicking - Simple Minds 8. Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy

    32 min
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I Wanna Hold Your Band invites you to experience the music that moves people, one story at a time. Host Paul Bartholomew interviews guests about the songs that define them, sharing their personal stories and the memories tied to the music that helped shape their life.

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  • Creator
    Paul Bartholomew
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Paul Bartholomew
  • Show Website
    I Wanna Hold Your Band