Upstate Music Mine Upstate Music Mine (Ryan Stearns & Dr. Luvbeatz)

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation!! Today's episode features an epic double dose of talent as we pair BB Peter's live project, 'Big Radio', with the talented, Wade Bowers (Of Black River Rebels, amongst many other outfits he performs with).

BB Peters is a professional jingle writer and wrote and recorded The Upstate Music Mine theme song! His 3 piece live band, 'Big Radio', is a fun acoustic act that rocks the house with live covers and high energy.

After our interview with the guys from Big Radio, we sat down with Wade Bowers and enjoyed an epic interview featuring: a live performance of his new song "In Jester", an impromptu drop-in with Wade's new cat ,"Barracuda", and we play one of his original tunes with The Black River Rebels, "Time Hooker"!

As always, we wrap up with 'This Day in Music', and close out today's show!

**Special shout out to Dr. Luvbeatz' band, Whoami?, as they JUST dropped their new EP, "It's not gonna rain", yesterday (5.5.24)!!

We love you UMMPod Nation! See you next week!
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Welcome back UMMPod Nation!! We have a fantastic new artist to spotlight for you guys today, as we are featuring the talented Joel Shuman this week!

His recent concept album, "Drowned City", is a fantastic work of art from start to finish.  We give you a taste with the second track from the album, a bluesy-rock tune,   "Panopticon".

The theme of the album ties in perfectly to the show, and you'll have to listen to the interview to understand what we mean!

After a great, "impromptu" feature and chat with Joel, we dive into our weekly segment, 'This Day in Music', and wrap up today's show!

Thank you UMMPod Nation, we have some more amazing artists coming up this season, so stay tuned and see you next week!!
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Welcome back UMMPod Nation! We have a fantastic show ahead for you all today, as we are featuring an amazingly talented musician by the name of Justin Johnson.

Justin has played trumpet (amongst other instruments) with some excellent bands including The Shady Recruits and quickly-rising Charleston-based band, Little Stranger!

This interview was one like we've never had before.  We had some great content as far as material discussed, but not only do we feature a track from Justin Johnson and The Shady Recruits, we have a live IN STUDIO performance from Justin Johnson himself! Get ready for goosebumps..

As usual, we do 'This Day in Music' (with the assistance of Justin) and wrap up today's show!

Thank you UMMPod Nation, we love you and we'll see you next week!
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Happy Tuesday UMMPod Nation! Today's episode features an exciting new 1700+ capacity venue coming to the area, Trueline Greenville!  We had the pleasure of talking to Trueline's Chief of Staff, Sam Blumin about all the amazing things the new establishment will offer the Upstate.  Check out more information at truelinegvl.com.

Construction is underway, and Trueline has planned to open in 2025. 

After our interview with Sam, we go into our weekly segment, 'This Day in Music' and wrap up today's show!

Thank you UMMPod Nation, we'll see you next week with a special, in-studio guest, Justin Johnson! 
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Welcome back UMMPod Nation! Today's episode features a local hip-hop artist and promoter by the name of Sympl!  Ernesto "Sympl" Gutierrez has been in the music business for over 2 decades and has accomplished a lot along the way.

Enjoy our interview with Sympl, as we discuss his recent happenings and play one of his songs, "Take me to your leader".  After the song, we dive into some events upcoming for himself and his company, Dropp Science.

As usual, we conclude with 'This Day in Music' and wrap up this week's show!

We love you UMMPOD Nation! See you next week!
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***Sponsor Spolight Special***

Happy Monday UMMPod Nation! Today's episode is a special edition, as we welcome another brand new sponsor to the show, Hawk Plumbing!

In today's show, we wanted to dedicate the entire episode to highlight our mission: to help grow, not only our local arts and artists, but the businesses that support them. And we'd like to officially welcome aboard Hawk Plumbing as the newest member of our sponsorship team!

We had a great time chatting with owner Ryan Puhl (our 3rd RC brother), as we discuss the local Upstate scene, the mission behind his business, and touch on some musical tastes of course.

As always, we wrap up with a quick 'This Day in Music', and close out today's show!

Thank you for tuning into our Sponsor Spotlight Special! We'll be back with some fresh new music for you next week!
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