Seeing the film “Loving,” (finally) brought back this interview which originally broadcast on FM radio in Charleston, South Carolina. Together they perform as Twin Soul Poets: Poets Hamilton Sage and Ingrid Alli sat down for an in-depth interview and a spoken word performance. In this interview, Hamilton was going by Hamilton Graziano, but now goes
This episode of The Paul Leslie Hour features a very heartfelt interview with Beth Leonard Rucker. Beth is the founder of Just Be You, a non-profit with a mission to help teens. Their website is found at justbeyou.org Just Be You’s aim is to build teen’s confidence through self-compassion and
Gary Sefton gave a rare interview on The Paul Leslie Hour and we are pleased to present an exclusive playing of the demo of his song “Isn’t This America.” The interview was recorded on Independence Day 2020. Gary Sefton is an award-winning songwriter, singer, recording artist, producer, occasional performer, magazine columnist and expert
Imagine how many emails are whizzing around the planet at this very moment. Care to take a guess how many? The total email traffic last year was about 300 billion. That’s an average of more than 800 million a day. That’s a lot of emails! Most of you subscribe to
This is a special edition of The Paul Leslie Hour. It’s going to be coming out every month and it’s a somewhat in-depth discussion about the singer-songwriter, pianist and recording artist Billy Joel. I believe Billy Joel to be one of the most important American recording artists. He’s sold more
It has been said Bob Liberman is a “hell of a storyteller” and has “really led an interesting life,” that’s how author Ryan White described him. The Bob Liberman certainly has an interesting cast of characters ranging from Jimmy Buffett to Bob Dylan and the people from a circus tour.
John Scofield, known to many in the music world simply as “Sco,” makes his debut appearance on The Paul Leslie Hour. He’s one of the most influential guitarists around and a composer, performer and recording artist. Scofield has released a trio recording on ECM Records entitled “Swallow Tales.” The album
On June 19, 2020 Bob Dylan released “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” his 39th studio album, 8 years since his last album. To discuss the new record and more, I was joined by Clinton Heylin, the world’s foremost Bob Dylan scholar. A prolific writer on many musical subjects, but in particular
On this episode we meet Greg Cohen, bassist with the Eddy Davis New Orleans Jazz Band featuring Woody Allen. Cohen is an artist known for not only his humbleness, but also his incredible knowledge of music. Born in Los Angeles, his love for music began early and by 1978 he began
On this episode we meet Internationally renowned jazz banjoist and vocalist Cynthia Sayer. The New York Times had this to say about our special guest: “Miss Sayer finds lively banjo harmonies and provocative phrasing … a rare jazz banjoist.” She joins us to talk about her latest album “Attractions” and also
Simon Wettenhall was born in Australia and started his study of music with the piano. Hearing a recording of the legendary Louis Armstrong began his lifelong passion for the trumpet. After studying with two Australian masters of the orchestral trumpet, Wettenhall eventually found himself exploring the earlier music of New Orleans,