My Favourite Elliott Smith Song

Our guest today is Chan Kinchla, a musician and the guitarist in the band Blues Traveler.
Blues Traveler are a long-running band combining blues, rock, and soul. In addition to performing with them, Chan leads his own band, W4rhors3.
Chan chose “Clementine” from Elliott Smith’s self-titled album — a track we had never previously discussed on the podcast. He talks about only fairly recently becoming a devoted Elliott fan and goes deep into what draws him to the song.
Because Chan was excited to see New Monkey Studio, we recorded the episode there last spring. During the conversation, he also shares an unexpected coincidence that connects him and the show’s co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley, back to New York in the mid-1990s.
Extra links:

Clementine by Elliott Smith on Spotify

Elliott Smith self-titled album on Spotify

Follow W4rhors3 on Instagram

Follow Blues Traveler

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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Hello! We're doing something slightly different in this episode. As we had two guests who both selected the same song, we’ve combined both their interviews together. 

In this episode, you'll hear from Anthony Vaccaro, who is the guitarist in the band Beach Bunny and also a solo artist (he plays under the name Helicopter Leaves), and we also have Tess Parks a musician and photographer. 

They're both talking about the song Rose Parade from Either/Or. Anthony is speaking to Elizabeth Withstandley and Tess is speaking to Rob Comba.
Extra links:

Rose Parade by Elliott Smith on Spotify

Either/Or by Elliott Smith on Spotify

Follow Anthony on Instagram 

Follow Tess on Instagram

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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Photo of Tess Parks is by Ki Price

Our guest today is musician, Charlie Barnes. 

Charlie is a singer-songrwriter and producer based here in the UK, who also plays with the band Bastille. Charlie's a big Elliott Smith fan and was kind enough to share his thoughts on track Bottle Up and Explode! from the album XO, as well as his interesting route to discovering the song, how Elliott has shaped his approach to music and much more besides.
This is Charlie speaking to podcast co-host, Elizabeth Withstandley.
Extra links:

Bottle Up and Explode! by Elliott Smith on Spotify

XO by Elliott Smith on Spotify

Follow Charlie Barnes on Instagram

Charlie Barnes website

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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Our guest today is Haley Fohr aka Circuit des Yeux. 
Haley is a Chicago based experimental musician who has been releasing music under the Circuit des Yeux name since 2007. And she released her seventh studio album, Halo on the Inside, in March of last year. 

Haley's been a big Elliott Smith fan since discovering his music while she was in high school. In this interview, she talks about taking long drives as a teenager with only Elliott for company, how she saw herself in his music and we go deep into her pick: Everything means nothing to me from Figure 8.
Photo by Dana Trippe.
Extra links:

Everything Means Nothing to Me by Elliott Smith on Spotify

Figure 8 by Elliott Smith on Spotify

Follow Circuit des Yeux on Instagram 

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.
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Joining us for episode three of the season is Greg Mendez.

Greg is a musician based in Philadelphia, who began making music in 2006. Although he had been playing for some time already, it was the success of Greg's 2023 self-titled album that brought him greater recognition. After releasing that album he also joined the Dead Oceans label, which he then released his EP First Time/Alone under. 

Like many others, I got to know his music after hearing his self-titled record and became a big fan, so it was great to have this opportunity to speak to him. 

Hope you enjoy it!

Additional links:

St. Ides Heaven on Spotify 

Elliott Smith (self-titled) on Spotify

Greg Mendez Bandcamp

Our episode with Rebecca Gates discussing St. Ides Heaven

My Favourite Elliott Smith Song is produced by Rob Comba and Elizabeth Withstandley. Find us on social media @myfavesmithsong.

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