Our Work

Hosted by Tom Beaujour, Cindy Hulej, and Dave Hill, Axe Lords is the irreverent guitar podcast where legends, luthiers, and tone chasers swap wild stories, nerd out on gear, and reveal the riffs that shaped them. From Steve Vai to Mary Timony, this series is part rock confessional, part gearhead playground.

A music-interview podcast hosted by Grammy-nominated artist Maggie Rose, Salute the Songbird amplifies the voices of women in music. Through intimate conversations with artists, producers, and industry leaders, this series highlights the stories behind the songs—and the women rewriting the rules of the industry. This season, we’re recording episodes in front of a live audience in Nashville.

Hosted by genre-bending guitarist Alex Skolnick (Testament, jazz trio, and beyond), Moods & Modes is a sonic journey through music, culture, and creativity. Equal parts philosophical and plugged-in, the show explores the artistic process with iconic guests from jazz, rock, classical, and experimental scenes.

The podcast features deep interviews with guests like Peter Frampton, Pat Metheny, and Percy Jones as well as narrative episodes on iconic musicians like Eddie Van Halen, Chick Corea, Leslie West, Allan Holdsworth, and more.

Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for the Old 97s, hosts “Wheels Off” a show about the messy reality of the creative life. Conversations with musicians, writers, artists, actors, and comedians about the pivotal moments that shaped their work, what it means to create in a digital age and grapple with the challenges, and the joy, of living a creative life.

Working in partnership with Rhett, new episodes are recorded and released every other week and feature guests from the worlds of music, film, television, comedy, the arts, sports and the culinary world like Ben Harper, Stewart Copeland, Jeff Tweedy, Julia Cameron, Kristin Hersh, Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Ashley Longshore, Nick Hornby, and many more.

Sad Songs Comedy Hour, a video-cast of music and conversation created and hosted by The Milk Carton Kids. This show is currently in development. Pilot episode with guest Willie Watson available upon request.

A podcast that goes deep into the creative process of one of the world's most talented and genre-defying super-bands, Snarky Puppy. Captured during the recording of their latest album, Transmissions From Deep Ellum takes you behind the scenes as they build the soundscape that will become the album tracks; then, into the room as the album is recorded live at Deep Ellum Art Company. Produced by Osiris Media for GroundUP Music. Producer and Showrunner: Kirsten Cluthe, Studio Kairos

If you've lived in America at any point over the last 21 years, you've most certainly heard My Own Worst Enemy. How and why did My Own Worst Enemy become permanently woven into our pop culture consciousness? Over four episodes, we explore the history of the band, the creation of the song, it’s radio dominance at the turn of the millennium, the anatomy of a hit, and the ways in which it has become permanently embedded in American pop culture. Conversations with the band and musical peers like Butch Walker, Adrian Young of No Doubt, Ben Osmundson from Zebrahead and Noodles from The Offspring, as well as label executives, radio hosts, professional songwriters and musicologists tell the story behind the seminal song that has been in constant rotation since its release in 1999. Produced for Round Hill Music by Osiris Media. Producer and Showrunner: Kirsten Cluthe, Studio Kairos.

The riveting story of the Seattle grunge scene, which came to define rock in the 1990s. The show traces the local roots of the music, and details the rise and fall of the grunge scene, including the triumphs and tragedies experienced by artists and fans. The series features new first-hand accounts from the people who made this scene happen, including Seattle music legends Duff McKagan, Kim Thayil and Jerry Cantrell; iconic DJ Marco Collins; label executives Michael Goldstone and Debi Lipetz; Seattle music insiders Daniel House and Charles Cross; and many others. The show concludes with a look toward the future—examining the legacy of the ‘90s scene and highlighting artists carrying the city’s music forward, such as Ben Gibbard, Ayron Jones, Eva Walker, Travis Thompson and others who will create Seattle’s next Breaking Wave. Narrated by Ryan Castle, Program Director of KISW in Seattle. Produced by Osiris Media for Audacy. Producer and Showrunner: Kirsten Cluthe, Studio Kairos

Trick Bag is a musical podcast experience that brings the listener deep into the sounds of R&B. Inspired by his weekly radio show on WWOZ, disc jockey and vinyl aficionado Neil Pellegrin spins obscure tracks from the mid-20th century, celebrating some of the most important artists of our time. Each episode features the stories behind the music, including rare artist interviews and archival recordings of performances and recording sessions.