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Kyle Meredith With...
Kyle Meredith With... is an interview series in which WFPK's Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of artists. Meredith digs deep to find out how their work is made and where their journey is going. From legendary artists to the newer class, from musicians to film & television stars, you'll hear about the things you were always curious about from all of your favorites.
Episodes
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Steve Hackett
On the latest installment of Kyle Meredith With..., former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett discusses his new album, At the Edge of Light, and how it once again…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Jawbox
On the latest Kyle Meredith With…, Kyle Meredith speaks with Bill Barbot of alternative/punk outfit Jawbox on the 25th anniversary of their major label debut…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Violent Femmes
On the latest Kyle Meredith With…, Kyle Meredith speaks with Brian Ritchie of Violent Femmes about the stories behind their 30-year-old album, 3, the hiatus…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Tommy James
On today's Kyle Meredith With…, Tommy James of Tommy James and the Shondells talks with Kyle about Alive, his first album in a decade. He also discusses the…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Beirut
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Zach Condon of Beirut talks with Kyle Meredith about the importance that a sense of place and geography holds in the music…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Hop Along, Wye Oak, and Middle Kids
On the latest episode of Kyle Meredith With..., three of today's sharpest indie outfits close out the week with some chewy discussions. Frances Quinlan of Hop…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Mark Eitzel
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., American Music Club lead singer and solo musician Mark Eitzel talks with Kyle Meredith about his long solo career…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Sunflower Bean
On today's Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle talks with Julia Cumming of Sunflower Bean about her band's latest release, King of the Dudes, and the band's…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Jared Leto, lovelytheband, and The Kooks
On a special trio edition of Kyle Meredith With..., hear Kyle talk with three dynamic bands about the backstories behind their latest releases. 30 Second to…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Altitudes & Attitude
The latest Kyle Meredith With… features Altitudes & Attitude, the rock outfit led by Anthrax's Frank Bello and Megadeth's David Ellefson, respectively. Unlike…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Sara Bareilles
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Sara Bareilles speaks with Kyle Meredith about the new record she has on the way, buoyed by her late-2018 single, “Armor”…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Editors, and Albert Hammond Jr.
The latest Kyle Meredith With… features three separate rock acts that each fill a certain slice of the genre and had new albums out in 2018. Black Rebel…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Franz Ferdinand
The latest Kyle Meredith With… includes Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy as well as a bonus interview with frontman Alex Kapranos that took place last year…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Panda Bear
The solo musician and co-founding member of Animal Collective, talks about his new record, Buoys, and what sets it apart from his previous three releases. For…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Juliana Hatfield
On today's Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle talks to Juliana Hatfield about her new album, Weird, and gets the scoop on several new songs. She also tells the story…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Dave Keuning
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., guitarist and songwriter Dave Keuning discusses his first solo record, Prismism, since stepping aside from The Killers…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... The Dandy Warhols
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols speaks with Kyle about the band’s brand-new record, Why You So Crazy, and…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, and Erika Wennerstrom
The latest Kyle Meredith With... is a special triple episode, featuring three musicians — Brandi Carlile, Courtney Barnett, and Erika Wennerstrom — who all…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... David Gray
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., David Gray speaks about his upcoming record, Gold in a Brass Age, discussing the album’s themes of nature and slowing…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten talks to Kyle Meredith ahead of her highly anticipated new album, Remind Me Tomorrow. Together, they also spend time talking about Van Etten's…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Pedro the Lion
This Friday on Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle Meredith interviews David Bazan of Pedro the Lion, who explains why he resurrected the name “Pedro the Lion” and…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Caroline Rose
Kyle Meredith With... kicks off 2019 with genre-bending singer-songwriter Caroline Rose, whose recent album Loner marks a significant departure from her…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Young Fathers
Kyle Meredith With... celebrates the last day of 2018 with Young Fathers' own Alloysious Massaquoi, whose record Cocoa Sugar made its mark on the charts in…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... K's Choice, Jill Sobule, and Tracey Thorn
The latest episode of Kyle Meredith With... features with a triple-dose of turn-back-the-clock rock interviews. Sarah Bettens of K's Choice talks about the…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Blues Traveller
Blues Traveler's John Popper discusses the sometimes fun, sometimes sad world of sex, drugs and rock and roll.Popper speaks with Kyle about the group's newest…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... M Ward
On the latest Kyle Meredith With…, M. Ward, the solo artist and member of both She & Him and Monsters of Folk, discusses why his new album, What a Wonderful…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Wild Nothing, Bodega, and Houndmouth
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., members of Wild Nothing, Bodega and Houndmouth all celebrate the new releases of their albums this year. Wild Nothing's…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Michael McDonald and Jake Shimabukuro
In a special holiday edition of Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle talks to both Michael McDonald and Jake Shimabukuro about their respective upcoming albums during…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Toro y Moi
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle talks with Chaz Bundwick, also known as Toro y Moi, about his upcoming album, Outer Peace, and how it ties into his…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Kirstin Hersh, Belly, and Buffalo Tom
On today's special '90s trio episode of Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle speaks with Kristin Hersh, Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz, and Belly's Tanya Donelly about new…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... The Monkees
This Wednesday’s Kyle Meredith With... features Micky Dolenz of The Monkees, who speaks with Kyle Meredith about the major 50-year anniversaries of Head and…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Phosphorescent
This Monday's episode of Kyle Meredith With... features Kyle's conversation with Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck, who dives into the process of creating his new…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Ingrid Michaelson
On today's Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle speaks with Ingrid Michaelson about the release of her very first Christmas album, Songs for the Season, and how the…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Tom Morello
On today's episode of Kyle Meredith With..., Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello discusses the process of creating his new solo record The Atlas…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Darius Rucker
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Darius Rucker discusses the 25th anniversary of 1994's Cracked Rear View and how 1998's Musical Chairs planted the seeds…
Kyle Meredith With...Klye Meredith With... Concrete Blond, Letter to Cleo, and Matthew Sweet
This Friday on Kyle Meredith With…, Kyle Meredith speaks with three major guests about the albums they released in 1993 and what they’ve been up to since then…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Jake Shears
This Wednesday's edition of Kyle Meredith With... features Kyle's interview with former Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears, during which the singer touches…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Richard Ashcroft
Kyle Meredith speaks with English singer-songwriter Richard Ashcroft, best known as the lead singer of The Verve, who discusses his near-20-year-long solo…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Todd Rundgren, Uriah Heap, and The Guess Who
This Friday on Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle offers up a special trio of interviews with legends Todd Rundgren, Uriah Heep, and The Guess Who. Rundgren discusses…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Tash Sultana
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Tash Sultana talks about their new record Flow State, an LP chock-full of long-form jams and landscapes painted with…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Lucinda Williams
Kyle Meredith speaks with renowned country and blues musician Lucinda Williams about her latest release, Vanished Gardens, an Americana jazz collaboration with…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... James, The Church, and Big Country
On today's special trio episode of Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle speaks with three bands who released critical albums in the year 1988: James, Big Country, and…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Toto
Today's episode of Kyle Meredith With... features classic rock legend Steve Lukather of Toto, who talks about everything from the "pamphlet jerk-fest"…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Deer Tick
This Monday’s Kyle Meredith With…Deer Tick’s John Joseph McCauley breaks down the band's upcoming compilation, Mayonnaise. The singer-songwriter also explains…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Gregory Alan Isakov, Haerts, and Brooke Annibale
This Friday on Kyle Meredith With…, Kyle Meredith speaks with three big guests about their new music and recent placements in television shows. Gregory Alan…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Hanson
This Wednesday’s Kyle Meredith With… features Hanson’s Taylor Hanson, who talks with Kyle Meredith in advance of the band’s new album, String Theory. He…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... J Mascis
On today's episode of Kyle Meredith With..., J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. talks with Kyle about his new solo record, Elastic Days, a love for drumming, and his…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Young the Giant
Kyle Meredith sits down with Young the Giant frontman Sameer Gadhia to discuss their new record, Mirror Master. Gadhia not only talks about the loneliness and…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... GWAR
This Halloween episode of Kyle Meredith With... features an interview with heavy metal band Gwar’s current frontman, Blothar, who dives into the mythology of…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Melissa Eitheridge
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Melissa Etheridge talks about the legacy of Yes I Am, her groundbreaking album released 25 years ago, and what we can…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Elvis Costello
This Friday on Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle chats with modern pop legend Elvis Costello about his new album, Look Now, which was released earlier this month to…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Bob Mould
On the latest Kyle Meredith With…, Bob Mould discusses growing up in the sixties and why he often chooses to begin the day with a book about Joni Mitchell or…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... David Crosby
Folk and rock legend David Crosby joins Kyle Meredith With... to discuss his new record, Here If You Listen, and the process of writing it, which included…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Cat Power
Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power, talks with Kyle Meredith for Kyle Meredith With… about the minimal style of her new record, her lifelong songwriting…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Rostam
On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Rostam Batmanglij touches on his debut record and recent collaboration with Hamilton Leithauser, the inherently political…
Kyle Meredith With...Klye Meredith With... Joan Jett
Kyle Meredith sits down with Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna for this Monday's episode of Kyle Meredith With.... Jett discusses her experience fronting Nirvana at…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Third Eye Blind
This Friday's episode of Kyle Meredith With... features Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins, who discusses the difference in public perception of the band…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Alice Merton
Kyle Meredith talks to new star Alice Merton about her sudden rise to fame with the soulful European chart-topper "No Roots" and the press tirade that…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... Hozier
Kyle Meredith is joined by singer-songwriter Hozier to talk about his recent EP, Nina Cried Power, and its debt to a bevy of strong female influences. For…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With... The Byrds
Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman of The Byrds discuss the 50th anniversary of their old band's Sweetheart of the Rodeo record. They also talk about The Byrds…