Audio Vault

After a 20-year career as a founding member of Barenaked Ladies, Steven is officially a solo artist, with a new album (Page One) on the way. He plays a couple of new songs, a couple of old favorites, and talks candidly about the reasons he left BNL.

SONGS: A New Shore, Jane, Indecision, Brian Wilson

She rocked the Paramount for nearly three hours, then stayed in town to join us in the Lounge the next day. Here she does a couple of old faves and a couple of songs from her newest release, Fearless Love, and she talks about raising kids, being cancer-free and having dinner at the home of Elisabeth Hasselbeck from The View.

SONGS: Fearless Love, Company, Come To My Window, Bring Me Some Water

Four singer/songwriters from L.A., each already enjoying some success, banded together to create a fresh new sound. They specialize in impeccably crafted songs and tight harmonies, which you'll hear in this session featuring tracks from their full-length debut, Let Loose The Horses.

SONGS: Let Loose The horses, Break Me Out, You're Not Listening, My Heart With You

The longtime frontwoman of 10,000 Maniacs (who left the band and released her first solo album in 1995) is back with an ambitious new double CD, Lose Your Sleep, which features 19th and 20th century poems, inspired by children and set to music. She explains this massive project, plays three songs from it, and throws in one from her archives to wrap up the session.

SONGS: Nursery Rhyme of Innocence & Experience, Adventures of Isabel, If No One Ever Marries Me, Motherland

Denver music icons return to the Northwest in support of their new album Rocksteady. They have fond words for their dear departed tour bus, The Colonel, and they recall the night comedian Chris Farley joined them onstage to sing a Stones song, which they perform in this session.

SONGS: Beautiful, Broken Hearted Savior, Beast Of Burden

The rootsy band from North Carolina finally makes their first appearance in the Lounge before a packed crowd of adoring fans. They couldn't be more congenial, and their music couldn't be more authentic and engaging. Here they tell the story of recording their latest album, I And Love And You, with uber-producer Rick Rubin, and they discuss the pros and cons of being in a band with your brother.

SONGS: January Wedding, Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise, Laundry Room

Kevin and Anita Robinson are a married couple whose Portland-based band Viva Voce put out 5 albums in the last 15 years. Now they've regrouped with some fellow Rose City indie music pals and formed Blue Giant. It's an appealing mix of twangy and trippy, as you'll hear in these three tracks from their debut full-length album.

SONGS: Clean The Clock, Go On, Target Heart

They've been Northwest favorites/Lounge regulars for years; this time they brought the full band to preview music from their new album How The West Was One. And you also get the scoop on the origins of the band's name, the pros & cons of going indie, and the ir memories of their first Seattle gig.

SONGS: What Have You Learned, Native America, Pink, Life Less Ordinary

Shawn Stewart guest-hosts this session with the So-Cal alt-reggae dudes who are joined by their pal Rome from Sublime (who for some reason is going by the name Melissa on this day.) The band talks about covering Coldplay, and about snagging keyboard legend Billy Preston for their record a short time before he passed away.

SONGS: Believe, Stand Tall, Lay Me Down

Shawn Stewart guest-hosted this session with the singer/songwriter and former San Diego DJ. She got the behind-the-scenes scoop from Anya about having her song in the soundtrack of the Twilight: New Moon film despite her sketchy familiarity with the whole Twilight phenomenon.

SONGS: Satellite Heart, Move You, Spirit School, All The Same To Me