Join bandleader and songwriter Steven Schwartz as he talks with other local New Orleans musicians about the real life behind-the-scenes highs and lows of the music industry as well as current events, politics, religion, and much more. Crooked Conversations is an open dialogue that strives to combat the polarization of our current society by having interesting people with diverse opinions discuss many topics without constraint. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What a wonderful thing it was to have Mike Corson on the podcast! The singer and rhythm guitarist of the original band Fallen Still joins Steven Schwartz and Dreadless Dave to talk about making music ...
72. "It's All Noise" Music Breakdown (00:25:57)
Steven Schwartz and Dreadless Dave delve into the behind-the-scenes process of writing and recording their song “It’s All Noise” released by Steven Schwartz. This is the audio companion to the video v...
71. “Birds Aren’t Real” Music Breakdown (00:21:54)
Steven Schwartz and Dreadless Dave delve into the behind-the-scenes process of writing and recording their song “Birds Aren’t Real” released by their band The Aqua Squad. This is the audio companion t...
70. Handsome Luke and Dreadless Dave (01:55:15)
Delco guitarist Handsome Luke (Luke Adamek) joins Steven and Dreadless Dave to talk about their band The Delcrows, what they love about making music, and to share some laughs. Luke also plays with the...
69. Dreadless Dave (01:14:12)
Longtime friend, co-host, and guest of the podcast Dreadless Dave joins Steven to talk about making music and playing live shows in the Delco area with their rock band The Delcrows, the joys of game n...
68. Uninformed Rants (02:09:22)
Dreadless Dave and Super Drew join Steven (Scuba Steve) to talk about wacky news topics and conspiracy theories with no education or formal training on any of the subjects. Complete with sunglasses an...
67. Dan Wallace (01:07:45)
Saxophonist and longtime friend of the podcast Dan Wallace joins Steven to talk about the rewards and challenges of living a life outside of the typical career system, navigating new life changes, and...
French Quarter Festin' 2024 (00:25:01)
Join Steven at French Quarter Festival in New Orleans as he takes his boots-on-the-ground approach and talks with artists, vendors, and festival goers. Some of the great artists and musicians he was a...
52. Contemplations #3 (00:52:00)
Steven speaks solo on Instagram Live about what’s been going on for him lately regarding his audition for Dweezil Zappa’s “Zappa Plays Zappa” band and the ensuing dissolution of The Crooked Vines as w...
51. J.Mix (02:29:40)
New Orleans actress, singer, producer and podcaster J.Mix (Jessica Mixon) joins Steven to talk about being open and honest on her podcast 'The Self-Aware Millennial', juggling creativity and entrepren...
50. The Gang Gets Drunk (01:47:25)
Longtime friends Dreadless Dave and tattoo artist Michael J. Kelly join Steven on this episode of Crooked Conversations and they definitely get some drinking done while telling stories and sharing lau...
Wild Thing #3: Kenny From Hash Cabbage (00:09:00)
The third in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Kenny Jefferson about his band Hash Cabbage and where their name came from, why he clas...
Wild Thing #2: Sam Price (00:11:07)
The second in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Sam Price about the challenges of playing standup bass, splitting his time between dif...
Wild Thing #1: Marc Paradis (00:12:04)
The first in a mini-series of interviews from this year’s Wild Things Family Reunion Festival, Steven talks with Mr. Johnny Sketch himself Marc Paradis about what it takes to put on a camping festival...
From The Void: Whisper Party! (00:12:36)
The third in a miniseries of artist interviews from this year’s Fete Du Void festival, three of the members of New Orleans dream pop band Whisper Party! talk with Steven about the team mentality they ...
49. Dana Ives (01:12:59)
Experimental rock band Dana Ives returns to the podcast to sit down with Steven and talk about their upcoming Christmas Spectacular Music Festival at The Rabbit Hole in New Orleans on Saturday Decembe...
From The Void: SaxKixAve (00:24:10)
The second in a miniseries of artist interviews from this year’s Fete Du Void festival, hip-hop pop duo SaxKixAve (comprised of artists Alfred Banks and Albert Allenback) talk with Steven about how th...
From The Void: The Love Muscles (00:09:41)
The first in a miniseries of artist interviews from this year’s Fete Du Void festival, femmetastic soul-pop band The Love Muscles sit down with Steven to talk about their sexually empowering music, th...
Bonus - Nic Esposito and the Unlocked Memory (00:18:45)
As a follow-up to episode 47 Nic Esposito shares an intimate and profound experience that occurred shortly after that episode aired and gives new meaning to everything that has happened to him since t...
48. Delco Dan Malley and Dreadless Dave (01:57:53)
Steven is back in the Delco area for this one so buckle up! He sits down with regular guest co-host Dreadless Dave and friend Dan Malley to talk about their upcoming show at Liberty Tavern, their form...
47. Nic Esposito and Dreadless Dave (02:06:41)
On this episode Steven is joined by guest co-host Dreadless Dave and his brother Nic Esposito as Nic recounts a harrowing tale of his near-death experience from a motorcycle accident in Costa Rica and...
At The Station #1 (00:24:21)
This is the first episode of the “At The Station” series where we bring Crooked Conversations to the New Orleans music venue Carrollton Station to talk with musical artists before they perform their s...
46. Bryce Rabbits (01:50:48)
New Orleans visual artist Bryce Rabbits joins Steven on the podcast to talk about his rabbit-themed art career, the rabbit masks he wears in real life as part of his conceptual art project, his journe...
45. Blake Quick (02:21:27)
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Blake Quick sits down with Steven to talk about his band The Quickening, his musical and life journeys, and the closeness of New Orleans culture and it’s music commun...
Crooked Contemplations #2 (01:01:48)
The second episode of the "Crooked Contemplations" series: Steven talks about past guest and frequent podcast collaborator Dreadless Dave visiting him in New Orleans last weekend, seeing Les Claypool’...
