Zig at the gig is a long-form interview-style show. The host Dave Deitke is a full-time Musician from Cleveland, OH. Who plays in an original band called C-level and teaches an adapted music class. Zig at the gig started as a podcast for Negative Space, a non-profit art gallery, promoting events and artists from the galley. The show has grown to include all facets of entertainment, including artist authors and musicians.
Episodes
Jul 7, 2021
Jul 7, 2021
1hr 25 min
Zig At The Gig with Benjamin Jayne
Theater is the second album recorded by the project that goes by the name “Benjamin Jayne,” a project that revolves around brother and sister, Benjamin and Amanda Wright. This album was primarily a solo effort, written and recorded by Benjamin with Drew Skinner handling mixing and production and Amanda contributing singing, piano, and bells on multiple songs as well as a new composition of her own. Theater is being released by WhatAboutMusic May 7. The new album is wonderfully crafted; it’s more rock-driven than their debut release, HI-LO, but still maintains a good deal of folk/singer-songwriter stylings while adding electronic elements and moving towards psychedelic-folk. Its tone is slightly darker than its predecessor’s – not surprisingly since it was written primarily during the tragic and tumultuous year, 2020. Writing and recording these songs served as a catharsis to a lot of the chaos, merging anger, frustration, disbelief, depression, and anxiety with reminders of youth and innocence, joy, and hopefulness.
Benjamin also has a background in performance and songwriting, with guitar as his principal instrument. He studied film scoring and jazz performance at Berklee College of Music and played in multiple bands over the last two decades. He also worked as a multi-instrumentalist for hire, playing professionally in Los Angeles for a few years before changing fields from music to Psychiatry.
Benjamin's info
https://www.benjaminjayne.com/#home-s...
https://twitter.com/benjaynemusic?lan...
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fKjh...
Jun 30, 2021
Jun 30, 2021
1hr 17 min
Zig At The Gig with Josh Caterer of Smoking Popes
Josh Caterer is an American, Chicago-area musician, best known as the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter of pop-punk band Smoking Popes, which he founded in 1991 with his older brother Matt and younger brother Eli. Josh has also written and recorded Christian and gospel music as a solo artist and with the pop-punk band Duvall. In 2015, he founded the blues band Jackson Mud Band, which has released one full-length album called "Stranger Blues".
Josh's Info
https://joshcaterer.bandcamp.com/
https://twitter.com/joshcaterer
https://www.facebook.com/joshcaterer/
https://www.instagram.com/joshcaterer
Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021
1hr 41 min
Zig At The Gig with Daniel Warren Johnson interview 2021
Daniel Warren Johnson is a Chicago-based comic book writer, artist and illustrator, with clients including Image, DC, Marvel, Wizards of the Coast, and many others. His creator-owned title, EXTREMITY, was met with popular and critical acclaim, netting him an Eisner Award nomination for Best Limited Series. His other work includes titles such as THE GHOST FLEET, MURDER FALCON, SPACE-MULLET, and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH.
New Beta Ray Bill issues 4 out June 30th available wherever comics are sold !
C-level is gonna get their copies here
Daniel has a YouTube channel that he updates regularly, check it out here
Daniel's Info
https://www.danielwarrenart.com/
https://twitter.com/danielwarrenart
https://www.instagram.com/danielwarrenart
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq9yTxZlM04Boq9cypnLRUA
Jun 16, 2021
Jun 16, 2021
1hr 23 min
Zig At The Gig with Danielle de Picciotto
Danielle de Picciotto is an American born, interdisciplinary artist, living in Berlin since 1987. She was the co-founder of the Berlin Love Parade and has performed and exhibited internationally since 1989 together with Crime & The City Solution, Gudrun Gut, The Space Cowboys and her husband Alexander Hacke, founding member of Einstürzende Neubauten. Danielle has released two books, writes regular essays for culture magazines and is known for her intricate spoken word interwoven into her music. She plays the violin, hurdy gurdy and autoharp but has also always been part of the electronic music scene. Her music combines both worlds in a dreamy, experimental and unique fashion. As the interdisciplinary artist that she is, her art, which she exhibits and installs internationally in museums, galleries and cultural institutions, also accompanies her music as fantastic, interwoven visuals morphing drawings into strange shapes and forms.
NEW ALBUM Element of Love
Danielle's Info
https://www.danielledepicciotto.com/
https://www.danielledepicciotto.com/music
Jun 9, 2021
Jun 9, 2021
2hr 11 min
Zig At The Gig with Alex Hall of Alex Hall's Figure head, Summit Sky and formally of Aliver Hall
The Northeast Ohio-based progressive rock band Alex Hall’s Figurehead has a new release Johnny, its the first new album in four years from Alex!
New album Johnny Out now! On all streaming platforms
Alex's Info /Music
https://wearefigurehead.bandcamp.com/album/figurehead
https://www.facebook.com/alexhallsfigurehead/
https://www.instagram.com/alexhalls_figurehead/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkvKFFp7eayY61cgyQ30sMQ
Jun 7, 2021
Jun 7, 2021
1hr 6 min
Zig At The Gig with Silvr & Tuune
Homeless Atlanta local Tuune and Cleveland local Silvr are hosting a benefit concert to raise money for St .Herman House - Cleveland June 12 ,2021 at Kerruish Park from 2:00 PM-7:00 PM . There will be free food ,music , entertainment , raffles, and vendors who will all be donating a percentage of their merch sales to St.Herman House. Tunne and Silvr became homeless after selling all of their belongings in order to tour the U.S. and promote their soon to be released single"RockYoBody". They understood that though they had made a conscious decision to give up everything and be homeless in order to pursue their dreams , that was not the case for everyone. Read more in links below
Support on
JUNE 12TH 7 AM-2 PM Kerruish Park Cleveland OH !!
Silvr & Tuune Info
Jun 2, 2021
Jun 2, 2021
43 min
Zig At The Gig with Richard Lloyd of Television Best known for his work with the ground-breaking group Television, Richard Lloyd is a strikingly gifted guitarist who has created an impressive body of work both as a frontman and as a collaborator with other musicians. Capable of bold, angular patterns as well as elegant, languid melodic lines, Lloyd first found acclaim for his work on Television's first two albums, Marquee Moon (1977) and Adventure (1978). Lloyd's solo career took a while to take off as he struggled with personal demons, but with 1985's Field of Fire, a highly personal and explosive set, he reaffirmed his status as a major talent. Lloyd impressed audiences as a sideman in his work with John Doe (1990's Meet John Doe) and Matthew Sweet (1991's Girlfriend and 1993's Altered Beast), and he helped to revive the influential pre-punk band Rocket from the Tombs with a series of live shows as well as the 2003 album Rocket Redux. And in the 2000s and 2010s, Lloyd put a new emphasis on his solo career with albums such as The Cover Doesn't Matter (2000), The Jamie Neverts Story (2009), and Countdown (2018).
read more here https://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-lloyd-mn0000351053/biography
Richard 's Info
https://www.richardlloyd.com/ https://www.facebook.com
/The-Official-Richard-Lloyd-Fan-Page-126158157415048/ https://twitter.com/richardlloyd206?lang=en
http://www.everythingiscombustible.com/
Richard's book https://plowboyrecords.com/
May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
1hr 6 min
Adele Bertei was born in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of an Italian immigrant and a ballroom dance instructor. She became a ward of the state in 1967, with the rest of her childhood years spent in foster homes and reformatories in the greater Cleveland area. Emancipated at 17, she worked a series of jobs including OT assistant at a Veteran’s Hospital, and as one of the first women to work on the assembly line at the Ford Motors plant in Lorain, Ohio in 1973.
Her career in music began as singer/guitarist in a rock band called Peter and the Wolves, performing at longshoremen and biker bars in Cleveland. The premature death of bandmate, the legendary Peter Laughner of Pere Ubu resulted in Bertei's move to New York in 1977, where she quickly became a pivotal figure in a counter-cultural movement of art, film, music, and literature. She was an original member of the critically lauded Contortions, produced by Brian Eno on the seminal No New York record. Reading prose and poetry, she opened for writers such as William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Kathy Acker among many others. Bertei acted in several underground films, including a lead role in Born In Flames by Lizzie Borden, films by Scott & Beth B., and films by Irish filmmaker Vivienne Dick. She’s been the subject of artists and photographers Kiki Smith, Richard Prince, Nan Goldin, Zoe Leonard, and David La Chappelle.
Bertei has toured the world as a musician with her band, the Bloods – one of America’s first all-girl bands – and as backing singer with Tears for Fears. She has performed and recorded as a backing vocalist for artists such as Thomas Dolby, Culture Club, Whitney Houston, Sandra Bernhard, and Matthew Sweet among others. She released records as a solo artist with both the Geffen and Chrysalis labels and has had international dance and pop hits with Thomas Dolby (“Hyperactive!”) and Jellybean (“Just a Mirage”). Bertei has written songs for artists as diverse as Peter Laughner, Thomas Dolby, Scritti Politti, Sheena Easton, Arthur Baker, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Matthew Sweet, Lydia Lunch, the Pointer Sisters, Jellybean Benitez, and the Anubian Lights.
Adele Bertei's info
May 19, 2021
May 19, 2021
1hr 20 min
David Thomas is an American singer, songwriter and musician.He was one of the founding members of the short-lived proto-punkers Rocket from the Tombs (1974–1975), in which he played under the moniker "Crocus Behemoth," and of post-punk group Pere Ubu (1975–present, intermittently). He has also released several solo albums.
Though primarily a singer, he sometimes plays melodeon, trombone, musette, guitar or other instruments.Thomas has described his artistic focus as being the "gestalt of culture, geography and sound" Common themes crop up throughout much of his work, such as the US Interstate Highway system, images of roadside or "junk" tourist culture, Brian Wilson, AM radio, and many others.Thomas has a distinctive, high pitched voice; Emerson Dameron described Thomas's singing as "James Stewart trapped in an oboe",and Greil Marcus writes, "Mr Thomas's voice is that of a man muttering in a crowd. You think he's talking to himself until you realize he's talking to you
Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite a variety of long-term and recurring band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. They released their debut album The Modern Dance in 1978 and followed with several more LPs before disbanding in 1982. Thomas reformed the group in 1987, continuing to record and tour. Describing their sound as "avant-garage," Pere Ubu's work drew inspiration from sources such as musique concrète, 60s rock, performance art, and the industrial environments of the American Midwest.While the band achieved little commercial success, they have exerted a wide influence on subsequent underground music.
Pere Ubu / David's Info http://www.ubuprojex.com/
DPK TV http://www.ubuprojex.com/dpk.html
MEDIA
https://www.facebook.com/official.ubu/
https://twitter.com/ubuprojex?lang=en
MUSIC
https://pereubumusic.bandcamp.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/3V4FPipSnuYjtHnnAw9cZd?si=CbD2AfJwRH2IT7G29Y7l3g
May 12, 2021
May 12, 2021
2hr 10 min
Zig At The Gig with Pete Francis formerly of Dispatch interview 2021
Pete Francis is a songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. In 1995, he founded the band Dispatch, who became the first ever independent band to sell out Madison Square Garden. They went on to tour through other major venues across the country, including Red Rocks, TD Garden, and The Greek Theaters in both San Francisco and LA. Over the course of their career, they have also brought their live show to audiences in Europe and Australia. Pete has released eight solo records and has toured with such diverse acts as Ziggy Marley, Blues Traveler, and G Love and Special Sauce. One of his favorite gigs was on stage in Sun Valley, Idaho shredding guitar riffs with Steve Miller on “Fly Like An Eagle.”
In the Spring of 2021, Pete will be releasing two new EPs, Humble Down and Sun Fuzz. This new work brings together Pete’s love for a broad range of musical styles. Humble Down is a record of self reflection and reveals his strong belief that love between two people should be simple, humble, and kind. On vocals he is joined by his wife, Katie. Their two voices and the stories they tell in these new songs have a heartfelt honesty and charm to them. Musically there are hints of Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Tom Waits, and John Lennon. On the track, Gimme Some Lovin’, guitar blues master, Duke Robillard, adds his beautiful tremolo rhythm guitar and a searing and a down right dirty solo that only Duke can pull off. Break out your tie dyes and bell bottoms then simply hit play on the Sun Fuzz EP.
On the title track you are swept into a funk exploratorium, a journey that feels like riding an electric wave into a multi-color sunset. The groove is infectious and the hook, “All the Lives that you’re living, all the love that you’re giving,” will be in your head as you drive to the beach. There are some great blues moments on the track “Love me in the Morning.” The song has a pumping and tight groove reminiscent of early Clapton. “Can’t Tame a Lion” is a nasty concoction of Hendrix in a blender with, White Stripes, and Blacks Keys. A distorted guitar mash-up of fuzz and friction.
These two new Pete Francis EPs offer moments of calm and pensive introspection as well as the feeling of strapping on a jet pack and ripping through the outer regions of of your imagination. As usual, Pete has assembled the best musicians in the New York area. Pete’s sound is the real deal. Like a homemade bowl of soup or a perfect glass of lemonade on a scorching hot day in July. In these songs you can hear his soul. The lyrics are fresh, the grooves are blessed. Humble Down and Sun Fuzz are original works of art - composed for people who care about the craft of music and words that have true meaning.
Pete will be co-teaching a songwriting class at Middlebury College for the Spring semester of 2021. Having a degree in English and Poetry at Middlebury, he is thrilled to share his expertise in the process of song creation and composition.
Pete's Info https://www.petefrancis.com/about https://www.petefrancis.com/music-1 https://open.spotify.com/artist/4i2YWHj4EYKYxQaG1qwRnY https://www.facebook.com/petefrancismusic/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgyVdz4z6GHSxgPfcj2bhg