Andy Zipf, Achtung Baby, & the Power of Place
On this episode we are joined by singer-songwriter Andy Zipf on the eve of the release of his latest single, “Did You Know I Was A Ghost?” and in anticipation of his upcoming album, How To Make A Paper Airplane. Zipf, a 20-year veteran artist, has worked with labels and functioned as an indie. He has been in bands and has been a solo artist. His latest album, however, takes his work to a whole new place. Drummer and percussionist Jay Bellerose, bassist Jennifer Condos, keyboardist Tyler Chester, and upright bassist Dennis Crouch, have played with T Bone Burnett, Robert Plant, Over The Rhine, Madison Cunningham, and too many others to list. As Zipf’s band, they bring sparkle and depth to his excellent songs about loss, doubt, mystery, and beauty. And speaking of sparkle and depth, we cue up U2’s Achtung Baby on the True Tunes Jukebox and take a careful listen 30 years on. Artist manager and certified geek Nick Barre joins JJT to examine the lingering legacy of this postmodern classic.
Don’t miss Andy’s exclusive acoustic performance of “Did You Know I Was A Ghost?” on True Tunes at 45RPM.
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IF YOU LOVED THIS EPISODE don’t miss:
Andy Zipf Solo Acoustic Performance on True Tunes @45RPM
45RPM: Phil Madeira and Love Songs
Bruce Cockburn: Kicking at the Darkness for Fifty Years (and counting!)
From The Vault: Michael Been of The Call
Buddy Miller (Learning To Listen With Big Ears)
Marc Byrd (Hammock, God of Wonders, etc)
Natalie Bergman’s Jesus Music for a New Generation
Terry Scott Taylor’s Beautiful Mystery
Myron Butler and the Legacy of Andrae Crouch!
Phil Madeira on Expanding Horizons
Kevin Max Considers Boundaries
See the full list of previous episodes HERE
Music List:
Andy Zipf:
Break Free
This Will Be Our Reunion
There Is No Virus on theMoon
Waterloo Crossing
Stumble On The Line
Step Into Me
I’d Sing Hallelujah
Hey There, Dragonfly
You Won’t Need Your Glasses Anymore
Everything Is Fine, I’m ok, How are You
It’s Hard to Pray Anymore
God Coughed and Woke Me Up
How to Make a Paper Airplane
The Rain and Car Door Alarm
U2:
The Fly
Mysterious Ways (Solar Plexus Extended Club Mix)
Zoo Station
Love Rescue Me (Live at the Point, 1989)
In God’s Country
Lady with the Spinning Head (Extended Dance Mix)
One
Even Better Than The Real Thing
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Love Is Blindness
So Cruel
Mysterious Ways
Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World
Until the End of the World
Lemon (The Perfecto Mix)
ALSO HEARD:
The Choir – Sad Face
Radiohead – Fake Plastic Trees; MK1
AND:
Empyreal Glow – 80s and Chill
Ghost Beatz – Tokyo Dawn
Tide Electric – Nerd 80s Club
JMPSCR – Throwback Throwdown
Falls – Sapphire
Ian Kelsey – Hey There
Aaron Sprinkle – Tangles
AND, OF COURSE:
Phil Keaggy & Rex Paul – Full Circle (exclusive True Tunes podcast Instrumental Theme mix)
