“Now Hear This Entertainment” is a weekly podcast featuring interviews with guests who are having success in entertainment – primarily music. A new episode has been delivered on-time, every week since February 2014. The show has gotten listeners from 165 countries around the world and is one of the top two percent most popular shows out of more than 3.2 million podcasts globally. “Now Hear This Entertainment” has had multiple placements in the iTunes Top Ten (Music category) and the show has received two honors and been nominated for three other awards. In late spring of 2021 it was in the "20 Best Entertainment Podcasts of 2021," as published by Welp Magazine.
Guests on NHTE have ranged from Roy Orbison, Jr. to the keyboard player for Aerosmith to the lead guitar player for Garth Brooks to the fiddle player for Taylor Swift to the drummer for Cheap Trick to the bass player for P!NK to the trumpet player for Billy Joel, plus, seven GRAMMY Award winners, two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, a Las Vegas headliner, three Emmy Award winners, and even participants from “American Idol,” “The Voice,” “America’s Got Talent,” and “The X Factor” (including one singer who won “The Voice”). Guests have come from an array of genres and locales (the latter to include 17 different countries).
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NHTE 305 Sean Gasaway
Singer, songwriter, guitar player, publisher, and producer who has had songs played on “The Today Show” on NBC as well as on FOX Sports. Based in Nashville, he holds major publishing deals in every country in the world, garnering over 120 songs cut, including four Number One songs on the Americana and Independent charts, six Top 40 on Billboard and Independent charts, and songs in major movies and documentaries. He is currently recording his fourth studio album, set for release next year.
NHTE 304 Colleen Lloy
She has opened for the likes of George Jones, Tanya Tucker, Lee Greenwood, Billy Ray Cyrus, and more. Plus, she has performed with Mick Fleetwood. She also once had the opportunity to interview the legendary B.B. King. More recently she has been in the studio recording new music and is also a part of the Last Honkytonk Music Series, both of which are talked about in this interview.
NHTE 303 Angela Predhomme
Based outside of Detroit, a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer who released a new album in September. Her music has been heard in major retail chains, in film, and on TV, such as the popular Hallmark movie, “Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane” and Lifetime’s hit show “Dance Moms” and TLC’s “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” This year she has performed in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, and California. She is a voting member of the Recording Academy, and last month she released a new music video.
NHTE 302 Striking Matches
Blues-pop duo based in Nashville who released an EP earlier this year, three singles since then, and have more new music coming out. They both write, sing, and play guitar, and they had NINE songs on the TV show “Nashville” and a song on "Gray's Anatomy." The last two weeks of October they performed ten shows in Europe, one month after having done ten shows in the UK, where they had also done three shows in June and July. They have been all over the U.S. this year as well and have more live dates coming up in early December.
NHTE 301 Best Of Volume 3
A look back at just some of the highlights from the show's third hundred episodes. Clips are played from an assortment of the guest interviews done between episodes 201 and 300 to celebrate the latest milestone as well as to give listeners a sampling of just some of what was aired over that span.
NHTE 300 Daxx Nielsen
The drummer for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Cheap Trick, having performed more than one thousand shows with them and recorded three critically acclaimed albums. He also co-wrote and drummed on the score for the Oscar Award-winning documentary, “Undefeated.” He even performed with Brandi Carlile for a couple years. Over the last few years he also drummed two nights with Eddie Vedder, drummed for The Fab Faux as well as a stint on "Late Night with Seth Meyers," and recorded with numerous projects.
NHTE 299 Mikel Paris
Singer, songwriter, musician, and filmmaker who is making a long overdue return to this show, having been a guest way back on Episode 30 in August 2014. He is the creator of “Tune Trek,” a travel and music show that has aired on PBS. He also performs with the band O.A.R., although he does solo shows as well. To that end, this episode contains talk about his House Trek events too.
NHTE 298 Audra McLaughlin
Nashville-based singer, songwriter, guitar player who is actively performing there in Music City and is writing music to prepare for her next release. She put out an EP earlier this year and is passionate about using her platform to inspire students to believe in themselves and be inspired by her own story. She was on Team Blake on Season 6 of “The Voice,” and in addition to there in Tennessee has also performed in the likes of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Florida, and Nevada.
NHTE 297 Braiden Sunshine
He came into the public conscience four years ago as a semi-finalist on “The Voice.” A singer, songwriter, guitar player based in Connecticut, he has opened for the likes of Blues Traveler and Huey Lewis. He had a song on the iTunes Top 50 and is working on a new EP (possibly full album). He also performs with CDN - a male a cappella group at UConn.
NHTE 296 Julia Lima
Now based in L.A., she has also lived in Las Vegas and New York. She is a Russian-American singer, songwriter, and voice teacher who has been cited by the New York Times, been published in magazines, and has collaborated with various brands. Her music is a crossover that blends classical and opera with pop, jazz, and Latin. She released a single in September and had put out two singles last year as well. She's aiming to release more new music in January or February.