Fascinating folks of note, from writers and musicians/artists to business and tech leaders, are interviewed by well-known LA radio DJ Nic Harcourt about the songs, bands, and concerts that have influenced their lives from childhood to now. What are the tracks they return to over and over, and what new artists have they embraced in recent years? Would they be the person they are today without this music? With the Sound of Success, Harcourt turns his legendarily expansive knowledge of music to host revealing and relatable interviews about the artists and sounds that have meant the most to a wide range of people.
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14 year old Natalie Merchant spent her babysitting money on 8 track cartridges of ‘cut out’ albums by Brian Eno, Roxy Music and David Bowie from her local drugstore and her first live show was seeing the Styx Grand Illusion
Singer, songwriter and composer Natalie Merchant got her start when...
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Roger Bennett’s first musical purchase was Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Sounds of Silence’, his first live show was Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark at the Liverpool Empire and his favorite video is for the Talking Heads song
Liverpool born, Manhattan based broadcaster, podcaster, and filmmaker Roger Bennett...
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Lyle Lovett thinks The Milk Carton Kids are a modern day Smothers Brothers, his first musical memory is seeing Nat King Cole on TV, his first album was ‘The Monkees’ and he found his first
Lyle Lovett began performing by playing acoustic sets at bars...
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Noel Gallagher’s first musical memory is Elvis’ death. His first show? the Damned at Manchester Apollo in 1980; 88-90 Acid House is his dance jam, he digs U2’s ‘Joshua Tree’ videos
This week’s guest is songwriter, producer, (and let’s just say...
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Lucinda Williams talks about her memoir ‘Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You’, and shares the music that inspired her. From Peter, Paul and Mary, Bob Dylan & Joan Baez to John Coltrane,
Lucinda Williams is one of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of...
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Film maker and Academy Award® winning documentarian Alex Gibney’s first ’45 was Herman’s Hermits ‘Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter’, his first concert experience was seeing the Jimi Hendrix Experience at age 14 and Prince
Alex Gibney is a documentarian and film maker whose body...
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Judy Greer’s first musical memory is listening to The Doobie Brothers with her dad, the first single she bought was “Eye Of The Tiger” by Survivor, and Chicago house music
Judy Greer has appeared in most of your favorite films...
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Robert Hilburn’s first assignment for the LA Times was covering Johnny Cash’s Folsom Prison concerts. His first record purchase was Bill Haley’s ‘Rock Around the Clock’, his favorite artist is John Prine, and his musical
Robert Hilburn was music editor for the Los Angeles Times...
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Steve Kilbey talks about playing in cover bands before forming and finding international success with The Church. A life derailed by a brutal heroin addiction, and the music of his life including his favorite song
Steve Kilby, singer, songwriter and bass player for the legendary...
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Jamie Lee Curtis talks about the end of ‘Halloween’, new beginnings with ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’, and the music of her life, from Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Rickie Lee Jones to DJ Snake and a
Actor, producer, author and activist Jamie Lee Curtis’ career has...
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Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard’s first record purchase was ‘Big Bam Boom’ by Hall & Oates. When he wants to dance he listens to New Order and you might be surprised to know that he’s a
Benjamin Gibbard is the lead singer and guitarist of the...
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Actress, Producer and Singer/Songwriter Rita Wilson’s earliest musical memory is hearing the Beatles, her first concert experience, Led Zeppelin in Los Angeles and if she could only listen to one song, she’d pick Joni Mitchell’s
Rita Wilson’s film appearances include ‘Sleepless in Seattle’, ‘That Thing...
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Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre was forever changed by hearing Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” at the age of four, and age seven seeing Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum perform. Early disco and ELO’s
Composer producer and performer Jean-Michel Jarre is a pioneer in...
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