Hosted by Paul Bartholomew · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 46 episodes
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I Wanna Hold Your Band invites you to experience the music that moves people, one story at a time. Host Paul Bartholomew interviews guests about the songs that define them, sharing their personal stories and the memories tied to the music that helped shape their life.
Paul Bartholomew hosts I Wanna Hold Your Band, a music show with 46 episodes published.
Grammy & Juno award winning singer/songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk talks Sinead O'Connor, Sting, Billy Joel, Gordon Lightfoot, Liberace & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Evie Tornquist 2. Last Day Of Our Acquaintance - Sinead O'C
NASA / JPL engineer Dr. Swati Mohan (Mars Perseverance rover) talks Hindi lullaby Hawa Dheere Se Aana, Les Miserables, Taylor Swift, Ernie, The Greatest Showman & more! * The views and opinions expressed by Dr. Mohan are
Movie minitaruist Caroline McFarlane-Watts talks The Doors, Salif Keita, Jethro Tull, Talking Heads, Bad Company & more! 1. Teddy Bear's Picnic - Henry Hall 2. The Doors - The Doors 3. Cono - Salif Keita 4. Seven Brides
Drummer Justin Brown (Thundercat, Ambrose Akinmusire) talks Art Blakey, Mint Condition, Miles Davis, Tony Williams & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Caravan - Art Blakey 2. Definition Of A Band - Mint Condition 3. Black Ra
Actor Lennon Parham (Somebody Somewhere, Minx, Veep) talks Indigo Girls, Chess, Prince, James Ingram, Everything But The Girl & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Prince of Darkness - Indigo Girls 2. Someone In The Dark - Mich
James Beard finalist author of “Mother Grains” and baker/owner of Friends & Family restaurant in Los Angeles, the wonderful Roxana Jullapat talks The Cure, Cafe Tacvba, Nick Cave, Juan Luis Guerra and more! EPISODE PLAYL
Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio talks Depeche Mode, Underworld, The Pharcyde, Junior Boys, Public Enemy, La Femme d'argent & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen Basket Case - Green Day Bawitdaba - K
Each guest's questionnaire is filled with so many songs, albums & artists that I now love. But in the spirit of year end music lists, here is one song from each 2025 guest that really stuck with me. Order based on flow.
LA Angel City Head Coach Alexander Straus talks New Order, Prefab Sprout, The Pogues, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bruce Springsteen, Alice In Chains, Curtis Mayfield & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. The River - Bruce Springsteen
LA Contemporary Dance Company Artistic Director Jamila Glass talks Robert Glasper, Lauryn Hill, The Temptations, Frankie Beverly & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Letter To Hermione - Robert Glasper 2. Everything Is Everything
Tony nominated actor Rory O'Malley (Book of Mormon, Hamilton) talks The Beach Boys, Beauty and the Beast, Sarah McLachlan, Green Day & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Turn It Off - Book of Mormon 2. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys 3.
Writer Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad, Preacher, Sugar) talks The Beatles, U2, Van Morrison, Alanis Morissette, 10,000 Maniacs & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. The Beatles - Greatest Hits - ( Red album ) ( Blue album ) 2. The Unfo
Singer/songwriter Inara George talks Prince, Rickie Lee Jones, X, The Meters, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Judee Sill & more!! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. A Little Girl From Little Rock - Marilyn Monroe 2. Thanks, I'll Eat It Here - Lowell
Writer/Cartoonist/Illustrator Olivia de Recat (The New Yorker) talks Fleetwood Mac, The Chicks, Taylor Swift, Gillian Welch, Eliot Smith & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac 2. Walking On Broken Glass -
Legendary metal rock singer John Bush (Armored Saint/Anthrax) talks Black Sabbath, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, UFO, Gogo Bordello & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 2. Whole Lotta Love - Led
Mark Pieper is CEO & agent of one of the top and longest running baseball agency's in the business, ISE Baseball. They've represented some of the best players in the game like Justin Verlander, Mariano Rivera, David Orti
Washington Nationals MLB pitcher Michael Soroka talks Alterbridge, Elton John, Burton Cummings, Hans Zimmer & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Blackbird - Alter Bridge 2. Still Counting - Volbeat 3. Candle In The Wind - Elton J
Actor Max Chernin ('Parade' Broadway tour) talks Laura Marling, Lianne La Havas, Chet Baker, Amos Lee, Nick Drake, Stephen Sondheim, Emily King & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST 1. Blues Run The Game - Laura Marling 2. What You D
Actor/Comedian Peter S. Kim (A Nice Indian Boy) talks Britney Spears, Emancipator, Seot Taiji, John Mayer, Sylvan Esso & more! EPISODE PLAYLIST Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx Remember The Time - Michael Jackson
What did 3 year old Cleto Escobedo III (bandleader for Jimmy Kimmel Live) do when he met one of his father’s “female co-workers” at the Sahara? What store primed Cleto to know exactly what 501 jean & Le Tigre shirt combo
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I Wanna Hold Your Band is hosted by Paul Bartholomew. The show is categorised under music (interviews) and has published 46 episodes.
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