Compilation 2008.  SMtv is becoming The Highway Girl!  We're so excited to be finally bringing you video on all of the artists we interview, as well as their live performances!  In just a few short weeks we'll be right back with so much more on all of the artists you love!

To wrap up SMtv, I'm featuring 7 amazing artists I've had the pleasure of sitting down with in the last few months.  Please support them and buy their records!

Gentleman Caller
Paleo
Kristoffer Ragnstam
Gregory Alan Isakov
Jonathan Coulton
Virginia Coalition
Teitur

Email me your requests and questions at sm@thehighwaygirl.com!

Joie Calio has had an incredible ride as one third of the band Dada.  Now he's got a new project called X Levitation Cult and I think you're really gonna dig these songs!

I had a blast sitting down with Joie in the Hollywood Hills this week.  Make sure you check out his tour dates and see him live.

Buy Happiness in Hell!

Gentleman Caller are the most incredible band I've found since starting SMtv.  I discovered them when I was looking for a video director for my song Days Like This.  I ended up wirking with Ryan Newman, who had directed many videos for Gentleman Caller.  I immediately fell in love with their sound.  Kenny Childers has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard and one I could listen to for hours.  I've yet to have the pleasure of meeting the band, but cannot wait to have them on the show. 

This particular episode comes to you from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year.   I sat down with Public Knowledge Founder Gigi Sohn and discussed all that's wrong with copyright.  Gigi's one of the sharpest minds out there if you ask me.  My thanks to Digital Freedom for organizing this.

I first met Paleo when I was recording a show with These United States at IOTA in Virginia.  His music is intense and so is he.  Paleo is David Strackany and I thoroughly enjoyed sitting down with him at a noisy, outside patio.  Paleo is also the first artist who requested we record the live performance outside in the street while he leaned up against a stranger's van.  We'll have the video for you soon.

In all my years doing this show I've never met an artist who treats touring more like a business.  He books his own tours and makes a solid living as an artist.  Kudos to Paleo for his level of commitment to not only the craft, but the business of music.

My gratitude to Meadowlark in Denver who graciously opened their doors to let us record this show there.

Buy Death & Taxes by writing to David Strackany!

Photo by Cary Norton.

We featured Cameron McGill in the early days of SMtv.  I was so excited to find out he was coming through Boulder on a tour with Margot & the Nuclear So & So's. 

Andy at Albums on the Hill in Boulder graciously allowed us to gather in his amazing vinyl store to record this show.  Please support amazing independent music and music retailers like Andy.

Buy Warm Songs for Cold Shoulders!