Uniquely honest conversations with famous and renowned musicians. We talk about how these artists have navigated the mangle of the music industry to keep on making great music and winning new fans after decades of highs and lows. We dive into past, present and future and discuss business, fandom, creation and collaboration. What defines success in today's music business? From the artist's point of view. The Guardian: “Making a hit record is tough, but maintaining success is another skill ent ...
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EMMY AND JAMES BEARD NOMINATED HOST JERMAINE STONE TALKS TO HIP-HOP PERSONALITIES AND WINE PROFESSIONALS TO FIND THE PERFECT MATCH BETWEEN MUSIC AND WINE IN AN INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAINING, AND ORGANIC WAY. ON EACH EPISODE GUESTS CHOOSE A SONG OR BOTTLE OF WINE, JERMAINE SELECTS A PAIRING, AND THEY DISCUSS THEIR CHOICES ON THE SHOW.
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My guest for this pilot episode is Gale Paridjanian of (the magnificent) Turin Brakes. If you listen to the song Underdog (Save me) by Turin Brakes, it will tell you a lot about how Gale plays and what he brings to a song with his guitar playing. Gale is an underrated and understated guitar god - as all Turin Brakes fans know. Olly Knights, singer …
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When I heard the Chilly Gonzales song Neoclassical Massacre, I immediately got in touch with his management and label to get Gonzo on the Art of Longevity. Not only are his views on AI and background music incisive, but Gonzo has some strong opinions about the music industry and the modern culture in which it operates. The ever-evolving tension bet…
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In this episode, Jermaine kicks things off with a deep dive into the 2024 wine harvest season, uncovering the challenges winemakers are facing around the world—from unpredictable weather patterns to evolving vineyard practices. Get an insider’s look at what makes a successful harvest, and learn what “harvest” really means in the world of wine. Then…
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In this day & age of abundance, you can easily forget what’s precious - like your favourite bands. If you are anything like me the question “what’s your favourite band” now has an official top 40. As in I have a rolling 40 favourite bands. Making a welcome return to the top 40 is Nada Surf, the ‘New York’ (now firmly remote) indie band that first h…
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In this episode, The wolf of wine takes listeners on an immersive journey through the lyrics of his latest single, “Quintin Tarantino,” where wine references, metaphors, and personal stories blend seamlessly with hip-hop culture. Stone breaks down the song line-by-line, revealing how his passion for wine and his roots in hip-hop intersect, reflecti…
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This episode is being re-released due to a significant growth in the audience since its original airing. It falls under the classic material series, intended to familiarize the listeners with the guest, Jr Boss, ahead of an upcoming event in Alabama on August 23. This episode is particularly special as Jr Boss is The Wolf of Wine’s best friend, mar…
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In Mark Oliver Everett’s autobiography “Things The Grandchildren Should Know”, the author, otherwise known as E, the frontman and band leader of Eels, wrote of Bob Dylan’s self-proclaimed destiny as a musician: “I wish I had something like that, but I didn’t. At all. All I had was an aching sense of desperation. I didn’t have any idea what the hell…
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This week, we’re giving you a front-row seat to the Keynote Conversation at the 2024 Philbrook Art Museum Wine Experience in Tulsa, Oklahoma, between your host Jermaine Stone and esteemed New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov. This conversation was especially iconic because it fell on the one-year anniversary of the profile Eric wrote about Jermai…
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Wine and Hip Hop podcast is back! In this episode, Jermaine Stone AKA The Wolf of Wine dives into a whirlwind of updates and achievements, from snagging an Emmy and James Beard Award nominations for the Tastemade hit series Street Somm, to the upcoming release of his new book and soundtrack that's set to take the summer by storm. But that's not all…
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Marika Hackman's Big Sigh is everything a 4th album should be. Really good songs, good scheduling, sophisticated arrangements (brass and strings accompany many tracks). The album has variety - from the mysterious instrumental interludes of The Ground and The Lonely House (opening sides A and B of my/your bottle green vinyl copy) to stand out single…
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Fran Healy and his band Travis have this longevity thing down. Firstly, you must have a love and addiction to music, as something magical. Secondly, that magic is for you to create - making music to nobody’s expectations but your own. But thirdly, you get lucky. As Fran says in episode 3, Season 9: “The chances of a shit kicker from Glasgow going o…
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After 25 years in the music business, both as a major label priority artist and as a jobbing musician, Ed Harcourt still has big ambitions. “My greatest achievement would be to write a song I would never get bored of singing”. Cards on the table, Ed Harcourt’s two instrumental albums made between 2018 and 2020 (Beyond the End and Monochrome to Colo…
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Try playing a Crowded House record (any of them) then let Spotify play on…you will get just the best selection of really great songs. Go on, try it and you’ll see for yourself. This discovery may well make drivetime radio programming a heck of a lot easier, or possibly redundant altogether. You may of course be a Crowded House fan and like, know th…
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When Real Estate's fifth album The Main Thing was released to fairly mixed results, was it time for a reset? In a sense, yes. For band leader Martin Courtney, it was time to get back to songs. After all, without songs, bands are just jamming, right? He set the bar high too, inspired mostly by the 1992 R.E.M. classic Automatic For The People. Beside…
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Like many women creators in the (still) white, male dominated music industry, the Staveley-Taylor sisters aka The Staves, bring a sense of humbleness to everything they have achieved, how they are positioned today and indeed, what the future holds. Is it possible that The Staves are better than they think they are? It seems so. Originally signed to…
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After the fiasco of having to cancel Beirut’s 2019 tour, Zach Condon knew he needed to take the time out to fully recover. Multiple infections, colds and in the end complicated throat ailments had led him to a total burnout, until finally: “My manager and my tour manager saved me from myself. They told me I can’t keep touring. I threw in the towel …
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Metric has become one of those bands that have paved the way for independence, along with Aimee Mann, Chance The Rapper and the other self-releasing copyright owning pioneers. Their fifth album Synthetica (2012) as it turns out, is a favourite of the band’s front woman and main co-writer Emily Haines. Even though it didn’t reach the commercial heig…
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I had invited Half Moon Run onto the podcast after first hearing Salt - imploring their BMG PR to arrange it as a matter of priority. Speaking with Dylan Phillips was an insight behind the creative process of the (decades long) making of one of my favourite records in ages. Also, I had never spoken to a drummer who is simultaneously a keyboard play…
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In the 70s, the teenage years of Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys, one would have heard new music by word of mouth, from the music papers, and DJs like John Peel, and it is one of these channels that would have led the young Andy McCluskey in September 1975 to see Kraftwerk play at the Liverpool Empire. It's lazy to suggest that Orchestral Manoeuv…
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What a time to be alive! New York Times, domestic and international tours, add network show with Tastemade, and 100 episodes to the list! The hits keep adding up for the Wine and Hip Hop cru, so Wolf of Wine hits the mic to celebrate 100 episodes and break down his experience filming his new show Street Somm! Tune in to Tastemade on September 25th…
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And now for part 2..... Jermaine sits with Hip Hop legend Canibus to break down the different elements of complex raps to explain what complexity and wine mean. This is not just a podcast about wine. It’s a master class in how to write a dope rap, with significant insight on flow, metaphors, wordplay, and vocabulary with two masters at their craft.…
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Jermaine sits with Hip Hop legend Canibus to break down the different elements of complex raps to explain what complexity and wine means. This is not just a podcast about wine. It’s a master class in how to write a dope rap, with significant insight on flow, metaphors, wordplay, vocabulary with two masters at their craft. You would never think that…
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Follow more of Jermaine's global travels this summer as he hangs out with Emilien Boutillat, head winemaker at Piper Heidsieck at their winery in Champagne. Jermaine dissects the different elements of champagne to find connections between Wine And Hip Hop as they dive deep into the blending process, the different grapes, and why the winemakers in C…
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This summer The Wolf of Wine got a unique insight into the wine and culture of Sardinia thanks to pioneers and champions in the area, Sella & Mosca. Join him in this episode as he tastes the wines, explores local dishes, and figures out what relates most to the region. If you're feeling the podcast, Check out the visuals on YouTube…
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So many bands have a complex relationship with their biggest songs (probably because they essentially set a one dimensional benchmark - that of popularity) but dealing with that and playing those songs like it’s the last time you ever will, is part of doing the work. The Doll’s most biggest song and most recent tour are no exception: “Robby convinc…
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This weeks episode comes straight outta Cali where Jermaine had the privilege of joining the McBride sisters in their home to talk Black Girl Magic, what it was like learning about each other for the first time, setting up their empire, and who inspires them. And of course they dropping gems all the way through, including how they came to name a wi…
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Remember when you saw an older white woman online rapping the words to Jay Z’s PSA like it was her last will and testament? This week we’re getting to know the woman behind the viral video, Mandy Mayhem. Mandy gave us a rare peek into her thoughts on going viral, what led to that moment, her passion for Hip Hop as an art form, and what made her pur…
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What better guest for this 50th episode of The Art of Longevity than metal’s renaissance man Corey Taylor? A modern legend of the heavy metal genre, Corey has no less than three successful music projects. He is probably best known as Slipknot’s #9 (lead vocals) but before he joined Slipknot, Taylor already had another established hard rock band, St…
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Happy 50th Birthday to Hip Hop!!!! The only way to do this was a nod to the most raw, essential, and classic elements of Hip Hop THE BATTLE. We’re bringing you part II to our episode with sommelier and entrepreneur Cha McCoy recorded in her hometown, HARLEM ! She’s so Harlem she brought a few bar spitters from the area, battle rap legends Loaded Lu…
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This week Jermaine kicked it with Gurvinder Bhatia, Editor in Chief of Quench Magazine, North America’s longest running food and drink magazine. They discussed Gurvinder’s origins in the biz, his commitment to diversity, the Canadian wine scene, and of course…. Wine and Hip Hop
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This week Jermaine kicks it with his old friend Philippe Andre Private Client Director at the prestigious Folio Wine Partners representing brands like; Charles Heidsieck, Rare Champagne, Bruno Giacosa, and many more. They discuss the origin of Philippe’s signature style, How is Hatian roots helped him to forge his way in the wine business, and bein…
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Following the highly accomplished 2012 album Heaven, cult American indie band The Walkmen went on hiatus. But now they have reformed. In a recent interview with the band’s frontman Hamilton Leithauser, Vulture magazine referred to the now infamously long career break as “a particularly noticeable void”. I would go a lot further than that. I (and a …
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After he “couldn’t get arrested” in the 80s, post-grunge opened a window through which a then 30-year old Ron Sexsmith could climb. With his sincere, low-key ballads and simple songs straight from the heart, as was his 1995 self-titled debut. Produced by legend Mitchell Froom, it was a stripped back affair but also with the signature sounds of Froo…
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Wine and Hip Hop Podcast is back with a heavy hitter for the season premiere! Jermaine’s podcast resurgence in the Podcast World follows a series of live events, making this the perfect starting point for our epic season. Today’s episode features Hop Hop Legend Styles P of The LOX, recorded live at Ludlow House in NYC. Styles drops wisdom on person…
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For Ben Folds, coming back on the scene with a new studio album feels like a breeze, literally: “I Feel like the expectations are lowered but I have the wind on my back”. In June 2023 Ben releases What Matters Most, his fifth studio album and his first in over six years, almost an ice age in today’s breathless music biz. But part of the reason and …
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Asking John Grant to describe the essence of the record he is working on now, elicits a response that fascinates from the get go. “I’m trying to marry the vibe of Blade Runner with - wait a minute - let me go and get this movie [shows me Tetsu The Iron Man]. I want to blend Sonic Youth with Blade Runner, Evil Dead and Halloween 3”. John was struggl…
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What’s more important in securing a band’s longevity - hit songs or a classic album? I put this question to Meegan and Allison Closner (the twin sisters that make up two-thirds of Joseph along with their sister Natalie Closner Schepman). Their answer seemed clear enough. For Joseph, it’s all about the album. So, is the band’s new album The Sun a cl…
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In this week's episode Jermaine sits down with Isis Daniel, consultant, blogger and champion of making the wine world accessible. She started "The Millennial Somm" as a way of using her blend of personal interaction, social media and education to cultivate the next generation of wine drinkers. They kicked it to discuss where things are going in win…
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In this episode of the Art of Longevity, we have the pleasure of chatting with Stuart Braithwaite, a member of the internationally renowned post-rock band Mogwai. Known for their masterful use of crescendos, Mogwai have been making music since 1995, with 11 studio albums that have gained increasing popularity over time, with their latest 'As The Lo…
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Being a longevous, ‘real deal’ music artist requires many things, but being pure in heart is certainly one. And there are few people on this earth as pure in heart as Rickie Lee Jones. With the completion of Last Chance Texaco in 2019 (her brilliantly evocative and critically revered addition to the vast ‘rock memoir’ library) Rickie Lee permitted …
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This week Jermaine Kick’s it in Harlem, the home of the hustler, with one of the most talented hustlers in the wine game. Somm, entrepreneur and all out boss lady Cha McCoy. They discussed wine, music, and how Cha is making an impact. She’s so Harlem, she even had a few friends pull up.
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It’s story time ! One of the most significant connections between wine and hip hop is the regional difference in style, or terroir for the wine nerds. With so much happening Jermaine sits down for a sonic journey through terroir, how it relates to hip hop, and to fill you in on all the details of the Global Terroir tour, our upcoming fully immersiv…
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This week we chopped it up with a man of many talents, an NBA Champ, Host, and Wine Producer! None other than Channing Frye. In this hilarious episode, Channing and Jermaine discussed how wine culture has taken over the NBA, his decision to enter the wine business with Chosen Family Wines, what rapper Channing’s style most reflects, and so much mor…
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We spoke with Andrew Hall from wine and hip hop festival sponsor, CellarTracker. Cellartracker is a tool that allows you to not only keep track of info about your wines, such as the producer, vintage, and price, and then track the wine's progress as it ages, as a platform it has literally thousands of tasting notes and reviews. This is some serious…
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It has taken Dave Rowntree ages to make his first non-soundtrack body of work outside of Blur, especially when you consider their last album Magic Whip, is almost a decade old. Then again, perhaps it explains why Radio Songs has come out very well indeed - better than the public might have a right to expect, given the track record of drummers stepp…
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Gavin Rossdale doesn’t think that Bush's longevity story in the music business as high drama - even though they have had their share of industry shenanigans, let-downs and, for nearly eight years, a split, until the band reformed in 2010. “It's the inevitability - bands might choose to settle for where they’re at. It might be difficult to go from a…
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Jermaine connects with Saskia De Rothschild Chairwoman of Chateau Lafite, and Jean Sebastian Philippe International Director, for a candid conversation over a private Tasting about their top five hip-hop artists as well as the top five vintages of Château Lafite!!! This is a hip-hop head and wine nerd dream all in one episode.…
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The egoless band can go a lot further than most bands. A strong element of that is embracing creative changes of direction - agreeing on it and being brave about it. Let’s face it, something we know about longevity is that taking creative risks is not an option - at some stage every band must do it. As fans, we all have a favourite Bowie album and …
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Let’s face it, there is a patchy record for solo artists that began in popular 90s bands. Some crossed the rubicon to a credible solo career and some didn’t. While Gaz Coombes enjoyed the full glare of the spotlight of the second half of the 90s with Supergrass, his solo work has surpassed those years in many ways. 2018’s World’s Strongest Man felt…
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