Inside MusiCast

09/14/2025

Rick had a chance to say hello to Michael McDonald before tonight’s Doobie Brothers show. Mike says hello to IMC listeners and thanks for all the great support!

09/12/2025

IMC Friday Night Fusion Jazz with former IMC guest Jesús Molina. Here's "Pichi" featuring Mohini dey and Roni Kaspi. Amazing performance by amazing young talent. Check out our interview with Jesus Molina by clicking below. Enjoy. E

Written & Arranged by Jesus Molina
Drums: Roni Kaspi
Bass: Mohini Dey
Recorded by: Kaurey Hooper
Mix & Mastered by: Jesus Molina
Recorded @ The Recording Club (Santa Monica,CA)

Our IMC interview with Jesús Molina (2024)
https://www.insidemusicast.com/musicasts/2024/27/09-jesus-molina?rq=Jesus%20molina

Here we go with the last Episode with this incredible Musicians, ''Pichi'' a song of my new album. God bless you all!Written & Arranged by Jesus Molina•Drum...

09/12/2025

It's IMC Friday night Bowling! Here's "Miss Marlene", from Donald Fagen's 2012 album "Sunken Condos". It was produced by Donald and former IMC guest (2012) Michael Leonhart. This is a great track...hook, lyrics, and loaded with wonderful vocal and horn, arranging. Leonhart nails it. I don't know of a better horn player or arranger...maybe Roy Hargrove...but Michael is the best there is. He's all over this album, even playing keys. On this album we also find our good friends Jon Herington and Freddie Washington doing their thing. Elliot Scheiner helps on engineering. Sunken Condos is loaded with great tunes overall, but this track is one that stands out to me. It's about a seventeen year-old girl – a bowling ace. Maybe I love it because of the memories I have going to the bowling alley when I was young. It's obvious that Fagen did a little bowling in his own time. For sure. Enjoy "Miss Marlene", and BTW, let us know what your high score is if you are (or were) a bowler. I think mine was 210. E

https://youtu.be/N66vBwv0xtc?si=TeW3DCtcHYyDtIq5

09/10/2025

New album alert: Jacob Collier's "The Light For Days"

After the kaleidoscopic whirlwind of Djesse Vol. 4, Jacob returns to the quiet heart of his artistry with this brand-new album 'The Light For Days', coming October 10th.

Jacob says: “Since completing the Djesse album series, one of the things I’ve most wanted to focus on, and explore deeply, is the limitation of a single instrument. The acoustic-guitar soundworld has been a foundational aspect of my musical universe for as long as I can remember, and so I set myself the challenge of making a full-length album, on the five-stringed guitar, in just four days. As a result, I had to work so fast that I couldn’t second-guess anything - I just had to roll with and trust the process. The results are warm, scrappy, imperfect, and close to my heart. From me to you, with love!”

09/09/2025

Hey, that’s me with Richie Hayward at Marigold Studios in Toronto on July 3, 1997. Richie was in town for a Little Feat show, and my pal Rick Gratton knew him. Rick said, “Richie has an off day. You want him for a session?” Well, I was making True Winter (the second Monkey House album) at the time, so the answer was an emphatic 𝙔𝙀𝙎. What a day! Richie was so nice, so glad to be there. He told me, “Nobody calls me for sessions since I toured with Clapton. They think I’m too big to play on their record!” He laid down the greasy shuffle funk on the opening track, “Road Movie”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jso2V_d-sM&list=RD7jso2V_d-sM&start_radio=1

09/08/2025

So sad to hear about the passing of Rick Davies of Supertramp. For so many of us, Supertramp’s songs were the soundtrack of our lives!! What a loss. Condolences to his family and all who knew and loved him. Thank you for your music Rick!!

Supertramp Co-founder Rick Davies, who wrote and sang such hits as 'Bloody Well Right' and 'Goodbye Stranger,' has died. He was 81.

09/07/2025

Jive is at it again! If SD was ever spun at Studio 54 it might have sounded like this…

Longer, better. Not monetized, remixed just for fun.

09/06/2025

Our Seattle correspondent Loretta Sassaman hosted a house concert with Mark McMillen and his wife Ann Boreson AKA Pricey Diggs. This with a rehearsal moment with Wanz, who some may remember doing Thrift Shop with Macklemore. Maybe you recognize this Bobby Caldwell song. 🙂

09/05/2025

The 3rd single from Steve Porcaro’s upcoming album THE VERY DAY is here!
“2x Lover” features Jude Cole on lead vocals, Michael Landau & Jimmy Haun on guitars with this killer horn section: Chuck Findley & Mark Pender on trumpets, Larry Williams on sax, Joe Sublett on tenor sax & Andy Martin on Trombone. Backing vocals feature Steve Porcaro, Michael McDonald, Jason Scheff & Francesca Falcone.
THE VERY DAY drops October 3rd.

Music video by Steve Porcaro performing 2x Lover (Lyric Video) (Official).© 2025 Porcara Musica, Inc, exclusively licensed to Green Hill Productions

09/05/2025

IMC Album of the Day: Lite Me Up – Herbie Hancock

Released in 1982, Lite Me Up marked Herbie Hancock’s 33rd project—and a bold left turn in his already massive catalog. This wasn’t a jazz record by any stretch; instead, it leaned deep into the “Quincy Jones late-’70s / early-’80s” vibe and that glossy West Coast sound. In hindsight, it was also a sign of things to come—just a year later, “Rockit” and the MTV era would take Herbie down yet another new path.

The album features eight tracks, six penned by Rod Temperton—the same hitmaker who came out of Heatwave and went on to craft the classics for Michael Jackson and Quincy. One standout, “Getting to the Good Part,” feels like a bridge between Heatwave, Brothers Johnson, and even something Daft Punk might have sampled decades later. I first heard it on Chicago’s WBMX and immediately went out to grab the LP.

👉 Listen here : https://youtu.be/0AE-EabHu0U?si=xwSeRnHLUmpvyWaa

And let’s talk about the lineup—it’s an absolute who’s who of the LA session world. Just a sample:
• Drums: Jeff Porcaro, John “J.R.” Robinson, Narada Michael Walden
• Bass: Randy Jackson, Louis Johnson, Abraham Laboriel
• Keys & Arrangements: David Foster, Patrice Rushen, Michael Boddicker
• Guitars: Steve Lukather, Jay Graydon
• Vocals: Paulette McWilliams, Bill Champlin, Richard Page, Patti Austin, Jim Gilstrap
• Horns: Jerry Hey, Chuck Findley, Gary Herbig, Bill Reichenbach Jr.
…and of course, Herbie himself on just about everything—synths, piano, vocoder, Clavinet, and production.

Another gem is “Give It All Your Heart,” a Herbie/Patrice Rushen collaboration that rides on a fat Rhodes groove—pure chill, pure West Coast cool.

👉 Listen here : https://youtu.be/4ttlYJeva7w?si=-SM_BBPCclTE8RjQ

But my personal favorite? “Paradise.” Written by Bill Champlin, David Foster, and Jay Graydon, it sounds like it could’ve slipped right onto Al Jarreau’s Breaking Away. With Porcaro on drums, Laboriel on bass, Champlin and Richard Page on backing vocals, and Herbie stepping up on lead (without vocoder!), this is vintage LA session magic at its finest.

👉 Listen here : https://youtu.be/LJmg3KlmHAY?si=yPNiYpbyQoLvvlas

While Lite Me Up didn’t far well commercially—it vanished quickly from shelves and airwaves—it’s far from forgettable. Today, you can grab the digital download on iTunes for under $8, or dig through the bins for a vinyl copy (usually cheap).
Well worth every penny!

For me, this one was always a keeper.
BP

09/04/2025

IMC’s Track of the Night
Three Sisters — Walter Becker

Written in 1992 as a Becker/Fagen composition, this track likely emerged during the 11 Tracks of Whack era. It never made the final cut — left unfinished lyrically — but it absolutely deserved to.

Tonight we play it in memory of WB. Hard to believe it’s been eight years. We remember him, we miss him, and above all, we celebrate his music.

Three Sisters:
Adam Rogers - Guitar
Dean Parks - Guitar
Fima Ephron - Bass
Ben Perowsky - Drums
John Beasley - Keyboards
Dave Russell & Roger Nichols - Engineers

BP

Free Hi-Def Download and Discussion forum at: https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/forum/rarities-unreleased/three-sistersWalter Becker/Donald Fagen ...

09/02/2025

To celebrate two Toto related birthdays, we're mixing in some solo tracks from Joseph Williams (Sept. 1) and Steve Porcaro (Sept. 2) on Toto Tuesday!
https://www.insidemusicast.com/imc-radio