Music Person

Greg Freeman from Burlington, Vermont. 

Greg and Dylan discuss the Burlington music scene, Delta Blues YouTube wormholes, the Northeast, the strangeness of the artistic statement, and Greg’s Saturn return. 

+ Greg gives us a letter of recommendation.

Artists we mentioned:

Greaseface, Robber Robber, Dari Bay, Lily Seabird, Rockin’ Worms, Fugazi, Bill Callahan, The White Stripes, Son House, Neil Young, the Beatles, Bob Dylan.
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Toody Cole of Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, and the Rats from Portland, Oregon. Recorded live onstage at Treefort Music Fest on March 26, 2026.

Dylan and Toody discuss her life as a pioneering woman in punk, love at first sight, homesteading in the woods, building a punk house temple from scratch and salvaged scrap, raising children, how the grunge era hit different in middle age, and continuing the legacy of her late husband Fred Cole.

Artists we mentioned:

Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, the Rats, Range Rats, the Weeds, the Lollipop Shoppe, the Wipers, Nirvana.

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Buck Meek of Big Thief from Los Angeles, CA. 

Buck and Dylan discuss growing up in Texas Hill County amongst guitar legends, channeling youth with older legends, unpacking the mythology of Big Thief’s relational intelligence, working alongside your ex-wife, your current wife, and your brother, wearing suits, and regional BBQ. 

+ Buck answers a listener advice question. 

Artists we mentioned:

Big Theif, Slim Richey, Django Porter, Brandon Gist, Lucinda Williams, Laraaji, Tucker Zimmerman, Adrianne Lenker, James Krivchenia. 

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Florence Shaw of Dry Cleaning from South London, England. 

Florence and Dylan discuss the difficulties of international touring, what your brain feels like on art school, black plastics, wanting to become a horse, reaching an associative songwriting state, and riding the bus as an idea-generating machine.

+ Florence gets something off her chest.

Artists we mentioned:

Cate Le Bon, Ryan Davis, Black Midi, bar italia, Jeff Tweedy, Elton John. 

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Join Dylan as she catches up with a hit parade of music friends from the 2025 season of Music Person! Cozy up by the fire (or whatever) for a warm chat as we take a fond look back at our best music memories of 2025, and look ahead to a very exciting 2026.   

Featuring: Ryan Davis, Aaron Dowdy of Fust, Madi Diaz, Esther Rose, Georgia Maq, Merce Lemon, and a surprise holiday visit from Lily Seabird. 

Happy New Year, Music People! Thank you for listening. 

We’ll be back soon!

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