Dante Esperanza on Buck City Podcast, episode 18 - By N.L. Belardes

Months ago when I heard a local musician complain about Dante Esperanza, my initial reaction was I got pissed off. I didn’t know Dante Esperanza personally. But I didn’t have a beef with them. Someone had said, “Their music is too repetitive.” What did I care if it was repetitive or not? I just care whether I like someone's music or not. Hell, Beethoven gets repetitive; So is Rachmoninov for that matter. And so in my rebelliousness, I put two or three Dante Esperanza songs on one of my first podcasts. It was a quiet musical protest. Here was a band who had only been together a few months and they had a CD of 20 or so songs? Hallelujah that’s prolific!

Enter Buck City Podcast #18, aptly titled, “Psychedelic Country Blues.” Give it a listen and you’ll find out it’s all about Dante Esperanza. They came on the show to play live, to talk shop, and even graciously allowed J.B. of Johnny Clash to play violin with them. They didn’t have to do that. But they did. Meet Duncan McKnight, Brandon Williams and Shaun Tidwell and see them perform at the Munoz Gym on Octover 29th...

You have to listen to Episode Eighteen, and if you're an artist, in a band, or in theatre, you're going to want to do a podcast. Why? Because a podcast can be downloaded and listened to over and over again. It's not just a one-time radio thing... Go to the podcast and blog homepage and click on one of the chicklets, subscribe, or just wimp out and download the MP3 of Episode Eighteen, 'Psychedelic Country Blues'... If you do click on a chicklet, try podnova or podcast alley. But don't discount iTunes. The Buck City Podcast is now on iTunes, Podfeed, Podnova, Podcast, PodcastHostDirectory, PodTower, Podcast Directory, Podcast Pickle, Podcasting News, podcaster world, Odeo.com and Podfeeder... and yes, I did say iTunes! That's the biggie. Go ahead and look, you'll see the Buck City Podcast right there in the music directory...

And no, you don't have to have a MAC to download iTunes. Just go to apple.com and download right now! It's great! A perfect search engine for podcasts, a great look and feel, and you can listen with ease, with auto updates!


Coming soon: Nunez, Vanity Avenue, local writers and more!

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