Taylor Goldsmith on Critics, Hope, and Bob Dylan
The lead singer and songwriter of Dawes talks about the group's new album, All Your Favorite Bands, his work on the New Basement Tapes project, and more.
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This week on The Moment, Brian Koppelman talks to Taylor Goldsmith, the lead singer and primary songwriter for the band Dawes. Taylor talks about the new album All Your Favorite Bands and reflects on the time he spent with Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jim James to create the New Basement Tapes.
Brian and Taylor also discuss the life and works of Bob Dylan, criticism in today’s culture, and why turning 30 is a pivotal moment in an artist’s life. Taylor also talks about holding on to hope in his music and plays an acoustic version of the title track at the end of the show.
Topics this week:
All Your Favorite Bands by Dawes
U2’s “Pride (in the Name of Love)”
Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba”
Dawes’ “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
Nothing Is Wrong by Dawes
Otis the Drunk on the Andy Griffith Show
Lost on the River by the New Basement Tapes
“Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
The New Basement Tapes’ “Kansas City”
The New Basement Tapes’ “When I Get My Hands on You”
Johnny Fritz’s “When a Ford Man Turns to Chevy”
Johnny Fritz’s “Suck in Your Gut”
Bill Callahan’s “Faith/Void”
Somewhere Under Wonderland by Counting Crows
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters, and Seymour: An Introduction by J.D. Salinger
North Hills by Dawes
Dawes’ “When My Time Comes”
Miles of Aisles by Joni Mitchell
Still Crazy All These Years by Paul Simon
Graceland by Paul Simon
Rhythm of the Saints by Paul Simon
Infidels by Bob Dylan & Mark Knopfler
Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
The New Basement Tapes’ “Florida Key”
The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane”
Bob Dylan’s “Joey”
Bob Dylan’s “Highlands”
Bob Dylan’s “It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)”
Iconoclasts with Maya Angelou and Dave Chappelle
Southeastern by Jason Isbell
Wilder Mind by Mumford & Sons
People this week:
Dawes
Middle Brother
Deer Tick
T Bone Burnett
Elvis Costello
Mumford and Sons
Jim James
Rhiannon Giddens
Bob Dylan
Hank Williams
Jackson Browne
Tom Petty
Sam Koppelman
Bruce Springsteen
Peter Mensch
Cliff Burnstein
My Morning Jacket
Alabama Shakes
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