Israel and the artist formerly kown as Kenny sit down with musician, Carlos Rodriguez of band Mezcal. They talk about influences, playing with sibiligs, new music, shows and how he ended up in Guinea Africa for a month because of music. Keep it here!
Israel and Kenny sit down with Gio Najeh of PUPPET. They dive into what dirives inspiration, the creative process, videos, transformations, why 80's shit is cool and how to avoid being confused with a cholo rapper. That and more. Keep it here!
Israel and Kenny sit down with singer/song writer, J.D. Garza to talk transition form Metal band to solo project to new album, performances and more. They also introduce a new segment, CQC (Carrillo's Question Corner) and dive into listener suggestions for actors that should play Israel or Kenny on a film. Keep it here!
Israel and Kenny sit down with founding members of band, Are Espacial. They talk about the new album, bilingual lyrics and what's the best/worst imagery for posters. Keep it here!
Israel and Kenny G are joined by Joshua Tehee to talk about his new musical project, New Old Man. They talk about the future of venues, post covid shows and bring back the ever popular deathpool.
Israel and Kenny sit down with George Barraza aka Dj MeztiSoul. They talk about Private Wax, Jazz On The Corner, turntables, vinyl, and of course, the Anthony Joshua/ Andy Ruiz fight along with the Fresno Grizzly's recent debacle error.
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Israel and Kenny sit down with Josh Tehee and Cristobal Carrillo. They talk GrizzlyFest, play the local Spotify game and even elaborate on serial killers who don't stream.
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Israel and Kenny sit down with Ghost Surf pioneers, Tomas and Kaleb from band Eighteen Hundreds. They talk band history, songwriting, pre-show rituals and why you all should go to a particular chain restaurant. Also, the best/ummm... intro ever. Send all your letters to Los Eighteen Hundreds.
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Israel sits down with Fuzz Rockers, The Eros which happens to includes Mr. Kenny G. They talk about the new album 'Sad Songs For Happy People', new shows, and go into how cool it is to have some new/old venues back. The guys also introduce a new segment appropriately titled "OLD NEWS!" and Yes, they even selected their candidates for their definitely-not-macabre yearly celebrity deadpool.
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Israel and Kenny-G Sit down with members of Mariachi Sol De Oro, Carrie, Ricky, and Birdman. They go over the 2019 roster of nominees for the Rock Hall of Fame, mariachi stories, busking and even reveal why Kenny is no longer invited to the breakfast club.
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Israel and Kenny sit down with Juan Verduzco and Stephanie Barraza to talk about Tastemakers Festival, Sound-N-Vision, Grizzly Fest, Local Music Showcase and much more.
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We hang out with Mr. Omar Nare who occupies the record for most shows by a guest on the podcast. We have some Mezcal, answer from "The Book of Questions" talk about Omar's upcoming show, Echo En Fresno, had more Mezcal, Omar played two beautiful songs we drank more Mezcal, we stopped recording... and drank more mezcal.
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Israel and Kenny chat with leading Americana singer songwriter, Lance Canales. Local Orosi boy talks about growing up in the San Joaquin Valley, new album, tour, Plane Wreck at Los Gatos, his invitation to do a TED Talk, upcoming BBC interview and even performs live.
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Spanspek Podcast
Israel and Kenny sit down with power couple, Jasmin La Caris and Omar Nare. They talk about their upcoming show, VIVO, Enrique Meza's new loteria series, Joshua Tehee as Buddy Holly and they even play a live acoustic version of "drunken Sleepwalk" fueled by mezcal.
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Israel and Kenny are joined by Cristobal and Ricky to talk about the 12th and final Spanspek Music and Arts Festival. They get in to detail with performers, artist and try to persuade Ricky in to making his own festival for the future.
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Israel and Kenny are joined by the werebear himself, Cristobal Carrillo. They talk about why Spanspek Music and Arts Festival is ending after 12 years while they take question from live feeds through social media.
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The guys sit down with virtuoso violinist, Patrick Contreras. They talk about his new endeavour as EL VIOLIN, why he loves Britney Spear's music, his first performances, the future including a new album and how imagine dragons stayed at his place once and requested lucky charms in the middle of the night.
Spanspek Podcast
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Israel and Kenny sit down with Fresno Bee music writer and all around awesome dude, Joshua Tehee. They start off the episode by drinking Pulque for the first time and giving their option on it while Kenny explains what "bacon number" is. They also get in to how better concert seats equal better show experience, Chuck Berry's passing, Breakout Fresno and Josh performs part of his stand up comedy routine.
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Israel and Kenny sit down with Erica Salazar and Mike Adame of band, Light Thieves. They talk new SXSW contract debacle, the making of the new album, how to trade in favors for amazing cover artwork, best and worst parts of touring and even tell a terrifying story about staying in a creepy/possibly haunted hotel in Winnemucca Nevada while Kenny reads the Yelp review posted by Light Thieves' own, Kaleb Saldate.
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Israel and Kenny sit down with multi instrumentalists, Brandon Freeman and Jonathan "Nap" Napoles of band Cloudship. They talk music from Opeth to Chance the Rapper, they get in to the deep dark secrets of touring, how to pull it off, what the best and worst parts of it are, they tell their favorite tour stories including how to avoid getting arrested while sleeping in the tour van and how Nap has a magnetism for meeting celebrities... or we should say celebrities meeting him.
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Israel and Kenny G. sit down with acoustic rockers, Bear Claw Spruce. They perform live, talk about shows, the new album, stoner dolphins, introduce news from the new newsgirl and much much more.
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Israel and Kenny G. Sit down with artist and muscician, Sahab. They talk politics and how close some moves hit home, deloreans, GIFs, 90s shows, 2017 deathpools, and they even play an exclusive new track from the upcoming album 'Safa City'.
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Israel and Kenny G sit down with Vato Rock pioneers, Werebear. They talk Thanksgiving, Kanye, who's better at the blues and all kinds of new... New drummer, New album, New show. Kenny also posts the My-Mix-Tape questions to the band.
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