BONUS- Looking Back: A Low Profile Mixtape

BONUS- Looking Back: A Low Profile Mixtape

Author: Markly Morrison April 22, 2021 Duration: 2:10:59
Instead of a new episode this time around, here’s some music representing the artists who have been featured on the program so far, from the most recent back to the first episode. Hang out for a couple hours, enjoy the jams, and if you like a song or artist, dig it: There’s a Low Profile episode about them for you to devour. See y’all in a couple weeks with more new shows as season 4 continues to blow minds across the galaxy.Low Profile with Markly MorrisonLooking Back Mixtape 4-22-2021Negativland “Drink It Up”Alice Stuart “Freedom’s The Sound”Jeffrey Lewis and the Voltage “Except For The Fact That It Isn’t”Briana Marela “Give Me Your Love”Lavender Country “I Can’t Shake the Stranger Out of You”Oval “Ah!”The Music Tapes “Please Hear Mr. Flight Control”Swamp Dogg “Kiss Me Hit Me Touch Me”The Julies “Boy Wonder”Karl Blau “Mockingbird Diet”The Microphones “Between Your Ear and The Other Ear”Jib Kidder “New Crimes”David Grubbs “Gloriette”Donnie and Joe Emerson “Thoughts In My Mind”Holy Modal Rounders “Random Canyon”Ashley Eriksson “When The Earth Was Flat”Eugene Chadbourne “Honey Don’t”CW Stoneking “On a Desert Isle”Washington Phillips “Mother’s Last Word to Her Son”Cornershop “United Provinces of India”Heatwarmer “American Dog”Chumbawamba “This Girl”Nick Krgovich “Country Boy”Amps For Christ “Sweet William”Terry Cashman “Cooperstown”Scott Dunbar “Forty-Four Blues”Bobby Frank Brown “My Dog Is Every Bit as Good as Me”Soul-Junk “Soft Adult Contempt”Susan Cadogan “Love My Life”Cleaners from Venus “A Girl With Cars In Her Eyes”Bob Dorough (on a Miles Davis album) “Nothing Like You”The Gift Machine “Telemetric Mayhem”Old Time Relijun “Dark of the Male, Light of the Female”Gary Wilson “Gary’s in the Park”Margo Guryan “Someone I Know”Larry Norman “Sweet Song of Salvation”Pete Drake “I’m Blue”

There’s a whole world of essential music made by people who never became household names. Low Profile with Markly Morrison seeks out those artists, producers, and behind-the-scenes figures, blending their stories with the music they created. Host Markly Morrison, an audio journalist and musician based in Olympia, Washington, approaches these conversations as oral history-less about fame and more about the craft, the context, and the often overlooked contributions that shaped sounds we love. You’ll hear intimate, detailed interviews that pull back the curtain on influential work, paired with the tracks that define these careers. The show originates as a radio program on KAOS 89.3 FM but finds its enduring home as a podcast distributed by Ruinous Media, allowing these deep-dive stories to be savored anytime. Each episode is a chance to discover not just new music, but the rich human experiences behind it, focusing on the genuine artistry that exists far from the glare of the mainstream spotlight. This podcast is for anyone who believes the most compelling stories in music are often the ones you haven’t heard yet.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Low Profile with Markly Morrison
Podcast Episodes
51. Steve Arrington [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:16
I've known who Steve Arrington is for a little over a decade, and he became one of my favorite musicians. But up to that point I didn't know that I already knew him... as in, he's one of the most sampled artists since sa…
50. Urge Overkill [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:25
Urge Overkill began in 1980s Chicago and carved their own path over the past several decades. In the ‘90s, they toured with bands who are household names, and reached that status on their own with their cover of Neil Dia…
Darknet Diaries: Nerdcore (Bonus Crossover) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:24:57
Low Profile presents a collection of music and stories from Darknet Diaries, a strikingly original podcast about cybercrime. After a brief conversation between Markly Morrison and Jack Rhysider, Jack takes the reins and…
49. Osees [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:26
John Dwyer, best known for his work in the band Osees, fka Thee Oh Sees, fka O.C.S., speaks at length with guest host Matt Murillo (drops 12/8/2021) about his extended musical universe, including projects Krang, Pink and…
48. Alejandra and Aeron [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:45
This episode begins with a sound work entitled “Murk” by the duo Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman.Taken from a collection of re-edited works called “Ficcion,” it’s a slice of a chapter in this couple’s life together a…
47. Richard Youngs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:20
This is, as you will discover, a very special episode. The first thing you'll hear on this episode is the sound of the English-born, Scottish-dewlling musician Richard Youngs playing guitar with his feet. Entitled “Foot…
46. Martin Rev [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:05
Keyboard wizard and punk pioneer Martin Rev, (born Martin Reverby) grew up in New York where he still lives today. In his youth, he was a fan of doo wop music, and then became engrossed in the emerging jazz world that wa…
Bonus: Dollar Country host Frank the Drifter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:05
On this bonus episode we have yet another clash of the podcasts. I had the pleasure of a zoom call and DJ roulette session with the host of Dollar Country, Franklin Fantini, or as his listeners know him, Frank the Drifte…
45. Corey Ledet [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:44
Corey Ledet is a 2012 Grammy-nominated Zydeco musician unlike any other. He was born in Houston, and started playing this traditional Creole music professionally when he was a kid, performing with Wildbert Thibadeuax’s Z…
44. Sean O'Hagan [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:31
Season 4 Finale: The incomparable Sean O’Hagan’s first major band was the Irish 1980s pop group Microdisney. After that group disbanded, he started recording with his next project, the High Llamas, who released some of t…