The Art of Longevity Season 9, Episode 5: Eels

The Art of Longevity Season 9, Episode 5: Eels

Author: The Song Sommelier May 29, 2024 Duration: 55:20
In Mark Oliver Everett’s autobiography “Things The Grandchildren Should Know”, the author, otherwise known as E, the frontman and band leader of Eels, wrote of Bob Dylan’s self-proclaimed destiny as a musician: “I wish I had something like that, but I didn’t. At all. All I had was an aching sense of desperation. I didn’t have any idea what the hell I was doing and was only doing it out of not knowing what else to do”. Despite this, or perhaps because of it, E simply continued to keep on kee...

The Art of Longevity, hosted by The Song Sommelier, sits at the crossroads of music, history, and the often-unseen business behind it. This isn't a typical interview podcast; it's a series of candid, in-depth dialogues with artists who have built careers spanning decades. Each conversation explores the real journey-how these musicians have weathered the industry's constant shifts, creative droughts, and commercial pressures to not just survive, but to continue evolving and connecting with audiences. We get into the specifics: the collaboration that saved a career, the business decision that changed everything, the fanbase that grew quietly over years. The discussions move fluidly between past triumphs, current projects, and future ambitions, always grounded in the artist's personal definition of success. It's about the resilience required to make art for a lifetime. Tune in for these uniquely honest reflections on what it truly means to last.
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The Art of Longevity Season 9, Episode 2: Ed Harcourt [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:41
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The Art of Longevity Season 9, Episode 1: Crowded House [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:59
Try playing a Crowded House record (any of them) then let Spotify play on…you will get just the best selection of really great songs. Go on, try it and you’ll see for yourself. This discovery may well make drivetime radi…
The Art of Longevity Season 9 Preview, with Real Estate [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:17
When Real Estate's fifth album The Main Thing was released to fairly mixed results, was it time for a reset? In a sense, yes. For band leader Martin Courtney, it was time to get back to songs. After all, without songs, b…
The Art of Longevity Season 8, Episode 5: The Staves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:25
Like many women creators in the (still) white, male dominated music industry, the Staveley-Taylor sisters aka The Staves, bring a sense of humbleness to everything they have achieved, how they are positioned today and in…
The Art of Longevity Season 8, Episode 4: Beirut [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:42
After the fiasco of having to cancel Beirut’s 2019 tour, Zach Condon knew he needed to take the time out to fully recover. Multiple infections, colds and in the end complicated throat ailments had led him to a total burn…
The Art of Longevity Season 8, Episode 3: Metric [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:51
Metric has become one of those bands that have paved the way for independence, along with Aimee Mann, Chance The Rapper and the other self-releasing copyright owning pioneers. Their fifth album Synthetica (2012) as it tu…
The Art of Longevity Season 8, Episode 2: Half Moon Run [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:16
I had invited Half Moon Run onto the podcast after first hearing Salt - imploring their BMG PR to arrange it as a matter of priority. Speaking with Dylan Phillips was an insight behind the creative process of the (decade…
Season 8 Preview: The Goo Goo Dolls, with John Rezeznik [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:19
So many bands have a complex relationship with their biggest songs (probably because they essentially set a one dimensional benchmark - that of popularity) but dealing with that and playing those songs like it’s the last…
The Art of Longevity 50th Episode: Corey Taylor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:47
What better guest for this 50th episode of The Art of Longevity than metal’s renaissance man Corey Taylor? A modern legend of the heavy metal genre, Corey has no less than three successful music projects. He is probably…