14 March 2015
Episode 2
17 minutes
Matthew E White swings by to play a few stripped-back songs from his brilliant new record ‘Fresh Blood’ and tells us how interning in what was to become Pharrell’s studio in Virginia Beach gave him a grounding in the music industry and why an album should contain as few songs as possible.
14 March 2015
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