The True Tunes Podcast podcast

The True Tunes Podcast

Listening to better music and listening to music better - with music industry veteran, author, artist, and producer John J. Thompson and a diverse panel of artists, songwriters, producers, and industry innovators who seek the deeper resonances in music and culture. Knowing that all music is spiritual, can we sing along with the good, the true, and the beautiful in ways that make us better neighbors, more compelling artists, and richer reflectors of the light by which we live and move and have our being? Let’s try.

Listening to better music and listening to music better - with music industry veteran, author, artist, and producer John J. Thompson and a diverse panel of artists, songwriters, producers, and industry innovators who seek the deeper resonances in music and culture. Knowing that all music is spiritual, can we sing along with the good, the true, and the beautiful in ways that make us better neighbors, more compelling artists, and richer reflectors of the light by which we live and move and have our being? Let’s try.

 

#100

The Roots, Rhythm, and Wisdom of Charlie Peacock

We are back where we started, in more ways than one, with songwriter, artist, producer, an... more

26 Nov 2025

2 HR 01 MINS

2:01:16

26 Nov 2025


#99

@45RPM Charlie Peacock's "Kahne Sessions" (An Early 80s Time Capsule)

Millions have been impacted by <a href='https://CharliePeacock.com'>Charlie Peacock's</a> ... more

17 Oct 2025

20 MINS

20:12

17 Oct 2025


#98

@45RPM The Sound of Revolution; JJT Speaks at Audiofeed 2025 (pt 4 of 4)

In the final installment of our "True Tunes Live at Audiofeed 2025" series of 45RPM episod... more

07 Sep 2025

54 MINS

54:48

07 Sep 2025


#97

Memento Mori: Remembering Chuck Girard (with Alex MacDougall, Bruce Brown, and Terry S. Taylor)

Chuck Girard, one of the architects of Jesus Music and founder of the band Love Song, rece... more

18 Aug 2025

58 MINS

58:02

18 Aug 2025


#96

@45RPM "Ask Us Anything" - (True Tunes Live at Audiofeed Part 3 of 4)

In part three (of four) of our "True Tunes Live at Audiofeed 2025" series of 45RPM episode... more

12 Aug 2025

27 MINS

27:23

12 Aug 2025


#95

@45RPM Matt Hammitt (True Tunes Live at Audiofeed '25 - Part 2 of 4)

In part two (of four) of our "True Tunes Live at Audiofeed 2025" series of 45RPM episodes,... more

07 Aug 2025

21 MINS

21:29

07 Aug 2025


#94

@45RPM - Gileah Taylor (True Tunes Live at Audiofeed '25 Part 1 of 4)

In part one (of four) of our "True Tunes Live at Audiofeed 2025" series of 45RPM episodes ... more

01 Aug 2025

28 MINS

28:26

01 Aug 2025


#93

Phil Madeira's Falcon Flies

The public may best know Phil Madeira as an ace-in-the-hole sideman for high-profile Ameri... more

07 Jul 2025

49 MINS

49:48

07 Jul 2025


#92

@45RPM Backstage with Sam Wade of the Hadestown Cast Band

The Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown is a fantastic retelling of the myths of Orpheus’... more

01 Jul 2025

25 MINS

25:36

01 Jul 2025


#91

Dug Pinnick of King's X: 50+ Years of Musical Passion

King's X, the band formed by bassist, songwriter, and vocalist Dug Pinnick, guitarist Ty T... more

16 Jun 2025

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:19

16 Jun 2025


#90

@45RPM "Jesus Music" pioneer John Fischer & Counterculture V. Subculture

John Fischer was making "Jesus Music" in the mid-1960s - before it was even a "thing." At ... more

11 Apr 2025

41 MINS

41:22

11 Apr 2025


#89

@45RPM Robert Deeble on the Therapeutic and Spiritual Power of Music to Bridge the Space Between Us

We've loved <a href='https://robertdeeble.bandcamp.com/music'>Robert Deeble</a> for a long... more

06 Mar 2025

34 MINS

34:44

06 Mar 2025


#88

Chris Taylor Carries The Flame (+ Sixpence on the Jukebox!)

Chris Taylor is a lifer. His first bands, (Windows and Love Coma,) were covered by True Tu... more

01 Feb 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:55

01 Feb 2025


#87

@45RPM - The Choir's Translucent Ambience

Derri Daugherty, Steve Hindalong, and Dan Michaels surprised all of us when THE CHOIR drop... more

17 Jan 2025

44 MINS

44:13

17 Jan 2025


#86

Special 45RPM: Ballad of the Lost Dogs of East Nashville (Live Conversations w John J. Thompson)

True Tunes Podcast host John J. Thompson recently celebrated the "soft-release" of his new... more

11 Jan 2025

56 MINS

56:22

11 Jan 2025


#85

Give Up The Dream? (JJT Talks To Writer/Director Thomas Torrey about Long December film)

There’s a new “melancholy Christmas musical” to add to your list of indie film favorites, ... more

06 Nov 2024

41 MINS

41:16

06 Nov 2024


#84

Checking Russ Taff's Cover Story (with Taff, Steve Taylor and John Mark Painter)

            6-time Grammy winner Russ Taff’s voice has defined the emotional potential of ... more

21 Aug 2024

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:05

21 Aug 2024


#83

Jennifer Knapp Goes Back to Kansas

There’s nothing like a relaxed, sit-down conversation – especially when discussing complic... more

17 Aug 2024

2 HR 13 MINS

2:13:08

17 Aug 2024


#82

@45RPM - Fred Armisen, Daniel Smith, Chris White & Mike Norman (on the set of the Come And Save Me f...

On this “Extended Play” 45RPM episode of the show, our good friend Chris White, writer and... more

06 Aug 2024

22 MINS

22:52

06 Aug 2024


#81

Microdose: The Prayer Chain

On this "impossibly short version of the ongoing conversation you'll find at TrueTunes.com... more

16 Jul 2024

04 MINS

04:14

16 Jul 2024