Derringer Discoveries - A Music Adventure Podcast

Now in our fourth year, with listeners in 30+ countries, this is Derringer Discoveries - A Music Adventure Podcast. Meet Team Derringer: Laura, Paul, and Alton. Episodes drop twice monthly. Subscribe to our free newsletter at www.derringerdiscoveries.com/subscribe.

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Episodes

Estella Dawn - Winner (EP51)

Sunday Oct 15, 2023

Sunday Oct 15, 2023

This episode is full of pop, cheekiness, and sass – not to mention intelligent lyrics, excellent songcraft, and behind-the-scenes insight. Musician, singer, songwriter, and producer Estella Dawn joins Team Derringer and shares the stories behind some of her most popular songs. Team Derringer can testify that Estella is a talented, powerhouse artist and musical tour de force.  
Estella infuses every song of her genre-spanning catalog with a bold and passionate delivery. Her dynamic vocal technique is always underpinned by excellent songwriting and exquisite musicality. Learn how this New Zealand-born artist got her start in music and how she came to reside in the U.S. 
Team Derringer will share snippets of their top five favorite songs by Estella Dawn and Estella will share a couple of her favorite songs as well. By the end of the episode, we think you’ll be humming Estella’s songs for days. We know you’ll be snapping your fingers, tapping your foot, or maybe even breaking out into a dance groove.
If you enjoy this episode, please be sure to subscribe to our podcast and tell your friends about Derringer Discoveries.
Episode: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/051Website: www.derringerdiscoveries.comNewsletter: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/subscribeEstella Dawn: www.estelladawn.com
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Saturday Oct 07, 2023

Once again, Team Derringer highlights some fresh new bands in this month's countdown episode. Many of the artists are making their first appearance on the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 chart. Find out how the indie-artists fared as they went up against industry heavyweights.
 
The Turnip Music Radio Top 25 chart is an eclectic mix of music covering multiple genres including singer-songwriter, pop, folk, old-school rock, dance music, adult alternative, and heavy rock. You're sure to find something you'll love. The global slate of songs includes artists from Canada, Australia, Ireland, South Africa, The Netherlands, Iceland, Scotland, England, and the United States.
 
And Team Derringer has some treats for you coming up soon. We've landed interviews with two of the artists on this month's chart and playlist. Listen in and see if you can figure out which ones!  
 
We’re counting down to the year-end Turnip Music Radio Best of 2023 chart and playlist. This month’s #1 song will join the 11 other monthly winners on the TMR Best of 2023 chart. In December, you will have the opportunity to help select the TMR Best Song of 2023!
 
Check out all the songs on the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 - October 2023 chart: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1CLzNqR1HEB75ddqSfJ90Z?si=fb66186887cd470c
 
To submit your song directly to Derringer Discoveries and/or cast votes for your favorite songs for the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 chart, please visit: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/tmr.
 
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Friday Sep 15, 2023

College Rock exploded on the music scene sometime during 1983 and 1984; however, the infrastructure for the musical style had been established almost 20 years earlier – not by a musician, band, or other influential figure – but by a government agency in the U.S.
Join Team Derringer as they explore the birth of College Rock and the preeminent band at its epicenter: R.E.M. The eclectic, hook-heavy, and guitar-jangly sound emerged from the new-wave and post-punk music scenes of the late 1970s spreading from Athens, Georgia, throughout the U.S. and was soon adopted by bands in the U.K.
Laura, Alton, and Paul (Team Derringer) are joined by singer-songwriter/guitarist/recording artist Bryan Cooper from Fukuoka, Japan, by way of Yorkshire, England. All the hosts are huge fans of R.E.M. – mostly favoring the music that was the band recorded during the I.R.S. Records years.
Did R.E.M. ever Jump the Shark? If so, did they Cross the Rubicon? Listen in to find out! You can even learn how to score your very own cheese and mushroom pizza!*
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Monday Sep 04, 2023

Are you ready for some new music? Eleven of the Top 15 artists are making their first appearance on the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 chart. This month’s chart is filled with artists from Australia, Canada, Germany, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Industry veterans, indie artists, and mainstream acts went head-to-head on this month’s ballot. The Derringer Discoveries listeners voted for their favorites. Who prevailed? Listen in to find out! Team Derringer (Paul, Laura, and Alton) will provide you with a brief bio of each artist and share a snippet (or two) of each song on the chart. 
We’re counting down to the year-end Turnip Music Radio Best of 2023 chart. This month’s #1 song will join 11 other monthly winners on the TMR Best of 2023 chart. Then in December, you will have the opportunity to help select the TMR Best Song of 2023!
Check out all the songs on the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 - September 2023 chart: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1CLzNqR1HEB75ddqSfJ90Z?si=fb66186887cd470c
To submit your song directly to Derringer Discoveries and/or cast vote for your favorite songs for the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 chart, please visit: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/tmr.
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Tuesday Aug 15, 2023

In this episode, Team Derringer explores a rare juxtaposition: the improbable convergence of two highly disparate styles of music. In 2004, two luminaries in their respective genres came together to make magic. One is a dynamic frontman for one of the most well-known rock bands of all time, while the other is a highly sought-after collaborator, solo artist, and leader of an extremely popular bluegrass band.
In 2007, Alison Krauss and Robert Plant released their Grammy-winning album, Raising Sand. The critically acclaimed pairing produced studio gold which later turned into platinum. Fourteen years later, the duo released their second album, Raise the Roof. Could they replicate the magic? Listen in to find out!
Singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, Matt Saxton from East Sussex, United Kingdom, joins Team Derringer as special guest-host to explore the Plant and Krauss’ fantastic interpretation of blues, country, soul, gospel, and old-timey songs. To top off the winning formula, the pair recruited Grammy award winning T. Bone Burnett, a highly successful record producer, guitarist, and songwriter.  Burnett is known for musical endeavors in films such as O Brother Where Art Thou?, Cold Mountain, Walk the Line, and Crazy Heart.
As a special treat, Matt Saxton shares some of his own music with the Derringer Discoveries listeners.
Be sure to check out this entertaining episode. Follow Derringer Discoveries on your favorite streaming platform: https://pod.link/derringerdiscoveries or https://derringerdiscoveries.podbean.com/.
To contact Team Derringer, visit the Derringer Discoveries website at www.derrringerdiscoveries.com.
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Promo - Fall 2023

Sunday Aug 13, 2023

Sunday Aug 13, 2023

With listeners in 30+ countries and more than 50,000 downloads, this is Team Derringer's promo for Fall of 2023, as we conclude our third year of Derringer Discoveries - A Music Adventure Podcast.  To be followed by a fourth year!
If you would like to lend your voice to our promos, stingers, and voiceovers, contact us at derringerdiscoveries.com.
 

Friday Aug 04, 2023

This month’s Turnip Music Radio Top 25 is a Canadian tour de force! Five Canadian artists/bands make an appearance in the Top 15 positions with two more rounding out the Top 25. We have music from top-tier artists with over two-million monthly listeners going head-to-head with up-and-coming bands that are destined to find a wider global audience.
A listener from Australia recently tagged Derringer Discoveries in a social media post: “This is my favourite podcast for finding new indie (real indie) and keeping up with established artists. Kicks Spotify algorithms’ a$$! Excited for the new episode this weekend!”
Listen in as Team Derringer (Paul, Laura, and Alton) highlight artists from Canada, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, and the US. Derringer Discoveries and Turnip Music Radio are your source for discovering terrific new music that we’re sure you’ll love. (See what we did there?)
If you would like to help decide which songs make it onto the monthly Turnip Music Radio Top 25 chart (and discover some fantastic tunes along the way), be sure to visit our website each month between the 15th and 25th to cast your vote. (www.derringerdiscoveries.com/vote)
The TMR Countdown Episode, which highlights the artists in the Top 15 positions, drops sometime during the first week of each month.
Find Derringer Discoveries on your favorite podcast app: www.pod.link/derringerdiscoveries.
You can listen to all the songs on the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 chart, updated monthly: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1CLzNqR1HEB75ddqSfJ90Z?si=c80934b6efab4bb6
Website: www.derringerdiscoveries.comNewsletter: www.derringerdiscoveries.comTurnip Music Radio: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/tmrContact us: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/contact or feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com
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Saturday Jul 15, 2023

After three months and hundreds of votes from around the world, the results of the Derringer Discoveries Top 5 Classic Rock Songs ballot have been tallied! To help present the Top 5 Classic Rock Songs, Team Derringer recruited members of M&R Rush, a classic rock band out of Chicago, to join them for this Classic Rock episode.
In the United States, the definition of Classic Rock comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid-1990s, primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s Album Oriented Rock format. Do you agree with this definition?
We asked members of M&R Rush, Marty Mardirosian and John McFarland, to weigh in on each of the Top 5 songs and share the story of their band’s formation. We also wanted to know what it was like to play in a popular rock band in Chicago during what is now considered the heart of the Classic Rock era.
Listen in while Paul, Alton, and Laura (Team Derringer) share interesting tidbits about the artists behind each of the Top 5 Classic Rock Songs and share some song snippets you’re sure to recognize. Marty and John also regale us with their connection to another highly popular Classic Rock band from Chicago: Styx.
Do you agree with the Top 5 Classic Rock songs as voted on by the listeners of Derringer Discoveries? Let us know! You can drop us a line at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com.
Team Derringer would like to thank Marty and John from M&R Rush for helping us count down the Top 5 Classic Rock songs. To find out more about Marty, John, or M&R Rush, please visit their website at: www.mandrrush.com.
Members of M&R Rush are:
Marty Mardirosian – Drums
Roger Hirtz - Bass & Vocals
Carl Moszur - Keyboards & Vocals
John McFarland - Guitar & Vocals
Paul Martin - Guitar & Vocals
Jeff Luif - Guitar & Vocals
For more information about Derringer Discoveries, Team Derringer, or our music promotion affiliate, Turnip Music Radio, please visit https://www.derringerdiscoveries.com. Sign up for our free newsletter at https://www.derringerdiscoveries.com/subscribe.
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The TMR Countdown - July 2023

Wednesday Jul 05, 2023

Wednesday Jul 05, 2023

This month, all month long, Turnip Music Radio and Derringer Discoveries celebrate Independence Day and the independent artists from around the world who have landed on our Top 25 Chart! In this countdown episode, we highlight artists from the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, and many points in between. We have up-and-coming artists going head-to-head with industry veterans. Tune in to hear how the indies fared against the giants.
Laura, Alton, and Paul (Team Derringer) share a mini bio of each artist in the top 15 positions, as well as snippets from the featured songs.
If you're ready to listen to some fantastic new music, check out all the great tunes from the artists on the Turnip Music Radio Top 25 Spotify playlist and music chart, brought to you by Derringer Discoveries and their music promotion affiliate, Turnip Music Radio.
Website: www.derringerdiscoveries.comNewsletter: www.derringerdiscoveries.com/subscribe
Artists featured in this episode:
Stella
Samantha Fish, Jesse Dayton
Darlingside
The Revivalists
Silverbird
Zoe Sky Jordon
UAP, Katie Tich
Ben Folds
Child Seat
Matt Saxton
WakeUpCall
Half Moon Run
Dave Matthews Band
Herb's Excellent Adventure
Anton Johansen
Enjoy!
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Sunday Jun 18, 2023

Growing up the child of missionary parents, Tina moved from the UK, to the Netherlands, to South Africa, and finally back to the UK. The transient nature of her childhood prevented Tina from feeling a sense of belonging and she often felt insulated from the outside world. To entertain herself, she played music with her family members and wrote her first song at age 11. She blossomed as a musician shortly after university when a friend’s brother, a music producer, wanted to record her.
Tina expected her songs to find their home in the church halls she was so familiar with, but she soon found herself performing the open mic circuit in and around London. After connecting with producer Trevor Michael, Tina found her musical voice and solidly established her sound. Tina is a master storyteller. Her songs run the gamut from the deeply painful experiences to the hope one can find in the simple things of life.
Join Team Derringer (Laura, Paul, and Alton), as they explore the stories behind their five favorite Tina Boonstra songs, hear of Tina’s early life, and discover the exciting projects that Tina has planned next. Explore musical snippets from Tina's songs and enjoy the stories behind the tracks on Tina’s latest album, “Circle back, start again.”
For more information about Derringer Discoveries, Team Derringer, or our music promotion affiliate, Turnip Music Radio, please visit https://www.derringerdiscoveries.com. Sign up for our free newsletter at https://www.derringerdiscoveries.com/subscribe.
We hope you will share this podcast with others. Let us know what you think of this episode on one of our social media channels: Instagram, Facebook, and/or Twitter. You can even drop us an email at feedback@derringerdiscoveries.com. We'd love to hear from you!
Thanks for listening to Derringer Discoveries - A Music Adventure Podcast.
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