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Music Person

Dylan Tupper Rupert & Talkhouse

A podcast about the music life and the people who live it, by Dylan Tupper Rupert.

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August 17 · 1 hr 49 min
Newport Folk Festival 2026 Scene Report
Join host Dylan Tupper Rupert as she experiences her first Newport Folk Festival, during the weekend of July 24-26, 2026. Featuring musings, appearances, and performances by/about: Jenn Pelly, Eleanor Petry, Kareem Rahma, Hayley Williams, Remi Wolf, Wednesday, Madi Diaz, Morgan Nagler, Medium Build, This Is Lorelei, Victoria from the street, Ben from the crowd, the I Hate Mayonnaise Guy, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Tyler Ballgame, Styrofoam Winos, Ryan Davis and the Roadhouse Band, Dove Ellis, Kelly Taylor, Father John Misty, Kathleen Edwards, Case Oats, Spencer Tweedy, Ian O’Neill from Deer Tick, Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff, Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee, Amy Helm, Joan Baez, Brandi Carlile, John C. Reilly, and Dave Matthews. Follow Music Person on Instagram at @musicpersonpodcast. Subscribe to the Music Person Quarterly on Substack. It's a listening companion to the podcast that takes you even deeper into the music life. Featuring playlists, album reccs, guest posts from music friends, Dylan's blog, and behind-the-scenes insights. Find more illuminating podcasts on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Talkhouse Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠talkhouse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read essays, reviews, and more. Follow @talkhouse on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter (X)⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
August 7 · 1 hr 23 min
Wendy Eisenberg
Wendy Eisenberg of New York City. Wendy and Dylan discuss craftsmanship, the loneliness of the suburbs, toxic dynamics in the jazz scene, subversion, Bambi, “respecting someone’s hustle,” the tension between relief and subversion, permission, and what if the Minions covered John Anderson. + Wendy offers a letter of recommendation. Artists & spaces we mentioned: Greg Freeman, Zoh Amba, Cat Power, Lily Seabird, Jazz is Dead, Jiji’s Jazz Club, Femme Jam Session, John Hartford, Willie Nelson, Bobbie Gentry, Patsy Cline, John Anderson, Mekons, Simon Fisher Turner, Judee Sill, Joanna Newsom. Follow Music Person on Instagram at @musicpersonpodcast. Subscribe to the Music Person Quarterly on Substack. It's a listening companion to the podcast that takes you even deeper into the music life. Featuring playlists, album reccs, guest posts from music friends, Dylan's blog, and behind-the-scenes insights. Find more illuminating podcasts on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Talkhouse Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠talkhouse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read essays, reviews, and more. Follow @talkhouse on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter (X)⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 22 · 1 hr 49 min
Stud Country (Sean Monaghan)
Sean Monaghan of Stud Country, from Los Angeles, California. Sean and Dylan discuss the history of queer country dancing, coming out of the closet (as alternative), trainhopping, sprung dance floors, collective movement, the role of tradition within subcultures, making space welcome for elders, folx dancing, Irish dancing, and freegans. + Sean answers a listener advice question. Artists we mentioned: Connie Frances, Connie Fucking Frances, Shannon and the Clams, Hit Bargain, Cold Beat, Grass Widow, Rough Francis, Death, Jerry Garcia, Vince Gill, Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain. Follow Music Person on Instagram at @musicpersonpodcast. Subscribe to the Music Person Quarterly on Substack. It's a listening companion to the podcast that takes you even deeper into the music life. Featuring playlists, album reccs, guest posts from music friends, Dylan's blog, and behind-the-scenes insights. Find more illuminating podcasts on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Talkhouse Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠talkhouse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read essays, reviews, and more. Follow @talkhouse on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter (X)⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
July 8 · 1 hr
Zoh Amba
Amba on reclaiming Tennessee pride, fireflies, reinvention, devotional music, and seeking wisdom within artist interviews.
July 1 · 1 hr 28 min
Swamp Dogg
Swamp Dogg from the San Fernando Valley, CA. Swamp Dogg and Dylan discuss his status as cult legend of soul music, the country and Americana scene embracing his legacy, his friendship with John Prine, his cure for the male loneliness epidemic, his ceaselessly chirping smoke alarm, his late wife Yvonne’s steadying influence, and what it takes to sustain a music career over seven decades. + Swamp Dogg gives a letter of recommendation. ++ Bloopers. Artists we mentioned: Gene Pitney, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Margo Price, John Prine, Willie Nelson, Jenny Lewis, Gary “U.S.” Bonds, Moogstar, Guitar Shorty, Bon Iver. Follow Music Person on Instagram at @musicpersonpodcast. Subscribe to the Music Person Quarterly on Substack. It's a listening companion to the podcast that takes you even deeper into the music life. Featuring playlists, album reccs, guest posts from music friends, Dylan's blog, and behind-the-scenes insights. Find more illuminating podcasts on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Talkhouse Podcast Network⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠talkhouse.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read essays, reviews, and more. Follow @talkhouse on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter (X)⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
June 18 · 42 min
Ask Me Anything: Music Person’s 1st Birthday Edition
To celebrate Music Person’s very first birthday—June 18—Dylan Tupper Rupert answers your questions for a change! About music, scenes, phones, life, lore, live…laugh..and love… + Dip gives a letter of recommendation.
June 10 · 1 hr 32 min
Hannah Frances
Hannah and Dylan discuss musician towns versus band towns, longing for the shire, loose pants, her career paths of healer vs. astrologer vs. musician, a Saturn return analysis, Hejira as a musical compass, the connection between EMDR therapy and guitar, and family.
June 3 · 1 hr 6 min
Charlotte Cornfield
Charlotte and Dylan discuss being "Wilco Teens," the logistics of bringing your baby on the road, and her group chat of working musician mothers.
May 27 · 1 hr 19 min
King Tuff
Kyle and Dylan discuss foundational powerpop classics, Bigfoot, UFOs, playing Ringo Starr’s birthday party, and more.
May 20 · 1 hr 20 min
Kevin Morby
Kevin Morby from Los Angeles, CA and Kansas City, MO. Kevin and Dylan discuss butterflies, his return to Los Angeles, the nuances between Kansas and Missouri culture, his life with partner and fellow songwriter Katie Crutchfield, a canon of indie musicians who play the long game, examining your own mythos, Elvis, and tennis. + Kevin gives a letter of recommendation. ++ Kevin asks the Magic 8 Ball on Dylan’s coffee table some questions. Artists we mentioned: David Berman/Silver Jews/Purple Mountains, Hand Habits, Woods, Lou Reed, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Joan Baez, The National, Taylor Swift, Waxahatchee, the Babies, Geese, Elvis Presely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 13 · 1 hr 22 min
Luke Temple
Luke Temple of Los Angeles, CA. Luke and Dylan discuss advocating for yourself as an artist, taking War on Drugs and Big Thief on the road as openers, the distinction between being a studio guy versus a road guy, Krautrock changing your brain, time travel, plus: a heady argument regarding Dylan’s bread and butter (music criticism, and lyricism). + Luke gives us a letter of recommendation. Artists we mentioned: Here We Go Magic, Grizzly Bear, War on Drugs, Big Thief, Deerhoof, Mike Watt of Minutemen, Haroumi Hisono, Arthur Russell, Happy Mondays, Lizzie Mercier Descloux, Grace Jones, Robert Palmer, Talking Heads, Allegra Krieger, Life Without Buildings, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Morphine, Dinosaur Jr., Lemonheads, Cameron Winter, Geese, Neu!, Cass McCombs, Neil Young, Lou Reed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 6 · 1 hr 18 min
Flock of Dimes
Jenn Wasner of Flock of Dimes from Los Angeles. Jenn and Dylan discuss touring with Bon Iver versus playing basement shows, aging with intention as a female artist, being your own creative engine, and writing about addiction and codependence. + Jenn answers a listener advice question. Artists we mentioned: Sylvan Esso, Bon Iver, Wye Oak, Madeline Kenney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April 29 · 1 hr 13 min
PHILM
Brian of PHILM (@phishonphilm) from Durham, North Carolina. Brian and Dylan discuss the connection between jam band culture and indie rock, how people (guys) treat music like sports, the realities of being a prolific music poster, AA, the fickle algo, and sticking your neck out online for what you believe in. + Brian gives us a letter of recommendation. Artists we mentioned: Phish (obviously), Grateful Dead (obviously), Ex-Cops, John Siket, MJ Lenderman, the Doors, Nina Simone, Silver Apples, Spoon, Ween, Steely Dan, Ben Lee, Ninajirachi, Sumé. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April 22 · 1 hr 15 min
Folk Bitch Trio
Folk Bitch Trio from Melbourne, Australia. Folk Bitch Trio and Dylan discuss what it actually looks like to break into America as Aussies, housing espresso martinis at SXSW, meeting your bandmates at age twelve, astrology, formative cultural artifacts, and growing up as Gleeks. + Folk Bitch Trio gets something off their chest. Cultural references we mentioned: Michael Jackson, Glee, Step Up, Grumpy Cat, the Lashes, Hannah Montana, the Beatles, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Blues Brothers, Nancy Sinatra, Mary Poppins, Billy Elliott, Hairspray, Electric Light Orchestra, Amyl and the Sniffers, Nirvana, Frank Sinatra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April 15 · 1 hr 4 min
Greg Freeman
Greg Freeman from Burlington, Vermont. Greg and Dylan discuss the Burlington music scene, Delta Blues YouTube wormholes, the Northeast, the strangeness of the artistic statement, and Greg’s Saturn return. + Greg gives us a letter of recommendation. Artists we mentioned: Greaseface, Robber Robber, Dari Bay, Lily Seabird, Rockin’ Worms, Fugazi, Bill Callahan, The White Stripes, Son House, Neil Young, the Beatles, Bob Dylan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April 8 · 1 hr 9 min
LIVE at Treefort: Dead Moon (Toody Cole)
Toody Cole of Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, and the Rats from Portland, Oregon. Recorded live onstage at Treefort Music Fest on March 26, 2026. Dylan and Toody discuss her life as a pioneering woman in punk, love at first sight, homesteading in the woods, building a punk house temple from scratch and salvaged scrap, raising children, how the grunge era hit different in middle age, and continuing the legacy of her late husband Fred Cole. Artists we mentioned: Dead Moon, Pierced Arrows, the Rats, Range Rats, the Weeds, the Lollipop Shoppe, the Wipers, Nirvana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
April 1 · 1 hr 12 min
Buck Meek
Buck Meek of Big Thief from Los Angeles, CA. Buck and Dylan discuss growing up in Texas Hill County amongst guitar legends, channeling youth with older legends, unpacking the mythology of Big Thief’s relational intelligence, working alongside your ex-wife, your current wife, and your brother, wearing suits, and regional BBQ. + Buck answers a listener advice question. Artists we mentioned: Big Theif, Slim Richey, Django Porter, Brandon Gist, Lucinda Williams, Laraaji, Tucker Zimmerman, Adrianne Lenker, James Krivchenia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
March 25 · 1 hr 23 min
Dry Cleaning (Florence Shaw)
Florence Shaw of Dry Cleaning from South London, England. Florence and Dylan discuss the difficulties of international touring, what your brain feels like on art school, black plastics, wanting to become a horse, reaching an associative songwriting state, and riding the bus as an idea-generating machine. + Florence gets something off her chest. Artists we mentioned: Cate Le Bon, Ryan Davis, Black Midi, bar italia, Jeff Tweedy, Elton John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 31, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
The 2026 New Years Eve Special
Join Dylan as she catches up with a hit parade of music friends from the 2025 season of Music Person! Cozy up by the fire (or whatever) for a warm chat as we take a fond look back at our best music memories of 2025, and look ahead to a very exciting 2026. Featuring: Ryan Davis, Aaron Dowdy of Fust, Madi Diaz, Esther Rose, Georgia Maq, Merce Lemon, and a surprise holiday visit from Lily Seabird. Happy New Year, Music People! Thank you for listening. We’ll be back soon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 24, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
A Postcard from the Hudson Valley, Part 3: The Littletons
The final installment of a 3-part travelogue mini-series exploring the music life in the Hudson Valley, New York. For this very special Christmas Eve episode, Dylan sits down with Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell of the band Ida, and their daughter, singer-songwriter Storey Littleton have a wide-ranging discussion about the multigenerational experience of living the music life. Starting off in the DC punk scene of the 80s, to the indie rock scene in Brooklyn in the 90s and early aughts, to moving to Woodstock in the before times (pre-cell phone). They discuss how the lore of Woodstock drew Dan and Elizabeth there, how Storey found her own voice growing up in the shadow of musical giants, and the differences between growing up in an artist colony-style small town versus an industry city. Artists referenced in this episode: Ida, the Hated, The Band, Levon Helm, Amy Helm, Bad Brains, Michael Hurley, Happy Traum, Larry Campbell, Ronnie Spector, the McGarrigle Sisters, Tsunami, Simple Machine Records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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