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Franz Nicolay plays piano, accordion and pretty much anything with keys for a wide range of projects including The Hold Steady and cabaret-punk orchestra World/Inferno Friendship Society as well as his own burgeoning solo career. We talk on all that in addition to his output as an author (see links below). This is one wide ranging chat we hope you’ll enjoy a great deal.
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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):
Franz’s past 12 months
Franz’s most recent solo album – New River
Seeking the challenge of being more exposed
Franz’s musical upbringing
The World / Inferno Friendship Society
Guignol – Bad Day at the U.N.
Anti-Social Music – Anti-Social Wedding Music
Voltaire – The Black Labyrinth
Experience of being in highly democratic bands
Franz’s upcoming book – Band People
Humorless Ladies of Border Control and Someone Should Pay For Your Pain (check both of them out here)
Rebecca West – Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Joining The Hold Steady
Franz live with The Hold Steady in 2023
The Hold Steady – Sideways Skull
The Hold Steady – Don’t Let Me Explode
The Hold Steady – Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night
The Hold Steady – Navy Sheets
The Hold Steady – Heavy Covenant (featuring some old soviet synth samples)
Franz’s rig with The Hold Steady
Tag a Keyboard Player: Garth Hudson, Geraint Watkins, Bob Andrews, Scott Thurston, Terry Adams, Ted Bois
Desert Island Discs: Mercury – American Music Club, The Ellington Suites – Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, The Band – The Band, Live at Montreaux – Andrew Hill, Fourth Symphony (Live) – Charles Ives
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