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New song alert! Fort Frances debuts ‘From Lake Michigan, With Love’ on Car Con Carne (Episode 349)

David McMillin of Fort Frances returns to Car Con Carne for a fun, informal chat about playing guitar, Ozark, his Lithuanian fanbase and creating while in quarantine. The podcast ends up with a live performance of a fantastic, Chicago-centric new…

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Girl Named Nino performs on Podcast Named Car Con Carne (Episode 347)

Girl Named Nino (Nino Arobelidze) is tonight’s guest for #QuarantineConCarne. We talk about her childhood in Georgia (the country), how she’s occupying time during the pandemic and her new music. The show ends with her performing “Am I Enough” live…

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Til Morning: More than just ‘Okay’ (Episode 343)

Chicago band Til Morning joins me for #QuarantineConCarne, just days after releasing their must-hear new song “Okay.” We talk about the new song and its video, the band’s songs, live shows and sleeping habits. I also throw in more than…

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Chicago singer/songwriter David Singer brings his sweet science to Quarantine Con Carne (Episode 338)

Live performance alert! David Singer performs his new single (48/49) “live” at the end of the episode! David Singer is a musician, singer/songwriter, stage composer, filmmaker, storyteller and mensch. These days, he’s 100% back into making music with David Singer…

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Chicago band Baby Cuts eats pizza, debuts new song live (Episode 331)

Baby Cuts chats about the band and plays a new song (C’est Bon) live in their communal living room!

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Avantist guitarist unveils new solo project while sheltering-at-home (Episode 324)

David Arias, guitarist for Chicago post-rockers Avantist, joins me from his sheltering-at-home evening to do a live performance of his new solo project, Troigo (“Salud”). It’s super cool, and… bonus! We get to meet his cat, Parsley. Car Con Carne…

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‘I ended up in Fort Wayne, dude’: The Letdown story (Episode 323)

Meet Blake and Billy from letdown., a band with hooks and riffs to spare.

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Getting shamrocked outside Dante’s Tavern: Live music from The Avondale Ramblers (Episode 312)

Irish-flavored songs performed live in a tiny Mazda 3!

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Episode 300! Rockford band Yes Factory debuts two new songs live!

Live in-car performance! Superdawg hot dogs!

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A live performance before heading to prison: Zombie Schoolboy at the Old Joliet Prison (Episode 282)

Craig and Billy of Zombie Schoolboy joined me outside the gates of the Old Joliet Prison for a podcast in the “bad” part of Joliet. They played an acoustic version of “Hey California” in the car before we drove around…