Dave's 5 Hot Takes: Recent Episodes
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Five Hot Takes is a new, fun, and educational music podcast brought to you by American Songwriter Magazine and GRAMMY nominated singer/songwriter, and podcaster Dave Barnes. Follow along each episode as Dave host’s a multitude of different artists/entertainers across all genres of music for a fresh perspective on their, Five Hot Takes!
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! This episode Dave and Matt Wertz talk about Dave's new album, "Featherbrained Wealth Motel".
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of season 2, Dave covers songs by John Mayer, Christopher Cross, Diane Warren, Huey Lewis and the News, and Paul Simon.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of Season 2, Dave covers songs by India Arie, Stevie Wonder, Midnight Star, Denise Williams, and [The] Eagles.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of Season 2, Dave covers some lava hot takes.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode of Season 2, Dave covers some lava hot takes.
Welcome Back! Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On the premiere of Season 2, Dave covers some lava hot takes.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, and record producer, Ben Rector. Dave and Ben catch up and discuss their Christmas musical influences. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with the Season 7 winner of Food Network Star and the host of Emmy-nominated series Sandwich King, Jeff Mauro. Dave and Jeff catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Jeff's hot takes on his favorite bridge of all time and who he thinks is the best singer/drummer combo. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.
Part 2 with Ben Rector. Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, and record producer Ben Rector. Dave and Ben discuss Dave's favorite Ben Rector tracks.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, and record producer, Ben Rector. Dave and Ben catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Ben's hot takes on the best Beatle of all time to current pop music being more performance art more than it is music. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.
Part 2 with Claude Kelly. Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, record producer, and four-time Grammy Award nominee, Claude Kelly. Dave and Claude discuss Dave's favorite Claude Kelly tracks.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter, record producer, and four-time Grammy Award nominee, Claude Kelly. Dave and Claude catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Claude's hot takes on the mental jukebox of 5-10 songs that is always in their head to the melody of the song “Rain” by SWV. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on The Knacks to Cyndi Lauper to Sugar Ray’s “Fly”.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on love songs on this special Valentine's Day 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on The Temptations to Peter Cetera to Wynona Judd.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on Harry Styles to Train to Whitney Houston.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, on this special episode of Five Hot Takes when Dave welcome Rob and JP, hosts of the podcast, Great Song Podcast, to give Dave five hot takes EACH in music. Thats right, this episode contains 10 hot takes. From Billy Ocean to P!nk to Garth Brooks to Pat Benatar, there is a hot take for everyone on this episode.
Singer/Songwriter Dave Barnes has special episode where he answers listener's questions regarding potential hot takes in music. Discussing songs from Pink Floyd to Tracy Chapman to Lisa Loeb, Dave will let you know why he thinks these artists made their musical decisions.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on The Supremes to James Taylor to Salt-N-Pepper.
Singer/Songwriter Dave Barnes has special episode where he answers listener's questions regarding potential hot takes in music. Discussing songs from The Wallflowers to D'Angelo to John Mayer, Dave will let you know why he thinks these artists made their musical decisions.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on Diamond Rio, Sheryl Crow, Justin Bieber and Toto.
Part 2 with Kevin Griff. Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter and producer, Kevin Griffin of Better than Ezra. Dave and Kevin discuss Dave's favorite Kevin Griffin tracks.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer, songwriter and record producer, Kevin Griffin. Kevin is the lead singer of the band Better than Ezra. Dave and Kevin catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Kevin's hot takes on music ranging from Dolly Parton to The Commodores to The Killers. Listen now to these musically fulfilling takes.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes onThe Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anderson Paak, Young MC and and Dan Seals.
Part 2 with Lucie Silvas. Musician Dave Barnes sits down with powerhouse vocalists and songwriter, Lucie Silvas. Dave and Lucie discuss Dave's favorite Lucie Silvas tracks.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with British singer/songwriter, but also Nashville darling, Lucie Silvas. Dave and Lucie catch up and discuss the musical influences in their lives. We also get to hear Lucie's scolding hot takes on music ranging from Diana Ross to Jack White to Prefab Spout. Listen now to here these musically fulfilling takes.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on the stresses of being a successful singer/songwriter, Lionel Ritchie, "Sweet Home Alabama", Led Zeppelin and more!
Part 2 with Cory Wong. Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer/songwriter, musician, guitar mad man, Cory Wong and discuss' Dave's favorite tracks that Cory Wong was apart of.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with all-star guitarist, songwriter and producer, Cory Wong. Dave and Cory catch up about life, musical endeavors and Cory's smoking hot takes on music. He'll wow you with some HOT takes about Smash Mouth and Sugar Ray plus more.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on Red Hot Chili Peppers, Belinda Carlisle, Phil Collins and more! Listen now and enjoy!
Part 2: Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer/songwriter and handsome guy, Jon McLaughlin. Dave talks to Jon about Dave's favorite songs of Jon's and what inspired them.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with singer/songwriter and handsome guy, Jon McLaughlin. Get the insight on Jon's music and his new EP "Things I Say to Myself", plus his 5 hottest takes on music. Covering everything from Duke Ellington to Billy Joel to Go West's "The King of Wishful Thinking."
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on Christina Aguilera, Dawes, Elton John and Coldplay.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he continues his conversation with Drew Holcomb from Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors. On this episode, Dave analyzes the music of Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors.
Musician Dave Barnes sits down with Americana king Drew Holcomb, from Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors. Get the background story of what has made Drew the artist he is today, plus his 5 hot takes on music ranging from Willie Nelson to Ray LaMontagne to Tom Petty.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers hot takes on Boyz II Men, Earth Wind and Fire and a hot take on lyrical content of songs.
Part 2 - Dave Barnes sits down with Grammy nominated and Brit award winner James Bay to talk about Dave's 5 Hot Takes on James' music. This is Part 2 of 2, after James gave his 5 hot takes on music on the last episode, Dave takes a look at James' catalog.
Dave Barnes sits down with Grammy nominated and Brit award winner James Bay to learn about James' 5 Hot Takes in music. Covering 'hot takes' on Bill Withers to Bruce Springsteen to even a hot take about himself, James breaks down his interesting perspectives on modern music.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting perspectives on popular music on the first episode of 5 Hot Takes! On this episode, Dave covers Bryan Adam's vocal performance on "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", all the way to which instrument your child should start on.
Join musician and semi-pro comedian, Dave Barnes, as he explores some interesting prospectives on popular music. Focused on light-hearted conversations, Dave and his guests will examine a deeper layer of why songs work so well, why is a song so weird, or why a hit song's lyrics make no sense. Join Dave on a humorous adventure into music's biggest quandaries.