Glad You’re Here

If you’ve ever been in the Green Room at a hole in the wall music venue, then you’ve heard the conversations that Grant Glad has with musicians every Wednesday on his podcast “Glad You’re Here”. Glad dives into the creative process with his guests, exploring the struggles and triumphs of taking the road less traveled and what it’s really like to be the only ones at Thanksgiving dinner who are still chasing a dream. Grant Glad is based in Duluth, MN and has interviewed guests such as Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum, Siri Undlin of Humbird and Ross Thorn (Winner of the Trampled by Turtles Palomino Grant in 2023).

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Episodes

9 hours ago

Folk Singer/Songwriter (don't call it folkgrass folks) Simon Cropp joins host Grant Glad to solve all the worlds problems on this week episode of the show. We talk about how his upcoming debut album, his experiences climbing the ranks of the music industry by just asking for the gig, how he is learning pedal steel and anything else that comes to mind. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

3 days ago

Stained glass artist Laura Geyen of LH Glassworks sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss how she got into stained glass, some of her anti-capitalist pieces, where she gets inspiration for her art, and what it takes to make a living as an artist.
 
This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

5 days ago

Multi-Hyphenate Emmy Award Winning Sound Designer-Music Producer-Engineer Taylor Lewin sits down with host Grant Glad to discuss his career arc, the skillset he has developed to be successful in the creative industry, his thoughts on making a living in the creative industry, how he helps articulate ideas and anything else that pops in their heads. This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Ep: 78 - Girl at the Rock Shows

Wednesday Apr 09, 2025

Wednesday Apr 09, 2025

Girl at the Rock Shows AKA Langen Goldstien sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her experience promoting the Minnesota music scene by attending 100’s of shows every year and writing about them.
We talk about how she manages this with a day job, what makes bands stand out for her, and why it’s always worth it to get there for the opener.
This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Ep: 77 - Alyssa Oursler

Wednesday Apr 09, 2025

Wednesday Apr 09, 2025

Alyssa Oursler (author, musician, photographer & music journalist) joins host Grant Glad on this weeks episode to talk about what it’s like to write a novel and have to live in that world, how she is influenced by Patti Smith, and anything else that pops in our heads.
This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance Agency, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Ep: 76 - Thomas Sticha

Wednesday Apr 02, 2025

Wednesday Apr 02, 2025

Minneapolis Americana/Country phenom Thomas Sticha joins host Grant Glad on the show this week.
We talk about his experience coming out from the Christian music world as a backup musician and into his own as a country singer, how him and others have built a community of like minded Americana artists in the Minneapolis music scene, and Thomas shares live performances of his songs “Mississippi Down” and “Bozeman”
This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Ep: 75 - Luke LeBlanc

Wednesday Mar 26, 2025

Wednesday Mar 26, 2025

Americana Songsmith Luke LeBlanc joins host Grant Glad this week to cut it up about this music thing.
We chat about how he's been playing on stages and writing since he was 12, his Erik Koskinen produced album "Places", where his ideas come from, and Luke and Grant debate the merits of country music radio circa 2010.
This episode is brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

Ep: 74 - Sophie Hiroko

Wednesday Mar 19, 2025

Wednesday Mar 19, 2025

Sophie Hiroko sits down with host Grant Glad to talk about her new single "Ashes" that came out on March 17th. She shares a few unreleased songs on the show and we talk about WWOOFing, how she uses her other band (C U Next Tuesday) to have 2 outlets for her emotions, and the process she uses to create quality art quickly.
 
This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Ep: 73 - Nur-D

Wednesday Mar 12, 2025

Wednesday Mar 12, 2025

Nur-D sits down with host Grant Glad to chat about all of the things and drop 2 freestyles in our lap. 
Nur-D shares some wisdom about healthy criticism, being vulnerable in your music, what it means to make it as a musician and also performs 2 freestyles over beats produced by Ghosty of Petrichor Sound.
Follow Nur-D on Instagram so you don't miss his new album "Chunkadelic" dropping everywhere on July 23rd, 2025.
This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness.

Ep: 72 - Hunter Hawthorne

Wednesday Mar 05, 2025

Wednesday Mar 05, 2025

Music Producer extraordinaire Hunter Hawthorne of Petrichor Sound sits down with Grant Glad to give us a glimpse behind the curtain of how your favorite music gets made. 
Hunter talks about the skill set needed to be a good producer, what a producer does, his favorite produced album of 2024 and more. 
This episode brought to you by Car Concierge, Willow Wood Insurance, Petrichor Sound and Pulse Barre & Fitness

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