John Wright | The Analogue Room: We Traded Community for Convenience | Episode 57
We traded community for convenience.We gained every song ever recorded in our pockets—but somehow ended up listening to the same things alone.In Episode 57 of Choppin’ It Up, Keith Saarloos sits down with John Wright,…
🎙️ Episode 55 | 🎻 A German Banjo Player, 🎼 An Opera Singer & 🍇 The Future of Verjus | Glass Rose
🍇 Can a German banjo player, an American opera singer, and a vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley change the way we think about wine?It sounds like the beginning of a movie... because it almost is.What happens when a…
Episode 48 🎨 LOON — The Most Interesting Man in the World
There are people who make art…and then there are people who quietly dedicate their lives to observing humanity…pointing out the absurd…and somehow making us love each other a little more because of it.This week on…
🎖️🎶 Episode 39 — Mike McGrew & John Fiorey: First Responder Stories, Healing Through Music, and Project Harmony
Mike McGrew & John Fiorey | Service, Trauma, Songwriting, and Turning Pain into Something BeautifulSome people run toward the worst day of your life.Some people carry what they saw for decades.And every once in a while,…
🎸🌄 Episode 38 — Logan Livermore: Valley Sound, Local Legend, and Music Built on Dust and History
Logan Livermore | Local Music, Los Olivos History, and the Sound of the Santa Ynez ValleySome bands play songs.Some bands play a place.And every once in a while, you hear music that could only have come from one stretch…
🎙️🎶📺 Episode 32 — Shaun Cassidy: Teen Idol, Reinvention, and Building Stories That Last
Shaun Cassidy | Teen Idol, Reinvention, and Creative LongevitySome people become famous.Some people become useful.A very rare few become both—and then evolve.This episode is about the evolution.I sat down with my friend…
🎙️ Episode 28 – Chris Pelonis 🎸🎚️ MR. STUDIO SOUND - (Lost Chord Guitars, Chris & Pitts BBQ, Jeff Bridges Band)
This one felt hidden in plain sight.Right here in Solvang, California, there’s a guy quietly shaping how the world sounds — and most people have no idea.Chris Pelonis owns Lost Chord Guitars, an intimate room built for…
🎙️Episode 27 - John Corbett 🎬 (Northern Exposure ❄️, Sex and the City 🗽, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 🇬🇷)
This one felt surreal.Before Chopping It Up was ever a show, before there was a microphone or a Saturday morning slot, there was Northern Exposure — and a guy on the radio in Cicely, Alaska who made silence okay.John…
🎙️🪨 Episode 23 — Emily Cody | Remembering John Cody, THE Artist of the Valley 🌲
This week on Chopping It Up, Keith sits down with mason and maker Emily Cody to remember her father, legendary sculptor and back-country builder John Cody — the man Keith calls “the Da Vinci of the Santa Ynez…
🎻 Episode 14 — Aidan Woodruff: The Most Interesting Young Man in the Valley 🐟
Some kids pick a lane. Aidan built a freeway. At 20 years old, this UCLA cello phenom can make a room go silent with a bow stroke—then turn around and free-dive 60 feet in the Channel Islands hunting halibut with a…
Episode 7 🎬 Adrian Kays | The Man Behind the Movie Trailers - HE GOT JOHN WICK MADE!
This week, Keith sits down with longtime friend and Valley local Adrian Kays—an award-winning trailer editor whose work has helped launch films like John Wick, Longlegs, I Saw the Devil, and more. From driving an ’87 FJ…
Episode 2 💪 Carlisle Eubanks | MOVIE MAKER - Broke but Unbroken
Carlisle Eubanks grew up running the hills of the Santa Ynez Valley—then ran straight into Hollywood, writing and directing films that landed at Sundance and beyond. In this episode, we talk about his newest film,…
Episode 1c Wine & Rhythm: Curating the Perfect Blend with Matt Kaner
Today’s episode is something special, a little different—a conversation with a guy who’s doing for wine what Rick Rubin did for music. You know how Rubin can take the raw, unfiltered sound of a band and turn it into…