Artist Manager, Tech Entrepreneur - Christa Shaub

Capitalism's upside down when cheaper, cleaner, and safer energy isn't the first go-to option in the US market. Nite Owls sits down with analyst, energy executive, outspoken renewable energy advocate, and author Jack Kerfoot to talk about this conundrum and his book, Fueling America: An Insider's Journey.

Nite Owls chats with Jack about his life story and 40 years of experience in the energy sector. From the Texas oilfields to the corporate boardroom,  the history of whaling, robber barons,  and the competing political interests that keep America from progressing to a brighter and more affordable energy future - this is a great conversation.

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Great conversation with New York's Bandits On The Run, an indie-folk pop trio of genuinely kind and charismatic folks!  I'd first seen them at a SoFar Sounds show in the summer of 2018 and was an instant fan - and instantly jealous of their suitcase bass drum. They've been working on music in quarantine and their latest, 'Hurricane', releases March 19th (pre-save link in show notes).

 Nite Owls chats with the Bandits (Adrian Blake Enscoe, Sydney Shepherd, and Regina Strayhorn) about coping with the highs of being a rising band, their journey, and adaption during Covid, making music, finding solitude on tour, privilege, race, and the importance of storytelling. Not to mention, a wonderful performance!


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Their Youtube (Tiny Desk Concert Entry)
Pre-Save their latest, Hurricane, here. 

Season 2 of Nite Owls is here! What makes it Season 2? I had a buttload of work through the holidays and also wanted to make sure that everything was going to get back to some kind of normalcy by February; It got pretty dicey there for '21!

OK so - how does a band's music get on tv and film? Synchronization licenses are the name of the game. It's a very different world from radio and artist manager Steve Nice aka Nice Management stopped by Nite Owls  (remotely) to talk about how he accidentally, mightily some would say, had his life fall into place and how it leads to pitching and handling synchronization licenses and guiding artists careers: Siddartha Khosla (Goldspot, NBC's This Is Us), Scars on 45, and Van Hunt - to name a few.


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Going out of 2020 with episode 20! Lost a friend, lost a tooth, and got back into UFOs.  

Nite Owls chats with the creative duo that is Marianne Bayard and Jonathan Kaplan, the creators, writers, and actors in a new show, "Mares & Kaps", the progeny of their sketches from "Killing It!" web series. The logline? Inspired by a promising actors’ suicide, a delusional woman and her loyal best friend leave suburbia to find fame in Glitzburgh. It's a funny authentically manic study of friendship and following a dream. Like so many things in 2020, the show is on a short pause, but you can help them out via donations (see notes below) and I encourage you to consider. 

Nite Owls chats with Marianne and Jonathan about writing, clown school, being creative with other people, band scenes, Fringe Fest, Long Island, pursuing darkness, and hash out Eric's 20-year complicated relationship with Jonathan.

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Watch their PILOT EPISODE!

Depending on where you're listening from,  the election is apparently alive and well as we enter December with Nite Owls.

On tonight's episode host Eric Gottlieb chats with Christa Shaub, music business jane of all trades, and EVP at Holr Media Group.

Nite Owls chats with Christa about her wide-ranging career and personal journey into the music business; From Nashville to early A&R days at Cherry Lane, diving headfirst into managing a young Rihanna, followed by her discovery, and success with Luke Elliot. Listen and commiserate about being an intern surviving on seven dollar pitches of beer and hotdogs at dive bars. Plus Eric asks what's up with Delaware.

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Learn more about Holr at holrback.com

Bit of a delay thanks to some pandemic quality internet!
Nite Owls host Eric Gottlieb continues his journey into NYC radio with guest Jonathan Clarke, on-air personality and host of Q104.3's "Out of the Box" new music show.

From college daze to his Billboard phase, Jonathan has an interesting history and like many in broadcast, it's rarely a straight path. Jonathan and Eric talk about his career, Billboard charts, not getting on the guestlist, airchecks, how Out Of The Box got started, and much more. It's a great chat about music and working the mic.

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And catch Q104.3's "Out Of The Box" Sunday's at 9!

Things are heavy out there and Eric needed to talk to someone connected to a higher consciousness musically, spiritually, and civically.

Noted activist, theologian, author, documentary filmmaker, and musician, Reverend Osagyefo Sekou was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in the rural Arkansas Delta. Rev. Sekou's music is an unique combination of Arkansas Delta Blues, Memphis Soul 1970s funk, and Gospel. His most recent record, When We Fight We Win - Live in Memphis was released in March 2019.  He is featured in Orlando de Guzman’s 2015 documentary film Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory and also spent 6 weeks on the ground in Charlottesville, VA training clergy in response to the Unite the Right rally. 

Night Owls and the Reverend go deep on the Gospel of Mark, the healing aspects of music,  Jesus Christ as a revolutionary figure, social media, writing songs on stage, the 2020 presidential candidates, and his history and perspective in activism. 

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See Rev. Sekou's NPR Tiny Desk!

Is 2020 over yet?!

Just before The Before Times got started, Brooklyn soul-rock band Brandi and the Alexanders played at Brooklyn Bowl in February.  Little did they (and your Nite Owls host) know it would be their last performance for some time.  As a happy accident, they recorded the raucous beer-fueled set and have released it on all streaming music platforms as Brandi and the Alexanders: Live In Brooklyn.

Nite Owls catches up with the band to talk about what lead up to that night, their recent partnership with Instagram, how they're coping without music, and most importantly what shows Eric Gottlieb needs to watch while in quarantine.

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We're going from Broadway to beyond on Nite Owls!

I've known Sara Cooper for some time and am amazed (and a little jealous) at the pace of her creative output. From plays to musicals, operas, and even getting into TV Sara's depth and breadth of knowledge are so extensive she could teach a class - and she does that too!

Nite Owls asks Sara when the old musical/new musical split was, the many locations of off-Broadway, plus Urinetown and class politics, her writing process, Emma Goldman, and what movie she'd like to do as a musical.

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Back with a great guest!

Maureen Mahon is the author of Black Diamond Queens: African American Women and Rock and Roll (out 10/30/20), an exploration of the pivotal part African American women have played in the development of rock and roll. She was pivotal as  Chief Academic Advisor for “Soundtrack of America,” the five-night concert series commission by filmmaker Steve McQueen that opened the inaugural season of The Shed in 2019. Professor Mahon teaches in the Department of Music at New York University.

Nite Owls chats with Maureen about her new book, Little Richard, DC suburbs, The Shirelles, rock music, artist survival, the challenges and power dynamics of race and women in music, and a lot more. 

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