Champaign Is Also A Band
One songwriter, one song. Podcast about stories & songs of Champaign-Urbana music. In each episode Sven sits down with a person from the C-U music scene to hear the story & the background of a favorite song they’ve written.
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Episodes
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Friday Jun 27, 2025
Sven chats with Patrick Lyke (He/Him) about his song "Army Surplus," the CU music scene past and present, and his favorite non-musical thing.
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Friday Jun 13, 2025
Sven meets up with roseli (She/Her) at KCPA for a chat about her song "spit ends," the CU Music Scene, and her favorite non-musical thing
Photo: Kandy Delgadillo
Friday May 30, 2025
Friday May 30, 2025
Sven chats with Robert Hirschfeld (He/Him) of Common Loon about his song "Automatic Skin," the CU music scene past and present, and his favorite non-musical thing.
Friday May 16, 2025
Friday May 16, 2025
Sven meets up with Sierra Sikora (She/Her) at KCPA to talk about her song "Jade" off of the EP "Confessions" the CU music scene, and her favorite non-musical things.
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
Sven chats with Andrew Simek (He/They) about his song "Pocket Song," the local CU Music Scene, being the Piano Man, and their favorite non-musical things!
Info on the Piano Man : https://canopyclub.com/piano-man/
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Friday Apr 18, 2025
Sven chats with Patrick (He/HIm) and Noah (He/Him) of Castle Finn to talk about their song "Velvet Fangs" off of the "On The Vine (EP)."
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Sven chats with James Mauck (He/Him) of Forebeat about his piece "Currents" off of the album "Stages of Growth," old and new CU venues, house shows, and his favorite non-musical thing.
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
Sven chats with Juli Sherry (She/Her) of Pretzle Records about working with Doug Hodge (BEP23) to create the record label, supporting the local music scene, and plans for the future.
Pretzle Records Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pretzlerecords/
Pretzle Records Website: https://www.pretzlerecords.com/
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Friday Feb 21, 2025
Sven zooms with Tim Reynolds (He/Him) of Horrible Things about his song "A Million Times," off of the album "Everybody Else" the CU music scene 10+ years ago, and his favorite non-musical thing.
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Friday Feb 07, 2025
Sven chats with Ricko.6ix3O (He/HIm) about his song "THOUGHT I WAS DONE (feat. JLøve)" off of the "Thought I Was Done - Single", the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical things.