Barlow and Bear

Niall Horan is back in our studio to talk about his forthcoming album ‘Dinner Party’ — a warm pop record that sees the solo star reteam with production and songwriting powerhouses John Ryan Julian Bunetta and open up about falling in love with his longterm girlfriend. Turns out t ...  Show more

From working the pipeline in the wilds of Canada to posting karaoke videos in his living room on reddit to landing in the top 20 on ‘American Idol,’ from substance addiction to sobriety, to bidding wars and his 2025 debut album ‘The Hard Way,’ Cameron Whitcomb has lived a lot of ...  Show more

Danny Elfman's contribution to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is enormous, as the composer not only wrote the score, but helped with story development by writing the songs. He even stars as the lead singer. Elfman's songs are discussed, along with stories behind this ...  Show more

Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst joins Kyle Meredith to dig into the Canadian band’s seventh studio album, Explosions, which found them writing separately for the first time during lockdown.Walst also discusses the anger heard within the songs and finding ways to continue to t ...  Show more

In our first interview, we talk with Disney and Broadway songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who have penned hit songs for Frozen, Coco, Winnie the Pooh, Finding Nemo, and more for Disney. We discuss their creative process as songwriters, their work-life bal ...  Show more

Our final look at the music of Star Trek puts us in the position of the show's music editors and composers. With so many classic episodes to get through, how did they stretch their music budget to cover an entire season? The music of Sol Kaplan, Joseph Mullendore, Gerald Fried an ...  Show more