Acoustic Lounge on KSFS

"The Acoustic Lounge on KSFS" is a weekly radio show and podcast based in San Francisco, California. The show was first broadcast live on September 21st, 2006. During the show's first seven months, it was strictly a weekly two-hour program that featured both up and coming acoustic singer-songwriters and similar major label recording artists. In February 2007, the show interviewed Universal Republic recording artist Matt Wertz for its first online podcast. The podcast features sit down interviews with artists and their music. Each podcast also displays live music from the artist's current tour and will often feature live recordings of their San Francisco performance. During the podcast's first week of release it was advertised on the front page of the iTunes Podcast store. The podcast has peaked at number 12 in the music podcast top 100. After its initial success, the show has built a strong, steady following with subscribers and listeners in all 50 U.S. States and over 40 countries worldwide.

Since the first Artist Spotlight podcast in March 2007, the Acoustic Lounge has adopted two other forms of podcasts into its regular rotation. The Artists To Watch podcast features three to four artists who are on the verge of releasing a new record or are preparing to tour nationally in the United States. Interviews are conducted over the phone, and two to four songs from each artist are featured. The Just Music podcast provides what its title suggests; just music. Ten songs by ten musicians are featured without any interviews. Songs included in Just Music often focus on new tracks from well known artists in the United States as well as hits from lesser known or foreign artists. On September 17th, 2008 the Acoustic Lounge released its first On Air podcast. The episode is a recording of the Acoustic Lounge's September 15th, 2008 live broadcast on KSFS radio.

As of September 2008, the live radio show is broadcast every Monday from 12pm-1pm pacific standard time on 88.1 KSFS, the radio station of San Francisco State University. The podcast provides new episodes frequently and is hosted via Podbean.com. The podcast can be subscribed to, free of cost, by using the iTunes online store. Both the radio show and podcast are hosted by SFSU alum, Andy Tupman. Born in Leicestershire, England, Tupman grew up in the Greater Manchester area before moving to Los Angeles, California in 1994. His past work includes stints with radio icons Charlie Tuna and Don Bleu on their Morning Shows for Clear Channel in Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively.

Podcast Episodes

Artist Spotlight

*"Matt Wertz" (released March 14, 2007)
*"Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers" (released March 15, 2007)
*"Teitur" (released March 15, 2007)
*"Joshua Radin" (released March 16, 2007)
*"Tyrone Wells" (released March 21, 2007)
*"Rocco DeLuca and the Burden" (released March 23, 2007)
*"Paolo Nutini" (released April 16, 2007)
*"James Morrison" (released April 23, 2007)
*"Ari Hest" (released June 20, 2007)
*"Jon McLaughlin" (released September 20, 2007)
*"Glen Hansard" (released October 24, 2007)
*"Jose Gonzalez" (released February 11, 2008)
*"Matt White" (released March 12, 2008)
*"Tristan Prettyman" (released April 24th 2008)
*"Eric Hutchinson" (released June 15th 2008)
*"Sara Bareilles" (coming soon)
*"Laura Marling" (coming soon)

Artists To Watch

*April 2007 "Jon McLaughlin, Matt White, Andrew Ripp, Greg Laswell" (released April 4, 2007)
*May 2007 "Gabe Dixon Band, Eric Hutchinson, Dave Barnes" (released May 14, 2007)
*July 2007 "Gary Nock, Colbie Caillat, Nizlopi (released July 19, 2007)

Just Music

*I "Scott Matthews, John Butler Trio, Christopher Jak, Brett Dennen, Stabilo, Gary Lightbody, Lisa Hannigan, Stephen Fretwell, Bill Ricchini, Doubting Paris, Virginia Coalition (released August 4, 2007)
*II "Joshua James, Melanie Horsnell, Scouting For Girls, Matt Nathanson, Joshua Radin, Ingrid Michaelson, Laura Marling, Fink, Sia, Fionn Regan, Marcus Eaton (released March 3, 2008)
*III "Greg Laswell, Dave Barnes, Newton Faulkner, Augustana, The Weepies, Matt Costa, The Kooks, Jon Foreman, The Alternate Routes, Spouse (released July 24th, 2008)

On Air

*September 15th 2008 (released September 17th 2008)

On-Air Exclusives

First Listen

*"Andrew Ripp" (broadcast May 13th 2008) for the album, 'Fifty Miles To Chicago'

External links

* [http://acousticlgeksfs.podbean.com/ Podcast Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/acousticloungeksfs Myspace Site]
* [http://ksfs.sfsu.edu KSFS Home Page]
* [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSearch.woa/wa/com.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction/search?term=Acoustic+Lounge+KSFS&partnerId=30&partnerId=30&siteID=DkrYZ0xe5n0-HDkvtb8SoMVq.FSXEekCeA Subscribe to the Acoustic Lounge on KSFS on iTunes]