Music

Episode 244: Van Zant

This week, Kevin + Steph sit down with Donnie and Johnny Van Zant, the legendary brothers behind 38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd, to celebrate their new Christian album, Always Look Up. With over 40 years in the music industry and stories that span decades of Southern rock, family legacy, and personal growth, this episode offers…

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Episode 238: Baldwin Chiu

This week, Kevin + Steph speak with Baldwin Chiu, one of the most creative people they’ve had on the show! Baldwin created the award-winning documentary Far East Deep South for PBS. In it, he travels to Mississippi to try to find his grandfather’s grave and discovers some amazing stories about his family history along the way.  Baldwin…

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Episode 231: Renée Marino

This week Kevin + Steph get to talk to a Broadway actress who has performed in West Side Story, Chaplin, Cats, and Disney’s High School Musical. She was also cast as Frankie Valli’s wife, Mary Delgado, in the Clint Eastwood film Jersey Boys. Friends meet Renée Marino! Stories in this conversation with Renée include…– Her…

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Episode 222: Bay Turner

This week, Kevin + Steph get the privilege to speak with Bay Turner, who has an amazing story.  Bay had a dream to one day become a professional singer. However, due to a medical mishap during surgery, Bay’s vocal cords were paralyzed, and he was told he would likely never sing again. And then, after…

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Episode 214: Josh Baldwin

This week we talk with our new friend, Josh Baldwin, a songwriter and worship leader who joined the Bethel Music Collective in 2014. Josh’s newest album, Made For More (2024), is his second live worship album, following his 2022 release, Where The Glory Is. In this episode with Kevin + Steph, stories include: – His…

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Episode 213: Kelly K (part 2)

This is the second part of a two-part episode with Kelly K.  You can find part one here. Kelly K is a best-selling author, preacher, and social media influencer with over 600K followers on TikTok. However, this man does not look like your traditional preacher with his tattoos, earrings, and lip ring. That’s because before…

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Episode 212: Kelly K (part 1)

Kelly K is a best-selling author, preacher, and social media influencer with over 600K followers on TikTok. However, this man does not look like your traditional preacher with his tattoos, earrings, and lip ring. That’s because before coming to Christ, Kelly was a musician, tour manager, and part of the management team for some of…

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Episode 207: Riley Clemmons

Imagine being 15 years old, and getting signed by a record label in Nashville. And then you begin touring as a professional artist before even graduating high school. That’s what happened to our next guest, Riley Clemmons. By the age of 23, Riley accumulated over half a billion global streams and 85 MILLION YouTube views….

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Episode 198: John Cooper of Skillet

This week, Kevin + Steph are back with one of their dream guests, John Cooper of the band Skillet.  John Cooper is the lead singer and one of the founders of Skillet, which is one of the best-selling rock bands of this century. The two-time Grammy-award nominated and 17X platinum band was recently inducted to…

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Episode 158: Debbie Turner

Debbie Turner was a famous child actor who was cast as “Marta” in the iconic film, The Sound of Music. Imagine being six years old and competing against thousands of other kids to become one of the seven von Trapp children. Then, like something out of a movie, that film goes on to become one…

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Episode 156: Rita Rudner

Rita Rudner is a comedy legend!  Before becoming the top female comedian in Las Vegas, Rita became a star in the 80s as a regular guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She also acted in several Broadway plays and TV shows…and tells a great story about her cameo appearance on the show Tales…

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Episode 147: Joel Relampagos

Joel Relampagos is an Emmy-nominated executive producer for hit TV shows such as The Biggest Loser, Recipe For Change, and the student debt show Going From Broke alongside Ashton Kutcher. Joel has also worked on other TV shows such as Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsey, Going From Broke, and Pimp My Ride. Some of his…

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Episode 146: Marty Ray Project

Marty Ray is an independent music artist, actor, and founder of his band called Marty Ray Project. He is considered an influencer with over one million followers across all social media platforms. However, Marty is a good ol’ country boy from Arkansas with a big beard and an even bigger personality. As you will hear,…

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Episode 136: Ken Gober

Ken Gober has been in the music industry most of his adult life as a professional musician, singer, and songwriter. In 2008, his debut solo album “Soul of a Man: The Journey” won him Best New Male Gospel Artist at the Black Music Awards in Las Vegas.  As you will hear, Ken has some great…

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Episode 98: Sonny Melendrez

Here is PART 2 of the incredible conversation with the radio superstar Sonny Melendrez. This episode is full of even more stories such as the time he was cast in the movie Rocky II, meeting Pope John Paul II, working with Nancy Reagan, and THEN…sharing possibly the best marriage proposal story you will ever hear! …

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Episode 97: Sonny Melendrez

Twice named Billboard Magazine‘s “National Radio Personality of the Year,” Sonny Melendrez is a radio legend. He is in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Top 100 Radio Personalities of All-Time and was chosen to be one of the very first TV hosts on the Disney Channel. From his very…

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Episode 89: Dennis Welch

Singer-songwriter, Dennis Welch finally hits it big. Having written over five hundred songs across four decades, Welch is a country music singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas. Welch also started Articulate, a public relations company for the book industry in 2012. But his love of music finally paid off when Welch’s hit song “Why Not Me” recently hit…

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Episode 10: Dave Powers

In today’s episode of the Tell Us a Good Story podcast, Kevin and Steph are joined by the fantastic composer and performer, Dave Powers. Powers has worked in the music industry, traveling all over the United States and throughout varies other countries to create and share his music, for as long as he can remember,…

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