Episodes Featuring Barry Courter

The 2004 My Morning Jacket show at Bonnaroo is legendary as the breakthrough show for the guys from Louisville, but also because it perfectly describes what Bonnaroo is all about - heat, rain, and a band giving everything it has to an adoring audience that is also weathering the elements. MMJ frontman Jim James joined Brad, Barry and Lord Taco on The What Podcast to talk about that iconic show and the live double album that's due out next month in celebration of the set's 20th anniversary. Read More

We've heard from Barry and Lord Taco about their picks from the Bonnaroo 2023 lineup, but now it's Brad's turn to outline the perfect itinerary for this year's trip to the Farm. On this episode of The What Podcast, Brad gets passionate about the shows he thinks are "must-see," including artists like Abraham Alexander, Angel Saint Queen, Diarrhea Planet, Portugal. Read More

Last week, Barry took The What crew through his must-see artists of Bonnaroo 2023. This week, it's Lord Taco's turn to make his picks! The man known for identifying babies as babies and for rating every PBR he's ever consumed offers his thoughts on who you should see on The Farm this year, including artists like Fleet Foxes, Franz Ferdinand, Paramore, and more. Read More

This week on The What Podcast, the floor is Barry's as he shares his must-sees for Bonnaroo 2023. Listen in to hear who he's most excited about - including Noah Kahan, Gyasi, Korn, My Morning Jacket, and more - and check out his curated Spotify playlist featuring all of his favorite artists from this year's festival here. Read More

On this special episode of The What Podcast, Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco finally reveal who won the pair of Bonnaroo tickets they had up for grabs. Listeners and festival fans from all over sent in their favorite Roo memories, reasons why they should go to the 2023 festival, and more. But only one could take home the passes, and that was Mich from Montana! The crew talks with Mich, who will be making his first trip to the farm - an experience he hopes is life-affirming and life-altering. Read More

The Outeroo Plaza lineup is officially out, and Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco of The What Podcast are here to help break it down. From the Pride Parade with Big Freedia and Cimafunk and drag artist Twink Trash (in Tennessee, mind you), to the Hogslop String Band and Sonalee Rashatwar (The Fat Sex Therapist), the trio look at the "big step forward" for the Plaza programming. Read More

On this week's episode of The What Podcast, Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco are joined by fellow Roovian podcasters Hamm1 (Parker) and Hamm3 (Michael) from the RooHamm Podcast. The gang gush over all of the available details for this year's Bonnaroo, run through the different hype levels of each host, and discuss what makes camping at a music festival so great. Read More

On this week's episode of The What Podcast, hosts Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco chat with Tom Russell, founder of Governors Ball and Sound on Sound, about the ins and outs of starting a festival. Russell shares what he learned while interning at Superfly (the team behind Bonnaroo) and how those lessons ultimately led him to start festivals of his own. Read More

Every band has the story of how they came to be, and Beach Weather is no different. Band members Nick Santino and Reeve Powers sit down with Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco to chat about how the band had been broken up when their 2016 song Sex, Drugs, Etc. suddenly began attracting new attention. Now back together, the band has taken advantage of the unexpected hit. Read More

On this episode of The What Podcast, hosts Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco take a break from Roo news to dive into Merlefest, one of the oldest, biggest, and coolest family-friendly festivals on the circuit. The crew is joined by Merlefest's Artist Relations Manager Lindsay Craven, who chats with them about how the festival has grown to become a favorite of family audiences and artists alike. Read More

In this very special episode of The What Podcast, hosts Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco chat with songwriter Noah Kahan about Bonnaroo, but also how mental health influences his art. Kahan also touches on putting Vermont and New England into his songs, the music of Paul Simon and Cat Stevens, and how deeply personal art can universally translate. Read More

While Brad is away celebrating Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Barry and Lord Taco get an exclusive first look Moon River Festival's 2023 lineup on this week's episode of The What Podcast.A two-day event going down in Chattanooga, Tennessee, there's a lot about this year's Moon River that excites the The What Podcast crew. Read More