Latest Beach Maniac Island Music Podcast Episodes:

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Mike Nash: A New Album and the Future of Music

Mike Nash is an award-winning Trop Rock artist who's earned multiple Trop Rock Music Association honors, including Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year. He's back with a new album, but what's especially fascinating is how he made it. Mike wrote the songs, performs the vocals, and used artificial intelligence to help create much of the instrumental backing. In this surprising conversation, we're talking about the music, the technology, and what this new approach could mean for independent musicians. Click here for the audio and video podcast plus background on Mike and quick-to-view segments from our conversation.

The Music of Kirstie Kraus

Kirstie Kraus is an amazing young talent who has found a way to navigate two parallel tracks to success and stardom: in both the country music and Trop Rock / Island Music genres.

She already has racked up country music success and grabbed the attention of Nashville with hit songs that include Bird, Thirsty, Silver and Dab A Dolly (a tribute to country music icon Dolly Parton). In fact, Kirstie was honored at the Grand Ole Opry as the 2024 Female Country Artist of the Year by the Josie Music Awards for Independent Musicians.

But at the same time, Kirstie is also one of the most popular singers in Trop Rock today, with songs that include Beaches Be Crazy, Floridays, Tide Down (with Mark Mulch), the holiday remake Tropic Wonderland also with Mark Mulch, and the soon-to-be-released duet with Mike Nash called Largo. Click below for the podcast and blog. Click here for the podcast, the transcript, and embedded videos of Kirstie Kraus music.

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