Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
These days there is a whole lot competing for our attention. The constant draw of text messages, emails, social media. To help focus a bit more clearly on his music, singer and songwriter Ryan Bingham decided to get away from it all. He stole away in an airstream trailer in the mountains of California with no phone, no friends, no electricity even.
The result?
A new album titled, "Fear and Saturday Night."
Ryan Bingham joins Alex Cohen in studio to talk about the new album, how dark family experiences helped shape his music and the importance of quiet reflection and getting away from it all.
In addition to the conversation, Ryan also takes the time to perform two new songs off his album, "Broken Heart Tattoos" and "Gun Fightin Man," and the first song that he ever learned on guitar, a traditional mariachi song titled, "La Malaguena." Check those out on the left hand side of the page.