Episode 67 - Amber Navran
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2017
⏱️ 65 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Amber Navran is the lead vocalist of "Moonchild", a neo-soul group out of Los Angeles. With their third record out in stores, Amber came on the show to discuss her musical influences, performing with Stevie Wonder, and what it looks like to be a working musician in 2017. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music for the show is by Dylan Peck. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com. Learn more about Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso at www.talkeasypod.com
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, this is Sam. |
| 0:10.0 | If you enjoy our interviews with writers and artists on Talk Easy, then I'd recommend checking |
| 0:14.8 | out the podcast Missing Pages. Hosted by acclaimed literary critic and author Beth Ann Patrick, |
| 0:21.5 | Missing Pages investigates the biggest hot button topics in the book world today |
| 0:26.4 | with the help of special guests like New York Times Best-Selling author Jody Pekle |
| 0:31.3 | and publisher weeklies Jim Miliet. |
| 0:33.8 | Produced by the people at the Podglamaret, |
| 0:36.1 | Missing Pages explores everything from the insta frame of Colleen Hoover |
| 0:40.3 | to the rise of book bands across America to the lucrative culture of non-fiction ghost writing. |
| 0:46.0 | As both the Washington Post and the Guardian praise, |
| 0:49.0 | missing pages is a must listen. |
| 0:52.0 | So if you'd like to check it out you can follow missing pages on |
| 0:55.0 | Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. It is yeah it's very pieced |
| 0:59.6 | together it's not like we all sat down and just like wrapped out on a tune and then that was the thing and then we sat in the same room and recorded it. It's very separate but I think that we're so on the same page musically that that's why it works so well and I'm like amazed well because I've I've been writing songs for a while and I've |
| 1:20.9 | Co-written with a lot of different people and enjoyed it, but I've never had such an easy time with two people. |
| 1:28.5 | Like if I give them a verse in a chorus and ask them to write a bridge I always love the bridge or you know if I give |
| 1:34.4 | them something and they add something to it like hornline or change some of the |
| 1:38.4 | chords like I always love it it's so I trust them a lot musically and respect them a lot musically. |
| 1:46.3 | That was Amber Navrin. I'm San Francisco. This is talk easy. |
| 1:51.2 | Welcome to the show. Moon Child is the brainchild of three talented musicians, Amber Navarran, Max Burke, and Andrus Mattson. |
| 2:20.0 | The group which began in 2011, 2012, was formed at USC. In the beginning, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Higher Ground, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Higher Ground and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

