Marco Benevento

Wheels Off with Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller

Music, Performing Arts, Arts

4.9 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Keyboard wizard Marco Benevento joins Rhett from his newly-renovated studio in Woodstock, NY to talk about his upcoming record. Marco tells Rhett about learning to unlock the artist within, the importance of practicing without taking any shortcuts, and the musical relationship that deepened his understanding of simplicity. Marco Benevento is a pianist, songwriter, and producer, best known for his solo work as well as his playing in the Benevento/Russo Duo and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead. Marco has been a fixture of the New York experimental music rock and jazz scene since 1999, and has collaborated with legendary musicians including Trey Anastasio, Andrew Barr, Phil Lesh, and Joe Russo. He has released 7 studio albums, and his eighth, titled Benevento, will be released on June 10th. You can pre-save Benevento here. Wheels Off is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and produced by Rhett Miller. Co-produced by Kirsten Cluthe in partnership with Nick Ruffini (Revoice Media). Editing by Matt Dwyer. Production Assistance by Matt Bavuso. Music by OLD 97’s. Episode artwork by Katherine Boils. Show logo by Tim Skirven. This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also ask Alexa to play it. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes. Revisit previous episodes of Wheels Off with Rosanne Cash, Rob Thomas, Will Forte, Lydia Loveless, Allison Moorer, Ted Leo, Paul F. Tompkins, Jen Kirkman, and more. Visit SunsetlakeCBD.com and use the promo code WHEELSOFF for 20% off premium CBD products. Visit GradysColdBrew.com and use the promo code WHEELSOFF for 20% off your first purchase of New Orleans-style coffee & cold brew. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	O'SIMUS
0:02.0	Welcome to Wheels Off, a show about the messy reality of the creative life.
0:09.3	I'm Rhett Miller.
0:10.7	That's when it got wheels off.
0:13.8	We started ugly, we ain't going to stop.
0:16.0	Oh, she made me feel like a good guy.
0:19.5	That's when it got wheels off.
0:23.5	Marco Benavento is one talented dude.
0:29.7	And it's not like he just woke up one day and could do all this stuff.
0:36.5	It's not like he woke up one day
0:38.4	and he was one of the greatest piano players,
0:42.6	jazz piano players,
0:46.2	songwriters, performers around.
0:49.7	He has been working at this,
0:51.6	as you will hear in this interview,
0:54.0	since sixth grade. And to hear him
0:57.4	describe the level of dedication and perseverance that it takes to have the kind of mastery over
1:06.0	his instrument that he has, inspired me.
1:11.5	I think it'll inspire you.
1:13.4	He has a new album out on the 10th of June, Benevento.
1:17.4	I think this should probably drop right around that time.
1:22.2	He plays everything on the album himself.
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