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You're listening to Sound Opinions and this week we revisit our candid conversation with the great director, Penelope Sphiris, in honor of the 30th anniversary of her movie, Wains World.

We're not worthy, Greg. I'm Jim D. Rigatis.

And I'm Greg Koch. We'll also chat about some of her other projects like the decline of western civilization documentary films.

But first, we review some new music from Bartis Strange and Ya Ya Bay.

That is a little bit of Mulholland Drive from the second full album by Bartis Strange, born Bartis Leon Koch's Greg.

You first introduced us to him as a buried treasure in November 2020, fascinating upbringing this young man had.

Born in Ipswich, England to a military engineer father and an opera singer mom, moved at age 9 or 10 to a small town in Oklahoma Mustang.

Spent some time working for non-profit groups as a PR spokesman and then blows up big in the music world with his debut album Live Forever.

That gets him signed to one of the hippest indie labels in the world, the long running powerhouse for AD.

What is he giving us on this? His first really highly anticipated album will play a track and then we'll dive into our opinions.

The record is called Farm to Table. This song is called Heavy Heart by Bartis Strange.

Heavy Heart from Farm to Table, the Bartis Strange record that has been, as you can see,

been, as you said Jim, one of the most anticipated records of the year, I think, based on the reception that that debut record got.

Not just fans were responding, but his peers in the music world were singing his praises.

He was getting a lot of year-end love from these artists. Lucy Dacus took them out on tour last year.

That was a lot of great exposure for him and a lot of this record is a reflection on that.

The idea that he went from a nobody in 2020 to suddenly everybody's talking about this.

I meant to mention that it starts with the title, right, in some ways rural Oklahoma to the big cities.

But also he felt like an outsider and now he has a seat at the table.

He has a seat at the table, exactly. In fact, that song we just played Heavy Heart talks about some of the feelings that he has about thriving.

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