
Tornado Radio
Independent music-focused podcast from Central Texas, hosted by Sara Seven! Features musician interviews, live studio recordings, and humorous special-interest segments.
Episodes
33 episodes
Catfish & Crawdad Part 2
This is the 2nd half of Sara Seven's chat with two musical water critters, Catfish, and Curtis 'Crawdad' Brayfield. More songs and silliness are in store as they chat about songwriting.
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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26:44

Chat with Catfish and Crawdad
Curtis 'Crawdad' Brayfield introduces Sara Seven to friend and fellow musical water critter, 'Catfiah'.
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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33:16

Jon & Faith Austin @ Scores
Angelo Gomez invites Sara Seven out for an afternoon of pizza, wine, and song at Scores in downtown Belton. Sara chats with Jon Austin about balancing music, work and family. Angelo and Sara attempt to outdo each other in multilingual mayhem.
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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28:42

Raven Raz on Jazz
Sara Seven drinks a bottle of wine and meets with friend Raven Raz, who gives a lecture on the history of jazz. This post has a 'Drunk History' vibe. Trigger warning: music theory is discussed, as well as religion.
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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29:46

Cedryl Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters @ Texas Music Cafe
Sara Seven chats with Cedryl Ballou of the Zydeco Trendsetters before soundcheck at their Texas Music Cafe performance.The conversation is fun, and music is high energy.
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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29:16

Day Jobs, Psy Ops, & Men Who Bled for Texas
Sara Seven chats with friend and fellow songwriter, Curtis 'Crawdad' Brayfield about day jobs, psy ops, chord progressions, critters, a soldier who bled for Texas, and how to live life as Country song.
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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29:59

Heat Death of the Universe
Sara chats with friend and aspiring producer Raven about 'Heat Death of the Universe', both the song - Rave's attempt at the Punk genre - and the scientific idea that inspired the song. Somehow, coffee and cats work their way into t...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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29:29

Doggie-Paddle Piano
KCD Band's keyboardist Jadan Oliver, and friend Angelo Gomez drop in on Sara Seven for a jam session. Musical mayhem ensues. Names are dropped.
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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29:33

Big Begonias Part 2
This is the second half of Sara Seven's chat with Gabrielle Kauri and George Spielbauer of the eastern Iowa band Big Begonias.
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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29:28

Big Begonias Part 1 of 2
Sara Seven visits Iowa to escape the Texas summer heat. She interviews members of the band Big Begonias.
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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30:00

Not Dead Yet: True Confessions of a Slacker
Sara Seven reintroduces Tornado Radio, explains the long absence, and shares a few recent songs.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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14:46

The KCD Band @ Texas Music Cafe
Sara Seven chats with Casey Stanislaw, Jadan Oliver, Frank Exum, and Luis Ramos of the KCD Band before their show at the Texas Music Cafe.
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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44:58

Jonna Mae, Robert Cline Jr. & Willis Alan Ramsey @ the Texas Music Cafe
Sara Seven and fellow songwriter, 'Rain' venture out to the Texas Music Cafe to chat with Jonna Mae and Robert Cline Jr. before they open for headliner, Willis Alan Ramsey.
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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59:54

Meet the Texas Music Cafe
Show host Sara Seven goes 'out and about' to downtown Waco in search of fun. She finds the Texas Music Cafe and interviews Shadowlyn and Garden Party, two very new bands from the Houston area.
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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35:22

Tornado Radio: What Is & What Is Not
Show hot, and singer-songwriter Sara Seven reintroduces Tornado Radio after a long break. She shares some thoughts on music, local music scenes, and Tornado Radio's role, past, present and future as part of the vibrant central Texas music scene...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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18:36

Roaming Around The Texa Music Ranch
Sara Seven checks out an event at the Texas Music Ranch. She talks with artist, show goers, show organizers, and other creative folks involved in the scene. She meets some cool folks. A fire is started, and a few 'F-bombs' are dropped, but they...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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19:10

Temple's First Friday
Sara Seven and the crew hit O'Brien's Irish pub during Temple's First Friday. She has some good conversations, records some good music, discovers how music can bridge the generations.
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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13:13

Jonna Mae
Sara Seven and guest songwriter Rain Ellis chat with local favorite, singer songwriter Jonna Mae and guitarist Dana Spigener. They discuss how music fits into family, and the importance of maintaining a sense of humor. And as always, ther...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:00:00

Fall Festival Highlights
Sara Seven chats with festival goers about the central Texas music scene while at M.A.C.T.'s Fall Festival at Barrow Brewing Co. and captures lots of great live music. She really captures the vibe of this fun event. Let's hope M.AcC.T. does mor...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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17:41

M.A.C.T. Fall Festival @ Barrow Brewing Co. - 20 November
Sara Seven chats with M.A.C.T. board members about their upcoming music event - the Fall Festival and Artists Market - but still manages to shoe-horn some really awesome music into this episode.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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30:17

Beth Lee
Sara Seven chats with Beth Lee and Chris Duarte about songwriting, being in bands, making a living, touring, and Beth's album, 'Waiting On You Tonight'.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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49:40

Lilly Milford
DJ Shanti Anne and Sara Seven chat with Temple singer songwriter Lilly Milford about family, being in a band and collaboration over a couple beers at Barrow Brewing in Salado.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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51:30

Holly Tucker
DJ Shanti Anne interviews singer/songwriter and Waco music hero, Holly Tucker. Holly performs an acoustic set for us, including her new unreleased song "Rose in Red Dirt". Host Sara Seven researches the widespread impacts of Zoom fatigue.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:19:32
