The Black Crowes Made A Pound of Feathers in 8 Days -w/Becky Franzel| The Sonic Road Podcast

Beau and returning guest Becky Franzel — Milwaukee author and lifelong rock fan — dig into The Black Crowes' tenth studio album A Pound of Feathers, released March 13, 2026 on the band's own Silver Arrow Records label. The standout detail: the Robinson brothers recorded the whole thing in eight to ten days with producer Jay Joyce — the same producer behind their Grammy-nominated 2024 album Happiness Bastards. Writing on instinct, working fast, and letting the spontaneity of the room drive the sessions. For a band four decades into their career, that approach says something meaningful about where they are creatively right now. Becky shares her take on the album — what works, what it sounds like relative to Happiness Bastards, and whether the speed of recording shows up in the final product. This clip is from Episode 32 of The Sonic Road Podcast, out now on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts.