Arch City Radio Hour: Jump Starts Interview And Performance

By Mike Schrand

Published April 15, 2013 at 12:01 PM CDT

Arch City Radio Hour: Jump Starts Interview

Arch City Radio visited the duo Jump Starts at their rehearsal space. Guitarist Justin Johnson and drummer Sarah Ross played a few tunes (including two from their new album What Hides Inside) and talked about their songwriting, influences and their particular brand of music, as well as other projects like Justin's other band, Pretty Little Empire.

Songs performed:

"Long Way Home"

"Written on the Water"

"Stop Guessing"

Arch City Radio Hour

Mike Schrand

Mike Schrand began his radio career at St. Louis Public Radio as a live recording intern from 1986 to 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he acted as Jazz ‘Till Dawn producer and host and weekend announcer, occasional engineer for Jazzstream With Walter Parker and Jazz Unlimited and Morning Edition engineer and producer. From 1992 to 1995, Schrand worked in the corporate world, but returned as a weekend announcer in 1995. In 1996, Schrand was hired as St. Louis Public Radio Traffic Director and was promoted to Assistant Program Director in 1998 and Program Director in 2001. In his spare time he writes, sings, and plays bass in the local roots quartet Salt Of The Earth, and enjoys down time with his family in St. Louis City.

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