Slang of Ages Podcast

Slang of Ages Podcast is hosted by Preston Frazier, a music writer and critic whose focus is the album as a complete artistic statement. The show explores recordings across jazz, rock, soul, and adjacent genres, treating each subject with the analytical depth and enthusiasm it deserves. Episodes take two formats: solo explorations in which Preston unpacks a specific album -- its context, its construction, and why it warrants attention -- and extended interviews with the artists behind the work. Guests have included Bobby Broom discussing trio dynamics and song selection, Joseph Williams of Toto reflecting on the band's history and present, Alex Wintz on the making of Collage, and Ron Blake on the relationship between heritage and innovation in his latest work. Preston's taste ranges from celebrated classics to widely overlooked releases. He has devoted episodes to Rodney Crowell's underappreciated 1988 LP Street Language, the controlled chaos of Burnt Sugar's evolving musical universe, and J.D. Souther's late-career gem Home by Dawn. The common thread is not genre but depth: albums that reward close listening and have more going on than most coverage acknowledges. Slang of Ages Podcast is for listeners who take music seriously and want company in doing so.