John Leventhal | Broken Record

John Leventhal is a bit of a secret weapon in music. Though he started out as a session musician in the '80s, he quickly found writing and producing music for other artists was his true calling. That gift has led to six Grammy Award wins and songs like “Sunny Came Home” by Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn’s “Walk Through the World” and “Crossing to Jerusalem” by his wife Rosanne Cash. John and Rosanne have been married for almost 30 years and over the course of their union have become great collaborators.
Bruce Headlam talks to John Leventhal on today’s episode about the beginnings of both his musical and romantic relationship with Rosanne, and also about stepping out from behind the scenes to release his very first debut album. A beautiful instrumental project called Rumble Strip.
You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite John Leventhal songs here: open.spotify.com/playlist/0Mk...
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[@jerrycoughlin-iq7lb]

Saw John with his wife on the “Rosie”show in Chicago in the old Harpo studios.A wonderful afternoon with my then wife.

[@travislloyd1028]

Thank you so much for this interview, I've always been fascinated by JL. I just wish there had been some questions about the early Marc Cohn records. John and Marc were/are so brilliant together.

[@lisaskye296]

He talks about it on his Instagram