Traveling Circus with Chris Burke

Mick Jagger! Michael Jackson! Uma Thurman! John Cougar Mellencamp! There's so much happening in this episode of Traveling Circus!!! Part 2 of my amazing interview with my cousin Greta Gaines. We talk about music and some of our favorite and hilarious (albeit some painful) memories together growing up. She has had such an immense influence on me and my own music, and we covered SO MUCH in this episode.

I'm SO EXCITED to have finally interviewed my cousin Greta Gaines and discuss her unbelievable and amazing life and career: from music to extreme sports championships to major television hosting spots to the Lilith Fair tour to a brand new healing journey and beyond! Come with us as we fact-check her Wikipedia page and discuss her incredible resilience and unending ability to reinvent herself, all with a fun family twist having grown up together.   WOO HOOOOOO!

Welcome BACK to my Traveling Circus!! It has been TOOOOOO long! There's more mayhem! More Foolishness! More travel!! More circus!! And who best to join me than my # 1 podcast guest and ICON, my Mom, Hansell Burke!  Join us for some amazing travel stories! We go back in time with Mom and a 5 month European trip years ago, plus some little extras, tidbits, and overall amazingness! So excited to be back for Season 3!! Join me for some general tomfoolery! 

Join me for part 3 of my interview with Marcia Ware Wilder! She is a musical and vocal force of nature, and we cover some more of her favorite performances (and WHY they are her faves). We also discuss some of the times that we shared the stage together, either singing WITH or FOR each other. And we play some tunes y'all! Some original Marcia tunes plus a few tracks of mine that were blessed with Marcia's ahhhhmazing voice. It is the final piece of an amazing 3 part interview with Marcia, and I am thrilled to share it! Enjoy! 

I continue my interview/conversation with the amazing Marcia Ware Wilder. She recounts some of her favorite performances through her career, plus her love of football, old school Christian music, plus so much more. We leave you with a solid cliffhanger leading into part 3! Marcia is one of my all time favorite people/performers/vocalists, so come learn something new about this incredible human being. 

Join me as I interview Marcia Ware Wilder, a dear friend of mine for almost 20 years! In part 1, we discuss how she got started in her illustrious career as a vocalist/radio personality/voice-over actor, etc. She is so interesting and such an inspiration. Today we start the interview and just barely scratch the surface of her musical career :) Enjoy!!

Today, Mom and I dive deep into a not-so-fun time in her life and how she pulled herself out of the depths of addiction. We discuss how she got there, those first steps in, and then the first steps out of the throes of an intense and long winded addiction. We talk candidly about her recovery and the steps she took to find her way back. Today's podcast is not for the feint of heart, but we learn about Mom's unending strength and resilience and how she has overcome incredible trauma and grief. 

Today I am enjoying some much needed time off for some refelction, introspection, and of course, laundry... Join me as I reflect on the insane travels and delays and 3 extra days spent on an island off the coast of Portugal! Lots to discuss, plus a preview of my new single Hold On, coming out Friday May 10th!! 

Join me as I have the most fun and lovely conversation with one of my all time faves, Ms. Carra Jacox. Trust me, she will be one of your all time faves soon too :) We have a new podcast constisting of us having drinks and talking all kinds of smack about literally everything called 'Upright and Fancy'! Today, we talk shop about our long time friendship, the podcast, how it began and came together, all the way to recording our 7th episode OMG!! It is a good time y'all!! 

I am in Birmingham, and I once again have the pleasure of interviewing my amazing mother about my father's childhood and family. He passed away when I was 13 and I never really got to know a lot about his own upbringing. Mom shares some amazing and hilarious and touching stories about him and his family and how drastically different he and his family were to Mom's. I get to add some stories of my own too. Also, Mom and I are thre same kind of kookoo, so of course we had a SUPER time recording this! ENJOY!!