About this episode

The episode features a conversation between Howard Jones and Jimmy Jam about their music careers and current projects.

This week, on "Naked Lunch," we explore the Soul in the Machine as we bring together two distinguished musical greats who each in their own way made David love The Eighties a lot more -- and who are both out there still turning on synthesizers and audiences here in 2027. They discuss Howard curating his current "Things Can Only Get Better Tour" featuring Wang Chung, English Beat and Modern English, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' acclaimed "Nothing But Hits" Las Vegas residency at Volaire inside the Venetian. Join us for great stories about Stevie Wonder, George Michael, Ringo Starr and more and some deep musical conversation. For more on Howard's tour and upcoming 2027 album, "Global Citizen," go to http://www.howardjones.com. To get tickets to see Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' Vegas residency, click here. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: David Wild, Phil Rosenthal

Guests: Howard Jones, Jimmy Jam

Topics covered

• music
• 80s culture
• synthesizers
• Las Vegas residency
• touring
• storytelling

Keywords

• Howard Jones
• Jimmy Jam
• 80s music
• synthesizers
• Las Vegas
• tour
• Global Citizen
• Nothing But Hits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wang Chung, English Beat, Modern English, Volaire, Venetian, Somebody Feed the People, philrosenthalworld.com

Books & works: Global Citizen

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