Almost Famous Enough

About Almost Famous Enough

Almost Famous Enough is a series of conversations centered around the music industry, pulling back the veil on what it really means to “make it”. Our podcast features guests who know the grind, who have lived the dream, or at the very least, chased the dream. Through these conversational biographies, truth and vulnerability provide more than a topical roadmap or compile some career advice; they can appeal to the dreamer in us all, with stories that can teach us, inspire us, and even reconcile us, and make us feel like we made a new friend along the way.

Publisher

Glen Erickson

Category

music · music · music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 Jan 2025

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

59 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Oct 2026

   ep51 Joel Plaskett thinking out loud

   Joel Plaskett on music, identity, and the tension between analog life and AI Joel Plaskett joins Glen Erickson for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from privacy and digital fatigue to the realities of sustaining a long music career. They unpack what it means to make art in an increasingly algorithmic world, reflecting on place, age, and the changing shape of creative work. Joel shares how his life has been split between Nova Scotia and Vancouver Island, why that tension remains creative...

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   ep50 Chevy Beaulieu is a bush baby

   Chevy Beaulieu talks through the long road from playing family gigs in the Northwest Territories to signing with 604 Records and releasing his self-titled album. He also shares how his roots, his mixed background, and a wide range of influences shaped a sound that sits between traditional country, outlaw country, rock, and a little bit of everything else.This is a story about learning the craft first, then learning the business later. Chevy also gets honest about the frustration of being igno...

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   ep49 Jon Bryant is more at home

   Glen Erickson talks with Jon Bryant about the winding path from art school album covers to a career in indie folk, acting, and voice work. The conversation traces the moments that shaped Jon’s creative identity, including early luck, personal loss, the Nexium experience, pandemic disruption, and how fatherhood and returning home to Nova Scotia informed his upcoming record Harbor. They also dig into what it means to market art honestly in the age of social media, how vulnerability can deepen c...

Who has been a guest on Almost Famous Enough

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Julianna Riolino
• Eamon McGrath
• Terra Lightfoot
• Begonia
• Tyson Boyd

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

21,705

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

70

Social presence

91

YouTube

72

Engagement

32

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