Low Profile with Markly Morrison

About Low Profile with Markly Morrison

Low Profile blends music and oral history interviews with the folks who have given us important music and have somehow evaded the spotlight. Markly Morrison is an audio journalist and independent musician in the exotic city of Olympia, Washington, where the program airs Fridays at 4pm on KAOS 89.3 FM and in podcast form via the Ruinous Media network. Dive deeper into the episodes at http://www.lowprofilepodcast.com

Publisher

Markly Morrison

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jul 2019

Latest episode

20 May 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 120 episodes have a transcript.

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   20 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   89. Anne-Tina

   Host Ashley Eriksson interviews artist Anne-Tina about her 1984 debut album, exploring her pivot from classical to pop and balancing music with a professional life.

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   25 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   88. Shudder To Think

   After moving to D.C. in 1985, then 16-year-old Craig Wedren helped shape Shudder To Think (https://shuddertothink.bandcamp.com/) into a standout act within the Dischord Records scene, evolving from a raw hardcore-adjacent sound into a complex style that eventually earned the respect of Ian MacKaye. The band pivoted to Epic Records in 1994 during the big alt-rock boom, releasing the sonic anomoly Pony Express Record (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express_Record) before facing label pressure to produce more commercial hits for their follow-up, 50,000 B.C., which would be the group’s final studio album to date. Following their 1998 split, Wedren built a prolific career in film and television scoring, but the group reunited in 2025 to record new material. Despite a 20-year hiatus from their signature style, their collective muscle memory remained intact, allowing them to integrate modern digital tools with the foundational creative energy that defined their early years. Shudder To Think’s latest single, “Thirst Walk,” is out now on Dischord records. I spoke with Craig Wedren from his home studio in Los Angeles. Low Profile is supported by you via flexible monthly or one-time donations at patreon.com/lowprofile Low Profile also receive in-kind support from San Francisco Street Bakery, Old School Pizzeria, Three Magnets Brewing Company, Schwartz's Deli and Rainy Day Records, all of them are from Olympia. If you like this show, tell them Markly sent you next time you visit. You can follow Shudder To Think on instagram: @shuddertothinkofficial You can also follow my guest, Craig Wedren, on IG: @craigwedren Fun fact: I based the papercut for this episode on his profile pic More episodes coming soon. Next time: Danish pop icon Anne-Tina, interviewed by guest host Ashley Eriksson of LAKE

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   4 Sept 2025

   Kento Oiwa - Olympia Music History Project

   Musician Kento Oiwa interviewed by Markly Morrison for the Olympia Music History Project. Formed in the mid-1990s by Japanese immigrants Kento Oiwa and Michiko Swiggs, IQU was a group unlike anything folks in Olympia–or anyplace else, for that matter–had ever witnessed.. I spoke to Kento in a hotel room on an assignment from the Olympia Music History Project, where this interview was first published. Beyond his involvement in IQU, Kento was also an active DJ and event organizer in the Olympia music scene throughout the 1990s. As you will hear, he’s a killer theremin player too. Kento also helped organize the storied Yo Yo A Gogo festivals that filled downtown Olympia with people from all over the world, including friends from Japan like the Bloodthirsty Butchers and Copass Grinderz. This episode has been gussied up with some tasty music clips for your enjoyment. If you like, you can read the full transcript and dig a little deeper into this story–and other stories connected to it–at olympiamusichistory.org

Inside a recent episode

89. Anne-Tina

Published 20 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I have played the piano and the organ since I was five. I think even earlier, but I started taking lessons at five. and in 1984 I was already playing professionally. I left school when I turned a little over 16 and studied classical music and also studied swing and jazz. I had teachers from both worlds. One teacher was teaching me the Hammond organ and the swing and the jazz and the other teacher was strictly classical from the conservatory in Copenhagen. So I had both of them and I enjoyed both. To me, I think my life was music from a very early age and carried on. And that was the reason why I left school and my parents said, okay, because they could see that my education should not be from the school. […]

Who has been a guest on Low Profile with Markly Morrison

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• Anne-Tina
• Ashley Eriksson
• Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams
• Pat Maley
• Dick Verdult

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YouTube views

26,264

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

65 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

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Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

85

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