Stage Vault goes backstage — not for the setlist or the soundcheck, but for the human story. What musicians think, fear, and feel before the lights go down, inside the performance itself, and long after the crowd has gone home.
The Before — the rituals, stillness, and nerves before walking onstage.
The During — what musicians actually experience in real time under the lights.
The Weight — the cost, the joy, and the singular memories that stay forever.
Featuring Styx, Kansas, Foreigner, The Zombies, Thomas Dolby, The Oak Ridge Boys, and more.
The show ends. The vault opens.
Ricky Nye: Blues, Boogie Woogie & New Orleans Piano | Stage Vault
Ricky Nye has spent over 50 years preserving the sound of blues, boogie woogie, and New Orleans piano — playing everywhere from Cincinnati to the legendary Caveau de la Huchette in Paris. On this episode of Stage Vault, Ricky talks reading a room in real time, the nights that turn into unexpected magic, and a personal milestone reshaping how he steps on stage.
Stage Vault goes behind the curtain of live music: what artists think, feel, and carry with them before, during, and long after the lights go down.
The show ends. The vault opens.
Sponsored by Musicologie – simply delightful music lessons at musicologie.com (https://musicologie.com/).
14 Oct 2026
Chris Poland (Megadeth) — Nuclear Messiah's Black Flame, William Shatner & Music Without a Stage
Chris Poland, the former Megadeth guitarist behind Nuclear Messiah, sits down with Stage Vault to talk about Black Flame — a sprawling all-star concept album bringing together 36 legends of rock and metal, from William Shatner and Rick Wakeman to Sebastian Bach and Marty Friedman.
Chris gets candid about the strange vulnerability of releasing music he may never play live, the moment William Shatner nailed a spoken-word take on the first try, and a Megadeth-era night he still thinks about — one that sounded exactly like Hendrix. He also opens up about running a 200-studio rehearsal facility in LA, watching the next generation of artists prepare for stages he isn't currently standing on himself.
Nuclear Messiah's Black Flame is out now via Cleopatra Records.
The show ends. The vault opens.
Presented in partnership with Musicologie – simply delightful music lessons at musicologie.com (https://musicologie.com/).
7 Oct 2026
Steven Keene — Songs Haunt My Dreams | Stage Vault
Singer-songwriter Steven Keene came up in the Greenwich Village folk clubs that shaped Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie — small rooms, no safety net, a different crowd every night.
On this episode of Stage Vault, Keene talks about what it felt like to walk into those rooms before a show, the strange experience of songs arriving to him in the middle of the night, and the difference between performing his own material and the songs of the heroes who raised him. He also shares the one night on stage he still can't shake, and the single moment he'd preserve forever if he could seal it in the vault.
Stage Vault goes behind the curtain of live music to capture what audiences never see. New episodes weekly.
Photo of Steven Keene courtesy of Photo Impressions.
Sponsored by Musicologie – simply delightful music lessons at musicologie.com (https://musicologie.com/).
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