A musical mastermind in his own right, Stein will be in conversation with a surprise celebrity guest whom he has worked with in the past.  
 

 
Seymour Stein is the cofounder and chairman of Sire Records, the label that put Punk and New Wave on the map. Famous for signing artists such as Madonna, The Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads and Liverpool’s own Echo and the Bunnymen. One of the last old-school “record men” still working in the music business, Stein succeeded by anticipating the next musical wave and signing its brightest lights.
 
“Seymour’s taste in music is always a couple years ahead of everybody else’s,” observed Gary Kurfirst, who managed Talking Heads - another of Stein’s signings. Whereas someone more commercial-minded might’ve recoiled at frontman David Byrne’s nervous, yelping vocals and offbeat art-pop songs, Stein saw an essential piece of rock and roll’s future. “I was riveted the whole time,” he recalled of his first glimpse of Talking Heads at New York’s CBGB’s. “It was amazing. And, of course, I signed them.” (Rock n Roll Hall of Fame).

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