about

Pacific Sound Radio is **BC's longest-running active music interview podcast**, featuring host and producer James Olson in conversation with bands and artists of all genres.

James, with co-founder Jaeden Froese, met through playing in bands and created PSR in with one goal in mind: to foster support for the Vancouver music scene. They released episode 1 on July 25, 2017. The show has been a guest-driven program ever since, providing a platform for local artists to share stories and showcase their personalities.

In 2018, PSR joined the iconic Downtown Eastside restaurant Save On Meats as part of its independent media network, Save On Radio, broadcasting live from the on-site studio. The team in the Save On era included co-host Travis Noel and photographer/videographer Raunie Mae. PSR expanded from there, celebrating its first anniversary with a show at the Rickshaw Theatre and hosting the Snug Concert Series at Gastown’s Persephone Snug. The podcast established itself a go-to source for everything happening in the Vancouver scene.

When Save On Meats closed in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic, James took PSR independent. The chance to celebrate episode 100 on May 5, 2020 flew by in that chaos. In 2022, starting with episode 129, PSR partnered with Will Chernoff’s company called Chernoff Music and joined its network of podcasts. A proper celebration of episode 150, including a reunion with Jaeden, followed.

James co-founded Once More With Feeling, a live-in-studio performance series on YouTube, in 2023. He continues to uncover the ever-expanding variety of up-and-coming artists on the West Coast.