Artist Friendly with Joel Madden

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden sits down with Carly Pearce.

Born in Taylor Mill, Kentucky, Carly Pearce left high school at 16 to take a performing job at Dollywood, then moved to Nashville at 19 to chase a solo career full-time — working odd jobs and driving her own van between shows before her big break finally came. Her 2017 debut single, "Ev...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden sits down with Daryl Palumbo.

Formed in 1993 by a then-teenage Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, Glassjaw became one of post-hardcore's most influential acts, known as much for their unpredictable, genre-defying sound as for the loyal following of musicians who cite them as an inspiration. In 2003, P...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden sits down with 6LACK.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Atlanta, 6LACK grew up around music from the start — his father owned a recording studio, and he was already stepping into the booth by age four. After cutting his teeth as a teenage battle rapper, he broke through in 2016 with his debut album Free 6lack,...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden sits down with Dan + Shay.

Dan + Shay met at a house party in Nashville in December 2012 and started writing songs together not long after — an unlikely pairing, given Dan came from an emo band background and Shay had been a solo artist on T-Pain's label. Since then, the duo has become one of the most decorated ac...

On this week's rerun episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Benji Madden and M. Shadows.

Good Charlotte recently returned with Motel Du Cap, their first album in seven years, and the pop-punk elder statesmen are ringing it in with their longtime friend M. Shadows on Artist Friendly.

The Madden brothers and Avenged Sevenfold vocalist go back, from...