2025 really gave John Popper the runaround. As he reveals in the new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now , a series of health mishaps nearly killed him this year, multiple times — but he’s made it through, and the harmonica virtuoso is convinced Blues Traveler is playing better than ever.

In his only interview of the year, Popper looked back at 30 years of the band’s breakthrough singles, “Run-Around” and “Hook,” which charted in 1995 (even though Four , the album the album that spawned them, dropped the year before). He also discussed his disdain for the harmonica playing of Bob Dylan and Alanis Morissette , and much more. A few highlights from the episode follow; to hear the whole episode, go here for the podcast provider of your choice, listen on Apple Podcasts or Spot

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