jody stephens Archive
05 Sep 2024
The Music of Big Star Gets What it Deserves (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… “It was Jody’s instinct,” says Sansone, “for the songs to be played by a band, in the spirit that the records were made.” Sansone describes his […]
04 Sep 2024
The Music of Big Star Gets What it Deserves (Part 1 of 2)
An edited version of this featured appeared in Spin. Rock music’s history is filled with success stories, both of the gradual and so-called “overnight success” varieties. But that history also […]
07 Apr 2024
Take 5: Big Star
Across the landscape of pop music, there have been certain artists whose influence far outpaced their popularity. There’s an old saying that while, for example, the Velvet Underground didn’t sell […]
24 Nov 2023
Jon Auer: The Musoscribe Interview, Pt. 5 of 5
Continued from Part Four… In the final part of my wide-ranging conversation with Big Star, we explore what the late Alex Chilton was like as a person, and learn about […]
23 Nov 2023
Jon Auer: The Musoscribe Interview, Pt. 4 of 5
Continued from Part Three… In the fourth part of my conversation with Jon Auer, we dig deep into history and learn the story of how he discovered the music of […]
22 Nov 2023
Jon Auer: The Musoscribe Interview, Pt. 3 of 5
Continued from Part Two… In Part Three of my conversation with Jon Auer, we discuss the appeal of house concerts like the one he did in Asheville. – bk BILL […]
21 Nov 2023
Jon Auer: The Musoscribe Interview, Pt. 2 of 5
Continued from Part One… In the second part of my conversation with Jon Auer, we discuss his perspectives on in-person vs. remote recording. – bk BILL KOPP: Especially during the […]
20 Nov 2023
Jon Auer: The Musoscribe Interview, Pt. 1 of 5
In September, I had the distinct pleasure not only of seeing Jon Auer in an intimate house concert, but – the next morning – spending a few hours in conversation […]
18 Oct 2019
Album Review: Big Star — In Space
To those who followed Alex Chilton’s musical activities in the 1980s and beyond, the thought that he would ever revisit his Big Star-era music – much less put the band […]
27 Dec 2016
Best Music of 2016: New Releases
I’ve said it before, and in 2016 it’s true as ever: those people who complain that there’s no good music any more simply aren’t looking hard enough, or in the […]
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