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A Bloody Great Chat with Roger Daltrey (Part 2 of 2)

Continued from Part One… In addition to Who songs and tunes from your solo catalog, I understand you’re doing some covers… I listen to songs I’ve liked through the years, […]

A Bloody Great Chat with Roger Daltrey (Part 1 of 2)

Roger Daltrey is one of the most distinctive voices in rock. Lead singer for The Who, he has been the voice of one of the greatest rock bands of all […]

The Collaborative Indeterminacy of M. Geddes Gengras (Part 3 of 3)

Continued from Part Two… In his liner notes for Guest List, James Toth likens what you’ve done with the album to the creative adventures of John Zorn and John Cage. […]

The Collaborative Indeterminacy of M. Geddes Gengras (Part 2 of 3)

Continued from Part One… How did you choose your collaborators? M. Geddes Gengras: When I started working on the project, I made a list. Some of the people on the […]

The Collaborative Indeterminacy of M. Geddes Gengras (Part 1 of 3)

A shorter, edited version of this conversation first appeared in The Tonearm. A prolific composer, recording artist and synthesist, M.Geddes Gengras works extensively as a solo artist, in duos and […]

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Once More on the Road (Part 2 of 2)

Continued from Part One… In recent years, the band has toured in tandem with some of your peers, fellow major acts like ZZ Top and Foreigner. What are the advantages […]

Lynyrd Skynyrd: Once More on the Road (Part 1 of 2)

The quintessential Southern rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd was riding a major crest of popularity and success when tragedy struck. Founded in Jacksonville in the late 1960s, the band scored a […]

Public Image Limited: Rejecting Nostalgia

Too often, Public Image Limited is thought of merely as the group Johnny Rotten formed after leaving Sex Pistols. Nearly as often, that group is thought of as John Lydon […]

Ani DiFranco: Righteous Babe Indeed

Feminist icon. Indie trailblazer. Grammy winner (and eight-time nominee). Modern-day Renaissance woman. Those labels and more have been used to describe Ani DiFranco. And with good reason: the 55-year-old singer […]

Inuit Savants: The Residents’ ‘Eskimo’ (Part 2 of 2)

Continued from Part One… Bill: In ‘92, the group took another crack at developing a live touring opera of Eskimo. They went so far as to commission set designs from […]