interview Archive
31 Jan 2019
It’s Just a Box of Wood: A Conversation with Leo Kottke (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… When you’re playing a song that’s written by someone else, do you feel a responsibility to deliver it in a recognizable style, or do you take […]
30 Jan 2019
It’s Just a Box of Wood: A Conversation with Leo Kottke (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… You were fairly early on in your professional career when you cut the “armadillo” album. I know you said you cut it in just a single […]
29 Jan 2019
It’s Just a Box of Wood: A Conversation with Leo Kottke (Part One)
An edited version of this transcript appeared in Rock and Roll Globe. Leo Kottke is a giant in the guitar world. While his work rarely veers into the rock idiom, […]
28 Jan 2019
Leo Kottke’s Lifelong Love/hate Relationship with the 12-string Guitar
One of the most celebrated and admired acoustic guitarists working in a fingerpicking style, Leo Kottke is an acknowledged master of the 6- and 12-string. With more than two dozen […]
27 Jan 2019
21st Century Hieroglyphics: American Vinyl Company
Once Thomas Edison’s wax cylinder was rendered obsolete by the phonographic disc, the era of records began. The prevailing medium for the first half of the 20th century was the […]
25 Jan 2019
He Comes From Planet Jarre, Part Three
Continued from Part Two … Because a great deal of your work is instrumental, I’m curious about the inspiration for the pieces. Do you start with a non-musical concept, such […]
24 Jan 2019
He Comes From Planet Jarre, Part Two
Continued from Part One … This may be a difficult question to answer. What do you see as uniquely French characteristics in your work? I think it’s maybe not that […]
23 Jan 2019
He Comes From Planet Jarre, Part One
Last fall I had the honor of interviewing Jean-Michel Jarre for the second time (the two features based on our 2017 conversation are here and here). This second interview again […]
22 Jan 2019
Steven Wilson: Expect the Unexpected (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… For the title track of To the Bone, Wilson wrote the music, leaving the lyric composition to Andy Partridge, formerly of XTC. “If I’m going to […]
21 Jan 2019
Steven Wilson: Expect the Unexpected (Part One)
In some ways, the 2017 album To the Bone introduced a more user-friendly Steven Wilson. Certainly, Wilson’s fifth solo full-length features a good deal of the musically ambitious progressive rock […]