interview Archive
17 Aug 2018
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ Out-of-print 1990s Recordings Get a Reissue (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Several of the songs feature a female voice in the mix, engaging in a sort of vocal sparring with Jay. What’s the story on that? He […]
16 Aug 2018
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ Out-of-print 1990s Recordings Get a Reissue (Part One)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins (born Jalacy Hawkins in 1929) is one of those artists whose influence would far outpace his commercial success. Trained as a classical pianist and singer with an […]
15 Aug 2018
Johnny Tucker: Everything Comes from My Soul, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Tucker made his first solo album, Why You Lookin’ at Me in 2006. It’s cut from a wholly different cloth than Tucker & Thomas and his […]
14 Aug 2018
Johnny Tucker: Everything Comes from My Soul, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Walker, who scored a hit in 1959 with “Hello My Darling,” was playing in and around Los Angeles with a band featuring vocalist Bea Bop (Walker’s […]
13 Aug 2018
Johnny Tucker: Everything Comes from My Soul, Part One
Do an internet search on Johnny Tucker, and you won’t find a lot of information that predates the release of Seven Day Blues, his new album on Highjohn Records. But […]
09 Aug 2018
Chasing the Sound of Yes, 50 Years On
Steve Howe laughs when asked what it is that keeps playing in Yes fresh and interesting for him. The guitarist has been a member of Yes for most of the […]
07 Aug 2018
The Ru-Jac Records Story, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Something Got a Hold on Me covers 1963-1964, the earliest years of Ru-Jac, ones that featured the Kay Keys Band, Little Sonny Daye, Brenda Jones, Parker, […]
06 Aug 2018
The Ru-Jac Records Story, Part One
Beginning operations in 1963, Baltimore-based Ru-Jac Records was an African American-owned and -operated record label. Founded by Rufus E. Mitchell and Jack Bennett, Ru-Jac was a singles-only label that released […]
03 Aug 2018
Some Things She Knows: Lee Ann Womack
Lee Ann Womack burst onto the country music scene in the late 1990s; her classic country sound was a recipe for success: Womack was nominated for Female Vocalist of the […]
02 Aug 2018
Through the Glass: Doc Aquatic
The hypnotic grooves and commitment to melody on Shadowless Man, the latest release from Doc Aquatic’s latest album, display the group’s skill at both drawing from classic influences and filtering […]