interview Archive
09 May 2018
A Chat with Fayssoux Starling
These days, Fayssoux Starling can be seen and heard on stages throughout South Carolina’s upstate and in the Hendersonville-Tryon area. But in the course of her impressive career, she’s shared […]
08 May 2018
Q&A with Sarah Siskind
Sarah Siskind co-leads Sunliner, a roots-rock trio with her husband Travis Book of the Infamous Stringdusters. Siskind established herself as an important songwriter in her own right 15 years ago […]
01 May 2018
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: It’s Better Than Wiping Asses, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Your dad was very close to the band. Can you tell me about some of the lasting ways in which his influence continues to be felt? […]
30 Apr 2018
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: It’s Better Than Wiping Asses, Part One
With a distinctive sound that draws from shoegaze and garage rock, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has spent 20 years building a sizable fan base. The band’s eighth album, Wrong Creatures, […]
27 Apr 2018
The Mercurial Stephanie Morgan
Stephanie Morgan is known as the voice and face of Stephaniesǐd. For some fifteen years, Morgan and her band played locally, toured, and released a series of albums. When the […]
26 Apr 2018
Khruangbin: Fascinating in Any Language
Crafting a musical style upon a foundation of Thai funk might seem a bit high-concept, especially if you’re a band that makes your albums in a barn in rural Texas. […]
25 Apr 2018
Combo Chimbita: The (Tropical) Future is Now
New York City-based quartet Combo Chimbita plays its music in the present, but the band claims to live in the future. With an exotic and intriguing style of music the […]
24 Apr 2018
Tesla Quartet: Alternating Current Works and Classics
In 1945, Austrian composer Hugo Kauder’s “String Quartet 4” had its American debut at Black Mountain College, the experimental liberal arts institution that flourished from 1933 to 1957. Its faculty […]
13 Apr 2018
Soul Stalwart: Sidney Barnes (Part 4)
Continued from Part Three… Barnes went on the road with Deniece Williams, too, and sang the male part of the Williams-Johnny Mathis duet, “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late.” Initially, […]
12 Apr 2018
Soul Stalwart: Sidney Barnes (Part 3)
Continued from Part Two… Jackson got a deal that saw him relocating briefly to London, so he and Barnes parted ways. Around that time Barnes got a call from George […]