interview Archive
12 Oct 2017
Zev Feldman, Cratedigger Extraordinaire
Most record collectors are familiar with the age-old crate digger stereotype: someone who wanders through basements, garages and back rooms full of dusty, musty piles of old vinyl and shellac, […]
11 Oct 2017
Marbin: Fight or Flight
A cynic might say that the defining characteristic of jazz-rock fusion is that it pleases neither the jazz fan nor the rock aficionado. But after a few years playing together […]
10 Oct 2017
JD McPherson Makes Music in the American Rock ‘n’ Roll Tradition
When JD McPherson released his debut album, 2010’s Signs & Signifiers, he created a slow-burning sensation. The disc first gained notice thanks to a Youtube video of one of its […]
06 Oct 2017
Kasey Chambers’ Connecting Flight, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: As a member of the Dead Ringer Band with your parents and brother, you enjoyed success long before you began your solo career. What […]
05 Oct 2017
Kasey Chambers’ Connecting Flight, Part One
Many Americans have the mistaken idea that country music is the sole property of artists from the United States. Certainly that’s not the case: often thought of as forefathers of […]
30 Sep 2017
Eric Johnson: A Man and His Guitar
Guitarist Eric Johnson made his name as an electric guitarist; his work on early albums like 1986’s Tones and Ah Via Musicom (from 1990) established him as one of the […]
28 Sep 2017
Evolfo’s Garage Soul … Now With Pizza
After years of shuttling back and forth between the group’s Boston hometown and gigs in New York City, seven-member band Evolfo relocated to the more creatively fertile landscape of Brooklyn. […]
27 Sep 2017
The Melvins’ Buzz Osborne on Love, Death and Making It
The Melvins don’t like to do the same thing over and over again. Founded in 1983 in tiny Montesano Washington – two hours’ drive southwest from Seattle – the band […]
26 Sep 2017
Airpark Takes Off
Airpark grew out of the ashes of Apache Relay, a Nashville-based folk-rock group that released three well-received albums. Brothers Michael Ford Jr. and Ben Ford left the group to make […]
22 Sep 2017
Mike Mills: R.E.M. and Beyond
I grew up just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, so when R.E.M. got together in the nearby college town of Athens and started making noises in 1980, my friends and I […]