interview Archive
04 Sep 2017
Matisyahu’s Strategy of Risk and Reward
Once playfully describing himself as a “Chassidic reggae superstar,” Matisyahu is a difficult-to-classify musical force. And that’s by design: with roots in reggae, hip-hop and Jewish tradition, the beatboxing singer […]
02 Sep 2017
Matthew Sweet on Tomorrow and Thereafter
Nearly six years passed between the release of Modern Art, Matthew Sweet’s 11th album, and 2017’s Tomorrow Forever. In the interim, the songwriter-guitarist released a third album of covers with […]
01 Sep 2017
Matthew Sweet: Tomorrow is Here (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Crowd funding an album is a new experience for Matthew Sweet, and so far it’s been a very positive experience. The campaign for Tomorrow Forever took […]
31 Aug 2017
Matthew Sweet: Tomorrow is Here (Part 1)
Matthew Sweet started out making music in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. Moving to Athens for college, he fell in with the vibrant music scene there, playing with Oh-OK and […]
30 Aug 2017
Super Doppler Gets Called Up to the Majors
As Major and the Monbacks*, Super Doppler signed with tastemaking independent record label Yep Roc* just a few months ago, but the Norfolk, Virginia band isn’t exactly a new act. […]
29 Aug 2017
Tuxedo: “Perfect is Boring.”
Tuxedo is a retro-funk duo fronted by two established artists. Mayer Hawthorne made his name as a modern-day soul crooner with a style firmly rooted in the music of his […]
28 Aug 2017
Marshall Crenshaw Sets Aside Recording to Focus on Live Dates, Film Project
Marshall Crenshaw burst onto the national music scene in 1982 with his self-titled debut album and its irresistible single, “Someday, Someway.” Though both the album and single charted, Crenshaw’s brand […]
24 Aug 2017
Selwyn Birchwood’s Long Road to Overnight Success
Guitarist Selwyn Birchwood’s fourth and latest album, Pick Your Poison is his most fully-realized release yet. Based in the blues idiom, it draws from gospel, soul and r&b as well. […]
18 Aug 2017
The Allan Holdsworth Interview, Part Four
Continued from Part Three… What’s the status of the crowd funding project for Tales from the Vault? Tales From The Vault turned into a bit of a disaster, actually. There […]
17 Aug 2017
The Allan Holdsworth Interview, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… In recent years you’ve also been performing and recording with a baritone guitar. From your point of view, what is the appeal of that instrument? When […]