interview Archive
05 May 2017
Arthur Brown’s “Fire” Still Burns (Part 2)
Continued from Part One … Brown believes Tommy is “an amazing piece of work. But rock opera? I don’t buy it. There just isn’t a real name for it.” And […]
04 May 2017
Arthur Brown’s “Fire” Still Burns (Part 1)
One of the most remarkable singles in a year full of remarkable music, 1968’s “Fire” was unlike most anything else on the radio. Backed with malevolent swirls of organ and […]
03 May 2017
The Beth Hart Interview, Part 2: “It’s just about being fuckin’ honest and real.”
Continued from Part One … Bill Kopp: Wait a minute … did you just say 65 songs? Beth Hart: Oh, yeah. At first, you know, some people are better at […]
02 May 2017
The Beth Hart Interview, Part 1: “If we have a bad show, no one’s going to die.”
Beth Hart is one of the most popular vocalist-songwriters working in the blues idiom today. But she doesn’t confine her work to one genre. Her latest album, Fire on the […]
27 Apr 2017
Jon Stickley Trio: Clear, Present, and Slightly Dangerous
Despite a solid foundation in bluegrass and old-time music, the Jon Stickley Trio has never allowed itself to be boxed in by the confines of mountain music. On its latest […]
26 Apr 2017
Black Violin: Smashing Stereotypes
The practice of combining disparate musical genres has been around for many years: a hybrid of rock and jazz, fusion developed in the late 1960s. But the idea of combining […]
25 Apr 2017
Steve Hackett Discusses “The Night Siren” (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… BILL KOPP: One of the things I’ve found sort of curiously interesting about him is that his career trajectory is a little bit like Phil Collins: […]
24 Apr 2017
Steve Hackett Discusses ‘The Night Siren” (Part One)
During his time with Genesis, guitarist Steve Hackett released one solo album, 1975’s Voyage of the Acolyte. That album featured two of his then-current band mates – bassist Mike Rutherford […]
21 Apr 2017
Los Lonely Boys’ Modern-day Revelation
In 2004, Texas-based Los Lonely Boys scored their biggest hit to date, “Heaven.” The single charted on adult contemporary, country and pop charts, underscoring an important fact about the trio […]
20 Apr 2017
Alejandro Escovedo Continues His Musical Exploration
Throughout the course of his long and musically varied career, Alejandro Escovedo has explored many musical forms: punk, country, rock and more. In 1998 influential music magazine No Depression named […]