interview Archive
06 Oct 2016
Warren Haynes’ North Carolina Roots, Part 2
Continued from Part One… The Christmas Jam The annual event billed as “Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam” supports the work of the nonprofit Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity; funds […]
05 Oct 2016
Warren Haynes’ North Carolina Roots, Part 1
Note: A shorter, edited version of this feature appeared as the cover story in the July 2016 issue of WNC Magazine. It’s minutes before 1 a.m. on Sunday, December 12, […]
04 Oct 2016
Into the Wayback Machine with the Allah-Las
The Allah-Las‘ sound has clear antecedents in the garage and psychedelic rock scenes of the mid 1960s. But the band is careful not to make too much of that connection. […]
03 Oct 2016
KT Tunstall Knows the Score
Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall burst onto the international scene in 2004 when she scored a last-minute performance slot on the influential UK television program Later … with Jools Holland. Her […]
30 Sep 2016
Gringo Star: Giving Pop-rock a Good Name
Coming out of the diverse Atlanta music scene, Gringo Star makes hooky pop-rock that – while informed by sounds of the 1960s – doesn’t rely on aping vintage sounds. Their […]
29 Sep 2016
David LaMotte: Bringing it All Back Together
Prior to 2006, David LaMotte was an extremely busy musician. “In those first 18 years, I kicked out 10 records,” he says. But in the decade that followed, he would […]
28 Sep 2016
Nada Surf: Surf’s Up in Europe
New York City-based Nada Surf has been making albums and touring since 1992. And while their albums fare well among critics, they haven’t managed to break into the top tier […]
26 Sep 2016
Yo La Tengo is Still “Murdering the Classics”
Hoboken, N.J.-based indie-rock band Yo La Tengo has long been recognized as much for their selection of cover songs as for their original material. Their sonic approach can recall anything […]
16 Sep 2016
PRIX: The Band that Never Was
In March 1974, Jon Tiven had just turned 19 and was living in New York City. In the next two and half years, he’d find himself deeply enmeshed in a […]
15 Sep 2016
Matthew Sweet: Sweet ’16
Matthew Sweet’s personal journey has taken him from his boyhood home in Nebraska to the nascent, early 1980s music scene of Athens, Georgia to New York City, Los Angeles, and […]