interview Archive
13 Sep 2016
The Record Company: Just Call it Rock ‘n’ Roll
On the group’s 2016 debut album Give It Back to You, The Record Company displays its modern-day take on musical forebears like Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. But […]
09 Sep 2016
Brian Wilson: Critics’ Pet
I recently had the opportunity to interview Brian Wilson. I also had the opportunity to write not one but two features based on that conversation (and also based on a […]
08 Sep 2016
North Carolina Musicians Standing Against HB2
Taking full advantage of their first majority in North Carolina government in decades, the state Republican party has pushed through their conservative legislative agenda. Among the most high-profile – and […]
07 Sep 2016
The Cowsills on Tour: Pop, American Style
As a band, the Cowsills formed in 1965. But they can make a credible claim to having been together much earlier. A self-contained group made up completely of family members […]
02 Sep 2016
The Get Right Band: Taking Charge
Having good songs isn’t enough; to make it in the post-label world of the music industry today, artists have to supplement their musical prowess with an understanding of how to […]
31 Aug 2016
Peter Frampton: Somethin’s (Still) Happening
Peter Frampton has decades of experience dealing with misconceptions. The rock star responsible for the massively popular 1976 double LP Frampton Comes Alive has long since come to terms with […]
29 Aug 2016
The Mavericks: norteAmericana
Nominally a country and western/roots band, the Mavericks have long been truly unclassifiable. Their musical eclecticism has always been a part of the band’s makeup, but since coming back from […]
26 Aug 2016
The Edgar (W)interview, Part 2
Continued from Part One … Dan Hartman was also an original member of The Edgar Winter Group; he was with the band 1972-75. Winter says that “Dan was the first […]
25 Aug 2016
The Edgar (W)interview, Part 1
Edgar Winter was one of the most popular rock artists of the 1970s. From his solo debut – 1970’s Entrance – through his first album of the next decade (Standing […]
24 Aug 2016
Emitt Rhodes: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Part 2)
Continued from Part One … Word has it that Emitt Rhodes does like his privacy. What that means in practical terms, I am told, is that when I telephone him […]