interview Archive
04 Jan 2016
Colin Edwin: Progressive in Any Language (Part 1)
Some years ago in a print feature, I characterized Colin Edwin – then the bass player in Porcupine Tree – as “eternally bemused.” The music of Porcupine Tree is adventurous, […]
30 Dec 2015
Best of 2015: Musoscribe Interviews
To date, I’ve had the honor and pleasure of conducting more than 250 interviews. This year alone I did nearly fifty. And while it’s risky to pick favorites – I […]
25 Dec 2015
Mountain Soul Party: The Soul of Collaboration
Author’s Note: This feature appeared previously in edited form in the pages of Mountain Xpress, and is a preview of a show that took place earlier this month. Happy Holidays! […]
08 Dec 2015
“I Don’t Have Any Other Skills!” The Lizz Winstead Interview, Part Two — STORY MOVED
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07 Dec 2015
“I Don’t Have Any Other Skills!” The Lizz Winstead Interview, Part One — STORY MOVED
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03 Dec 2015
Ahleuchatistas’ Arrebato: Wordless Tributes to the DIY Aesthetic
Even in the fertile musical ground of WNC, Asheville isn’t really known as a hotbed of avant-garde musical adventures. But the two-man group Ahleuchatistas are nothing if not sonic explorers. […]
26 Nov 2015
Full-on Fun: Guitarist Martin Barre’s Post-Jethro Tull World
Ask most people who the leader of Jethro Tull was, and they say, “Why, Mr. Tull, of course!” No, that’s Ian Anderson you’re thinking of. But the mainstay of that […]
24 Nov 2015
Just Plain Wonderful: Iain Matthews and Plainsong Reinvent Richard Fariña
Richard Fariña was a significant member of the American folk music movement of the early 1960s. A fixture of the Greenwich Village scene that brought forth Bob Dylan, Fariña made […]
19 Nov 2015
Jean-Luc Ponty: “I Can Still Play in Tune!” (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… When Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty first got together in 2014 in Aspen, Colorado, they didn’t know what wold come out of their collaboration. “We brought […]
18 Nov 2015
Jean-Luc Ponty: “I Can Still Play in Tune!” (Part 1)
Jean-Luc Ponty and Jon Anderson have long and distinguished careers in music. Anderson is known first and foremost as founder and longtime member of Yes, one of progressive rock’s most […]