interview Archive
27 Jul 2015
Six Years of Musoscribe: Ponderosa Stomp Festival
Today and for the next several days, I’m celebrating the six-year anniversary of the Musoscribe blog. I launched the site in summer 2009, and once I got into the swing […]
17 Jul 2015
Interview: Kevn Kinney of Drivin N Cryin
Yesterday I published my feature based on an interview with Kevn Kinney. Today I present the entire interview. — bk Bill Kopp: The new vinyl album Best of Songs compiles […]
16 Jul 2015
Drivin N Cryin’s Kevn Kinney: Sowing Confusion
Since their debut in the mid 1980s, Atlanta-based Drivin N Cryin have crafted their own take on southern rock. Led by guitarist/songwriter Kevn Kinney, the group has distilled its many […]
03 Jul 2015
World Party’s Karl Wallinger: He’s the One (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I’ve been a fan and follower of World Party ever since the 1986 release of Private Revolution, but the album I return to the […]
02 Jul 2015
World Party’s Karl Wallinger: He’s the One (Part 1)
For all intents and purposes, World Party is Karl Wallinger. Across five studio albums, a spiral-bound 4CD closet-clearing set, and a few best-of collections, the Welsh-born Wallinger has delivered a […]
01 Jul 2015
Girls Rock Asheville: Musical Chairs, Instrument Petting Zoos, and Heavy Metal Yoga
Girls Rock Asheville (girlsrockasheville.org) is a six-day camp for girls ages 8 to 16. With no previous experience required, campers learn about making music, and working as a team. The […]
26 Jun 2015
Rising Appalachia: Making Music with Intention (Part 3)
Continued from Part Three… Leah Song relates that Rising Appalachia have many friends around the country who are involved in art and creative projects. “Many of them,” she notes, “end […]
25 Jun 2015
Rising Appalachia: Making Music with Intention (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… In those years, music as a professional pursuit was never a goal. Leah Song says that even when she and sister Chloe Smith did begin making […]
24 Jun 2015
Rising Appalachia: Making Music with Intention (Part 1)
Sisters Leah Song and Chloe Smith lead Rising Appalachia, a renowned folk/world music group whose music is as intriguing as it is hard to classify. Their eighth album, Wider Circles, […]
09 Jun 2015
Wes Montgomery’s ‘In the Beginning’ from Resonance Records (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… At right: Recording rehearsal. David Baker, David Young, Dr. Larry Ridley, Wes Montgomery. Photograph by Duncan Schiedt. And still there’s more: shortly before his 2014 passing, […]