interview Archive
08 Jun 2015
Wes Montgomery’s ‘In the Beginning’ from Resonance Records (Part 1)
Resonance Records is not your typical record label. While they do release a steady stream of solid new music from today’s jazz artists, that’s not what makes them truly special. […]
05 Jun 2015
McQueen’s Pop Culture Mix of Music, Comedy and Multimedia
“Is it comedy?” asks McQueen rhetorically. “Is it music? Is it the weird hybrid cousin of both who is 32 and still sits at the kids’ table during holidays?” The […]
02 Jun 2015
David Torn: The Audience is Here (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… “So,” continues guitarist-composer David Torn, “I don’t intend to recreate any of the pieces on only sky in live performance. However, I can accurately recreate the […]
01 Jun 2015
David Torn: The Audience is Here (Part 1)
As I would discover within the first moments of our conversation, it’s inaccurate to describe the music made by David Torn as “avant garde.” Which is fine, really, because as […]
29 May 2015
Jeff Daniels’ Fallback Plan, Part 2
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: When most people think of well-known actors – or musicians for that matter – we more or less assume that they live in New […]
28 May 2015
Jeff Daniels’ Fallback Plan, Part 1
Not only is Jeff Daniels a screen and stage actor and a playwright, but he’s an accomplished musician with six albums to his credit. He is currently touring in support […]
22 May 2015
Matthew E. White’s Calibrated Subtlety
Matthew E. White has been musically active for many years, including collaborations with Megafaun and the Mountain Goats and three albums with avant-jazz group Fight the Big Bull. But as […]
18 May 2015
The Corner Laughers Let the Music Do the Selling
It’s a source of some mild amusement that when I Google “corner laughers,” the right-hand side of the resulting screen lists a number of the Bay Area group’s songs as […]
29 Apr 2015
Hungry Hearts: Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats Release New Album
“I meet some people, and they say, ‘Oh, you’re a musician? You’re never going to eat,’” says the singer-songwriter/guitarist/namesake of Andrew Scotchie & the River Rats. He recently finished a […]
24 Apr 2015
Sometimes People Remember: A Conversation with Translator’s Steve Barton (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… “When you’re working with a producer like David Kahne or Ed Stasium, they care about the process, too,” Steve Barton notes. “Everyone has an interest in […]