interview Archive
30 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Four
Continued from Part Three… Bill Kopp: We’ve talked in the past about the relatively few live dates that Brotherhood did. On those dates, which songs from the pair of albums […]
29 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Three
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: Any other stories from that time period you’d like to share? Perhaps the one about Jimi Hendrix showing up at RCA while you were […]
28 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: When you and I had our conversations that formed the basis of my Brotherhood history (and the revised/updated liner notes for Brotherhood: The Complete […]
27 Jan 2014
The Brotherhood / Phil Volk Interview, Part One
I’m a big fan of the music and story of Paul Revere and the Raiders. The group was one of the most prominent in 60s pop culture, but they’re somehow […]
24 Jan 2014
Nik Turner: Mystical Interdimensional Space Gypsy (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: You’ve come a long way from the beginning when it wasn’t about technical proficiency… Nik Turner: But I’ve become technical just through practicing. I […]
23 Jan 2014
Nik Turner: Mystical Interdimensional Space Gypsy (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Nik Turner: And the success of the Hawkwind “Silver Machine” single enabled us to mount the Space Ritual [tour], which was quite an expensive project. Jonathan […]
22 Jan 2014
Nik Turner: Mystical Interdimensional Space Gypsy (Part One)
It takes awhile to earn status as a Grand Old Man of, well, of anything. It seems to take even longer if the thing in question is rock music. But […]
21 Jan 2014
Leo “Bud” Welch: A Long Journey, Part Two
Continued from Part One… And it is about that good music that I speak – briefly – with Mr. Leo “Bud” Welch. He has made the two-plus hour trip north […]
20 Jan 2014
Leo “Bud” Welch: A Long Journey, Part One
Every so often I’ll stumble across a story that is so note-perfect, so finely wrought, that my cynical side, the suspicious dimension of my nature is engaged. And since the […]
09 Jan 2014
Jamie Laval’s “Christmas in Scotland”
A deep love and understanding of Celtic cultural and musical traditions; a foundation of classical training; and a fresh look at celebrating the Holiday season: that was the recipe for […]