interview Archive
18 Mar 2013
The Felix Cavaliere Interview, Part 1
In the Summer of 2010, Felix Cavaliere released an album in collaboration with Steve Cropper – their second together – called Midnight Flyer. In connection with that release, I interviewed […]
05 Feb 2013
Margaret Cho: More Honesty in Her Comedy Than Anywhere Else
by Annelise Kopp, Guest Blogger “Always in the midst of comedy,” Margaret Cho believes that the art hinges on writing and delivery, saying “there’s not really one without the other.” […]
01 Feb 2013
A Conversation with Thijs Van Leer of Focus
American audiences know Focus – if they know the Dutch progressive group at all – for their left-field 1971 hit single “Hocus Pocus.” Yeah, the one with the yodeling, whistling, […]
25 Jan 2013
The Chris Stamey Interview
Chris Stamey has been an important – if ever-so-slightly underground – part of the American music scene for decades. An early post-Big Star collaborator with Alex Chilton, he went on […]
08 Jan 2013
I’m in the Fan Club: A Conversation with Jellyfish’s Roger Manning, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I remember one of those live-in-the-studio sessions you did back around the time of the second album. It was for 99X, a radio station […]
07 Jan 2013
I’m in the Fan Club: A Conversation with Jellyfish’s Roger Manning, Part One
Jellyfish was one of the great bands of the early 90s. At a time when pop music had lost its way – or at least moved away from the things […]
03 Jan 2013
Happy Birthday, Van Dyke Parks!
Owing to the distractions of the holiday season, today’s scheduled blog entry isn’t quite ready. So while I finish it, I invite you to celebrate the 70th birthday of acclaimed […]
28 Dec 2012
Adventures with Mr Yeats: The Waterboys’ Mike Scott
The Waterboys are that curious band about which the critics and cognoscenti fall all over themselves raving (and for good reason), but that doesn’t make large ripples in the commercial […]
26 Dec 2012
The Jeremy Spencer Interview
I’m a big Fleetwood Mac fan. But I should explain: I don’t care much at all for the AOR/California vibe of the mid 70-and-beyond megastar lineup. No, for me, Fleetwood […]
24 Dec 2012
The 2012 Marshall Crenshaw Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I interviewed John Murphy of Shoes recently about their new Ignition album. When we got to talking about the band’s future plans, he suggested […]