interview Archive
23 Sep 2010
Interview: Richard Barone – The Warm Glow of Creativity (part 1)
In the 1980s, Richard Barone led the alterna-pop/new wave group The Bongos. Since that time he’s remained busy producing other artists, recording and performing as a solo artist, and even […]
15 Sep 2010
The Howard Jones Interview, part two
continued from part one… Bill Kopp: Can you tell me a little bit more about the method of recording this album? Howard Jones: I very much had a strict working […]
14 Sep 2010
The Howard Jones Interview, part one
Howard Jones’ name is one of those that – to American audiences, at least – is most closely associated with early 80s MTV. His bouncy and upbeat (yet substantial) hits […]
10 Sep 2010
Interview: The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord (part two)
Progressive rock band The Pineapple Thief recently released their latest album, Someone Here is Missing. In my wide-ranging conversation with TPT leader and songwriter Bruce Soord, we discussed the concept […]
09 Sep 2010
Interview: The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord (part one)
Progressive rock band The Pineapple Thief recently released their latest album, Someone Here is Missing. In my wide-ranging conversation with TPT leader and songwriter Bruce Soord, we discussed the concept […]
02 Sep 2010
Interview: Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree – Do What You Love and the Fans Will Follow
“What I do barely feels like work to me,” says Steven Wilson. “People ask me, ‘Are you a workaholic?’ I respond that to be a workaholic, you’ve got to feel […]
27 Aug 2010
Interview: The Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Kim Wilson (part two)
Continued from Part One, of course… Bill Kopp: How would you describe — what is it that you deliver with the Fabulous Thunderbirds that’s different than what you do with […]
26 Aug 2010
Interview: The Fabulous Thunderbirds’ Kim Wilson (part one)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds are nominally a blues band, but in the thirty-plus years since their founding by Kim Wilson and Jimmie Vaughan (the latter left for a solo career in […]
18 Aug 2010
Interview: Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree
Note: Today Asheville NC’s altweekly Mountain Xpress is running my interview with Steven Wilson. That feature will be here in a couple of weeks; it’s ’embargoed’ until then. Meanwhile here’s […]
06 Aug 2010
The Gary Wright Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One BILL KOPP: Two of the bonus tracks on Connected are George Harrison-related. “To Discover Yourself” was co-written with George in 1971. Can you tell me a […]