interview Archive
12 Jan 2008
Dungen: folkrockpsych
Even in the 21st century, the vagaries of transatlantic phone calls are such that bad (or dropped) connections are routine. So it was thanks to some persistence on everyone’s part […]
11 Jan 2008
Tom Dudley Does it Right
If a musician attends the famed Berklee College, then goes on to work as an electronic technician at Moog Music, and then chooses bluegrass music as a career, he must […]
10 Jan 2008
Dream Guitars – Six-string Dream Catcher
Henry Ford famously put the assembly line approach into use in auto manufacturing in 1913. That technique — with its goals of efficiency and quality control — quickly became a […]
08 Jan 2008
DeSol: Here Comes the Sun
A couple years ago, Asbury Park NJ-based Latin-rock artists deSoL were signed to Curb Records, a staid, ultra-square label known for being home to Tim McGraw and (shudder) The Osmonds. […]
07 Jan 2008
Neil Finn – Back in the (Crowded) House
The date was June 1, 1981. Riding high on the success of their latest hit single “History Never Repeats,” New Zealand art-pop group Split Enz was in the midst of […]
06 Jan 2008
Interview: Marshall Crenshaw
Marshall Crenshaw is one of rock music’s most underappreciated artists. After a string of critically-acclaimed albums (beginning with his self-titled 1982 debut, right through 2003’s What’s in the Bag?), and […]
05 Jan 2008
Creedence Clearwater Revisited – Keep On Chooglin’
Most people remember John Fogerty, front man for Creedence Clearwater Revival–the group that racked up sixteen Top 40 singles (most of those in the top ten) in the space of […]
04 Jan 2008
Chris Cornell Thinks Your Music Video is Cheesy
Story by Annelise Kopp Chris Cornell says that once a song is written and released in some way that it “has its own life.” With each new interpretation of the […]
03 Jan 2008
Brothers and Sisters – Sunshine-y Day
In the 1960s and 1970s groups like the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers explored the common ground between rock and country. Their best work in this hybrid genre showed […]
02 Jan 2008
American Minor – Winning Over Fans, 942 at a Time
“We’re still paying our dues, man.” So says Rob McCutcheon, vocalist for West Virginia rockers American Minor. Their schedule sometimes finds them performing their classic rock styled originals to audiences […]