interview Archive
21 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Easter looks back at that period – now thought of as the dawn of “college rock” or alternative rock – as a musically freewheeling time when […]
20 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 1 of 3)
NOTE: This feature was originally commissioned by a print magazine in 2022, never to appear. After three years on that merry-go-round I’ve decided instead to publish it here on Musoscribe. […]
14 Nov 2024
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill: Bassist for the High Priests of Metal (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Some bands find success with an album and spend the rest of their careers making that record over and over again. Judas Priest has been consistent; […]
13 Nov 2024
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill: Bassist for the High Priests of Metal (Part 1 of 2)
Judas Priest roared out of industrial Birmingham, England in the early 1970s. Once the group found its footing – bringing on powerful, operatic and charismatic lead singer Rob Halford – […]
12 Nov 2024
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: The Blues Never Goes Out of Style (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Did you road-test any of that material before you recorded it? No, I don’t do that. I’m not really a fan of doing that. I don’t […]
11 Nov 2024
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: The Blues Never Goes Out of Style (Part 1 of 2)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd has a keen sense of musical history. Truly inspired by some of the blues greats, the self-taught guitarist applied what he learned. And he combined that knowledge […]
09 Nov 2024
The Hu Don’t Sell Out
Bringing traditional music to the masses without losing what makes it special is no easy task. But a group of traditional Mongolian musicians have succeeded on that score, in part […]
08 Nov 2024
Fastball: ‘The Way’ to Create a Classic Tune
This story appeared previously in SPIN. Fastball’s Tony Scalzo recalls the making of “The Way,” the band’s biggest hit When Austin, Texas trio Fastball released “The Way,” the first single […]
07 Nov 2024
The Controlled Madness of Thomas Walsh
Dublin, Ireland’s Thomas Walsh makes original music that rivals the best work by two of his heroes: Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne and Andy Partridge of XTC. Echoes of the […]
06 Nov 2024
Closer to ‘Live,’ Closer to Home
Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters’ new album was made the old-fashioned way In early August, Amanda Anne Platt and the Honeycutters released their latest album, The Ones That Stay. […]