interview Archive
06 Aug 2024
Chris Cain’s Life in the Blues
Bay Area bluesman has the best Intentions Chris Cain is a star in the blues world. The electric guitarist, singer and songwriter has just released Good Intentions Gone Bad, his […]
31 Jul 2024
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: Right Place, Right Time
DLO3 Makes Timeless Soul Jazz for Today When it comes to jazz organ trios, a certain style and era often comes to mind. Great outfits led by Jimmy Smith, Brother […]
29 Jul 2024
Creed’s ‘Goosebump Moment’ of Writing ‘One Last Breath’
This feature appeared previously in SPIN. Launched in Tallahassee, Florida in 1994, Creed broke through in a big way with 1997’s My Own Prison, a debut album that would eventual […]
25 Jul 2024
45 r.p.m. Singles: ‘Key’ to the Future of Vinyl Releases? (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Pablo Solo – “Slow Dancing” and “It’s You, Lady” b/w “Years” and “Fruit Purée” An indie artist based in Barcelona, Spain, multi-instrumentalist Pablo Solo released his […]
24 Jul 2024
45 r.p.m. Singles: ‘Key’ to the Future of Vinyl Releases? (Part 1 of 2)
Think Like a Key launches series of picture-sleeve singles There was a time when singles – seven-inch, 45 r.p.m. discs with one song on each side – were the coin […]
23 Jul 2024
A Conversation with Sykofant (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Did you find it difficult to take all these different styles and make them work together seamlessly without there being rough edits or jarring changes? Because […]
22 Jul 2024
A Conversation with Sykofant (Part 1 of 2)
Sykofant is a progressive rock band from Oslo, Norway, but prog is perhaps too limiting a term for what they do. On their self titled debut album, the group takes […]
19 Jul 2024
The ‘Best Bits’ from My Roger Daltrey Interview
I recently interviewed Roger Daltrey for a short feature [LINK HERE]. Here are some of best bits (so to speak) that didn’t make it into that story. – bk Bill […]
18 Jul 2024
Long Live Rock: The Who’s Roger Daltrey on Touring at 80
Roger Daltrey is one of the most distinctive and inimitable voices in rock. And 59 years after the band he helped make famous released its debut single, Daltrey is playing […]
17 Jul 2024
Arthur or Not Arthur: That is the Question
Landmark Kinks album inspires Chris Tullar’s Not Arthur An acclaimed late sixties concept album provided the inspiration for a local songwriter to conceive, record and stage a concept album all […]