interview Archive
08 Jul 2024
Blue Rain Boots: The Best Feeling in the World
A five-piece group based in Salt Lake City, Blue Rain Boots makes pop music that doesn’t fit easily into any one genre. A vehicle for the songwriting talents of singer […]
05 Jul 2024
The dB’s: Tar Heelers in the Big Apple (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… At Irving Plaza, The dB’s tore through a dozen songs, including covers of Bobby Lewis’ 1961 hit “Tossin’ and Turnin’,” the Grass Roots’ “Let’s Live for […]
04 Jul 2024
The dB’s: Tar Heelers in the Big Apple (Part 1 of 2)
Two critically-acclaimed albums from the dawn of the alternative rock era have long been found in the United States only as imports. But new reissues of The dB’s Stands for […]
03 Jul 2024
Coco Montoya Builds on a Lifetime of Lessons
Guitarist Coco Montoya is a respected figure in the blues world. After years working with two towering blues figures, he launched a solo career, winning a W.C. Handy Award for […]
28 Jun 2024
Welcome to Girl Island: The Odyssey of Sandy Stone (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Academia and Beyond While she had long ago soured on higher education, by the early ‘80s Stone had reconsidered. “Maybe I should give it a try […]
27 Jun 2024
Welcome to Girl Island: The Odyssey of Sandy Stone (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Stone soon relocated to the West coast. Over the next few years, she would work closely with some of the biggest names in popular music. Her […]
26 Jun 2024
Welcome to Girl Island: The Odyssey of Sandy Stone (Part 1 of 3)
An edited version of this feature was first published in Good Times Santa Cruz. In March, Dr. Allucquére Rosanne “Sandy” Stone was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame. […]
25 Jun 2024
The Damned: Punk Heroes Go ‘Dark’
When punk took off in and around London, three bands were in the vanguard of what came to be known as the “punk class of ‘77.” Sex Pistols and The […]
24 Jun 2024
Cinders: Persistence of Vision
Cinders is a young band, but they started early. Together nearly a decade, the group has already toured overseas and become something of a hit on Spotify. The Salt Lake […]
20 Jun 2024
Blue Öyster Cult: Archival Intelligence (part 2)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Was the band just so prolific in those days that you simply had more material than you could use? Eric Bloom: I don’t know […]