interview Archive
06 Dec 2022
Traveling in Time with Pat Travers
Pat Travers first came to fame in the late 1970s. After a string of solid but under-appreciated studio albums, the Toronto-born guitarist released Live! Go For What You Know, an […]
05 Dec 2022
Sam Burchfield: Words Settle Into Meaning
Singer-songwriter Sam Burchfield grew up in the South Carolina foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. That regional and cultural background forms the foundation of his original music. He debuted on […]
02 Dec 2022
Carrie Newcomer: “We can do this together.”
Singer, songwriter, musician, author, poet, educator, activist. Those are just some of the ways to describe Carrie Newcomer. With 20 solo albums to her credit – including her latest release […]
18 Nov 2022
Langhorne Slim and the Confluence of Things
As has been the case among the general population, creatives reacted to the lockdowns and isolation of the pandemic era in a variety of ways. Some found the lack of […]
17 Nov 2022
Journey: To ‘Infinity’ and Beyond (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Though Raised on Radio spawned hit singles, on the whole it was less well-received critically. In the wake of that disappointment, and in the face of […]
16 Nov 2022
Journey: To ‘Infinity’ and Beyond (Part 1 of 2)
“Bands evolve.” That was Neal Schon’s response to the opening question in our recent conversation. The question sought to explore the guitarist’s perspective on the career trajectory of Journey, the […]
13 Nov 2022
The Freeway Jubilee: Always in Motion
Launched in 2015, The Freeway Revival crafts original uptempo, soulful Southern rock for enthusiastic audiences. And the Asheville-based group builds on the proud tradition of soaring collectives like Delaney & […]
12 Nov 2022
A ‘Songversation’ with Rissi Palmer
It’s a misrepresentation of history to consider country music the domain of white people. Many persons of color have helped to shape the American musical form, and their contributions have […]
11 Nov 2022
More From My Chat with Graham Nash
I recently had the bucket-list experience of chatting with Graham Nash for a feature previewing one of his live dates. There were lots of interesting bits that didn’t find their […]
10 Nov 2022
Graham Nash: Back to ‘Beginners’
Graham Nash was already a celebrated singer, songwriter and musician when he appeared alongside David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Neil Young at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. That was […]