interview Archive
03 Jun 2026
DEVO’s Duty Now for the Future: Mutate, Don’t Stagnate (Part 2 of 4)
Continued from Part One… After a 10-year hiatus, DEVO came back in the ‘90s, and the band has been active ever since. The last studio album was Something for Everybody. […]
02 Jun 2026
DEVO’s Duty Now for the Future: Mutate, Don’t Stagnate (Part 1 of 4)
DEVO are that rarest of creatures: pop music artists who are also culture jammers. Look beyond the surface of the band’s sound and visuals, and discover an off-kilter and ironic […]
28 May 2026
¡Viva Cuba! Part Three: Obsesión
An edited version of this feature appeared in SPIN. Pioneering hip hop duo Obsesión is based in Regla, an industrial suburb on Havana Bay. Founders and MCs Magia Lopez and […]
28 May 2026
¡Viva Cuba! Profiles of Three Artists from the Caribbean Nation
Author’s note: Ahead of a March 2025 trip to Cuba, I was inspired to learn as much as I could about the country, its history, people and culture. After that […]
27 May 2026
¡Viva Cuba! Part Two: Cimafunk
An edited version of this feature was published in SPIN. Inspired as much by the funk sound and style of James Brown as by African rhythms, EDM and the music […]
26 May 2026
¡Viva Cuba! Part One: Albita
An edited version of this feature was first published in SPIN. Albita (Rodríguez) is a Latin music superstar. Recipient of 14 Grammy or Latin Grammy nominations (with one win to […]
22 May 2026
Aki Kumar’s Bollywood Blues (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Still, he had to overcome some hurdles. “One of those was my accent,” he admits. “Another was that as an international person, you’re preemptively perceived as […]
21 May 2026
Aki Kumar’s Bollywood Blues (Part 1 of 2)
This feature first appeared in Living Blues. Genre mashups are nothing new; for decades, musical artists have combined styles. In the process, some new forms have arisen: folk-rock, jazz fusion […]
20 May 2026
Add it Up: The Violent Femmes, 40-plus Years On (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… The 40th anniversary edition of Violent Femmes’ self-titled debut album had a bunch of demos as bonus tracks, but it also included many live recordings. Were […]
19 May 2026
Add it Up: The Violent Femmes, 40-plus Years On (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… How does your experience in the arts outside of music color your songwriting? Gordon Gano: I think everything in some ways influences everything else; there aren’t […]