interview Archive
12 Feb 2021
Not Your Father’s Terry Gross: Post-rock Trio Gears Up for a ‘Soft Opening’
Some of the most innovative and creative recording artists — Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis and Brian Wilson chief among them — have used the recording studio as an instrument. But […]
10 Feb 2021
Creativity During COVID
Note: This story started as an assignment for Mountain Xpress about one artist — Chris Tullar — and grew into a larger story looking at a wider range of creatives […]
07 Feb 2021
Seth Walker Opens Up
This feature was first published in Bold Life Magazine. Seth Walker was born in a tiny town – really tiny – and was trained from an early age in classical […]
06 Feb 2021
Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt Play the Music of the People
This interview was first published in December 2019 in Bold Life Magazine. Since forming in the late 1980s, Leftover Salmon had earned a place as a darling of the jam […]
05 Feb 2021
The Making of Wilco’s ‘Summerteeth’ (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Jay Bennett had bought a classic Mellotron, Stirratt remembers. The band first came into direct contact with the Chamberlin – a close mechanical relative of the […]
04 Feb 2021
The Making of Wilco’s ‘Summerteeth’ (Part 1 of 2)
An edited version of this feature was published previously in Goldmine. Looking to the past pointed the way to the future Released in 1999, Wilco’s third album Summerteeth represented a […]
25 Jan 2021
French Cassettes Get Fully Organized on ‘Rolodex’
It’s been a lot of years and a number of different styles for San Francisco’s French Cassettes. But on the long-gestating Rolodex – released December 11 on Portland, Ore.-based Tender […]
24 Jan 2021
Laura Boswell: Beauty and Loss
Throughout her musical life, Laura Boswell has bounced back and forth between the classical and folk worlds. And while the music on the new Place to Be EP – the […]
22 Jan 2021
Dave Desmelik: Music as Time Machine
Dave Desmelik ruminates upon the months on The Calendar Album Western North Carolina singer-songwriter Dave Desmelik has released more than a dozen albums, beginning in the late ‘90s and continuing […]
17 Jan 2021
Awen Family Band: Prolific Family
The concept of family can be a fluid one: beyond genetic connections, for many it represents a circle of people with a common set of concerns, goals or values. In […]