interview Archive
04 Jul 2020
Heart, Head, Hands and Feet: The Paper Crowns
It’s the age-old chicken-or-egg question. Which came first: the marriage of Spiro and Nicole Nicolopoulos, or their musical collaboration, the Paper Crowns? “Technically,” Nicole responds with a laugh, “the musical […]
03 Jul 2020
One Good Reason: Alan Parsons on the ‘Ammonia Avenue’ Boxed Set … and More (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Bill Kopp: Back in the ’70s and the early ’80s, did Arista Records ever put pressure on you to assemble a live band? Alan Parsons: […]
02 Jul 2020
One Good Reason: Alan Parsons on the ‘Ammonia Avenue’ Boxed Set … and More (Part One)
Alan Parsons is a unique figure in popular music; very few people go from working as a recording engineer and producer to becoming an artist in their own right. After […]
26 Jun 2020
d&b audiotechnik on What the Future of Music Might Sound Like
This story is the third of three this week in which I connect with Asheville-based companies serving the music industry. — bk With its headquarters for the Americas in South […]
25 Jun 2020
Moog Music in a Pandemic World
This story is the second of three this week in which I connect with Asheville-based companies serving the music industry. — bk Asheville, North Carolina-based Moog Music has reacted to […]
24 Jun 2020
Echo Mountain Recording Responds to Pandemic Challenges
This story is the first of three this week in which I connect with Asheville-based companies serving the music industry. — bk Any musician in Asheville can tell you the […]
16 Jun 2020
Guitarist Laurence Juber Connects the Dots Between Classical, Folk and the Beatles
Laurence Juber was already an accomplished and in-demand session musician before he got the call to join Paul McCartney’s band, Wings. And although he was a member of the group […]
04 Jun 2020
Outrageous: The Mind Excursions of Dennis Coffey (Part Two)
A look back at the renowned guitarist’s Sussex Records years Continued from Part One … Goin’ for Myself (1972) On its initial release, Evolution didn’t sell. “The album was out […]
03 Jun 2020
Outrageous: The Mind Excursions of Dennis Coffey (Part One)
A look back at the renowned guitarist’s Sussex Records years Dennis Coffey made his name among musicians as an in-demand session guitarist in Detroit. Coffey played on literally hundreds of […]
31 May 2020
Busker Abby ‘The Spoon Lady’ Roach Brings Out the Fine Silverware
Train-hopping hobos are part of America’s cultural fabric. From the late 19th century through the 1940s, hundreds of thousands of itinerant people in America made their lives on the fringe […]