interview Archive
28 Mar 2020
Rebirth of the Firecracker Jazz Band
This is the second of three short features on Asheville-based artists releasing new albums in March 2020. As the 21st century enters its third decade, the Firecracker Jazz Band is […]
27 Mar 2020
Checkin’ in with The Christy Lynn Band
This is the first of three short features on Asheville-based artists releasing new albums in March 2020. Working in the country idiom, Sweetheart of the Radio is the debut release […]
26 Mar 2020
What Was ‘Losst’ is Now ‘Founnd’: A New Harry Nilsson Album (Part 3)
Continued from Part Two … Harry Nilsson always had definite ideas about how his songs should sound. Even a listen to the piano-and-vocal demo recording of “Without You” from 1971 […]
25 Mar 2020
What Was ‘Losst’ is Now ‘Founnd’: A New Harry Nilsson Album (Part 2)
Continued from Part One … Though a number of posthumous releases followed Nilsson’s death (including several CDs’ worth of previously unreleased session material), Harry’s final project remained unfinished and largely […]
24 Mar 2020
What Was ‘Losst’ is Now ‘Founnd’: A New Harry Nilsson Album (Part 1)
Featuring an idiosyncratically spelled title that evokes memories of his 1977 LP Knnillssonn, singer and songwriter Harry Nilsson has returned with Losst and Founnd, his first album of new music […]
23 Mar 2020
Kat Edmonson: Old Fashioned Dreamer
In the era before rock ‘n’ roll, pop music was for adults. And while adult pop continued as a force through the ’60s – witness the careers of Tom Jones, […]
14 Mar 2020
Ishmael: Art Looking to the Future
A thought-provoking Asheville-based visual artist is lending his skills in support of a fundraising event for a local nonprofit dedicated to helping students break the persistent cycle of poverty. The […]
13 Mar 2020
Marinho’s Emotional Openness is on Display on ’tilde’ (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Even with herds of creative artists endeavoring to make music, those cities have at least some sort of infrastructure for all of it. “Whereas in […]
12 Mar 2020
Marinho’s Emotional Openness is on Display on ’tilde’ (Part One)
Serendipity is a beautiful thing. In September of 2019 I received a press release announcing the impending release of a new album called ~ (that’s pronounced tilde), the debut release […]
11 Mar 2020
Eric Gales: (More) Beyond the Blues
To listeners who have followed his work over the last new decades, it may appear that guitarist Eric Gales has evolved his technique. While quite good for what they are, […]