interview Archive
04 Jul 2019
Love is Here to Stay: The Legacy of Tony Bennett
In the history of popular music, Tony Bennett stands tall. His professional singing career can be said to have started at age 13 when he was a singing waiter in […]
03 Jul 2019
Rising Appalachia: Water is Life
Though it’s easy to take water for granted – just turn on the tap and there it is – for hundreds of millions of the Earth’s people, access to clean […]
01 Jul 2019
Mike Mills’ Rock/orchestral Hybrid
Note: I’ve written a number of pieces ( links: [1] [2] [3] ) based on interviews with former R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills. Here’s another. — bk Mike Mills is best […]
30 Jun 2019
Andrew Scotchie: All in the Family
At only 25 years of age, guitarist, singer and songwriter Andrew Scotchie has a thriving music career. A prominent fixture of the Western North Carolina music scene, Scotchie and his […]
27 Jun 2019
Buzzing About Asheville: Queen Bee and the Honeylovers
Traditionally, concept albums have been almost exclusively within the rock idiom. But Asheville singer and songwriter Whitney Moore has breathed new life into the form by applying it to a […]
24 Jun 2019
Live from Laurel Canyon: Songs and Stories of American Folk Rock
In the Hollywood Hills West district of Los Angeles, a mere two miles from Hollywood Boulevard, there exists a relatively secluded region called Laurel Canyon. Beginning in the middle 1960s […]
22 Jun 2019
Ryan RnB Barber: Persistence Pays Off
As recently as 2015, Ryan Barber was homeless. But through a combination of determination and talent, today the Asheville musician is realizing his life and music goals. The newest release […]
20 Jun 2019
Rodrigo y Gabriela: Echoes of the Past, Focus on the Present (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… The ideal opportunity to perform the song live finally came a few years later, during a concert at the Hollywood Bowl where the duo was joined […]
19 Jun 2019
Rodrigo y Gabriela: Echoes of the Past, Focus on the Present (Part 1)
The music that Mexican acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela make is sometimes characterized as “acoustic speed metal.” The pair’s flamenco-influenced instrumental approach has certainly attracted fans from the metal […]
17 Jun 2019
Gold Light + Snakemusk: Shadows and Light
The first recorded project from Gold Light + Snakemusk – the duo of former Kovacs and the Polar Bear multi-instrumentalist Joe Chang and singer-guitarist Beau Campolong – is a new […]