interview Archive
04 May 2019
Travers Brothership: Tour Europe and Let the World Decide
Travers Brothership has been on an upward trajectory for a few years running. The success of the Asheville-based soulful rock band’s 2016 album A Way to Survive eventually led to […]
03 May 2019
Taj Mahal’s American Epic
In addition to being an accomplished and often awarded musician, Taj Mahal established himself years ago as one of music’s foremost cultural historians. Not simply an entertainer and performer, he […]
01 May 2019
Manhattan Transfer: The Boy(s and Girls) from New York City
Popular musical styles come and go. But for nearly a half century, the Manhattan Transfer has been dazzling audiences with its unique brand of music, a style that incorporates jazz, […]
25 Apr 2019
Alias Patrick Kelly: Claiming His Inheritance
Patrick Kelly was a longtime fixture of the Asheville music scene back in the days when one could argue there really wasn’t a scene. As bassist for the Goodies, Kelly […]
24 Apr 2019
Yellowjackets: Adding a Voice
More than a dozen musicians have been members of jazz fusion band the Yellowjackets since the group was launched in 1977. But keyboardist and founding member Russell Ferrante says that […]
22 Apr 2019
Drunken Prayer: Geer Diary
Morgan Geer is into a lot of things, musically speaking. He’s toured and recorded with Freakwater, the Handsome Family and other acts that exist on the edgy fringes of Americana. […]
21 Apr 2019
Ghost-note: The Beat Goes On
In response to enthusiastic inquiries from fans, percussionists Nate Werth and Robert Sput Searight were inspired to launch their superstar side-project, Ghost-Note, in 2015. “Sput and I started taking drum […]
20 Apr 2019
AJ Crawdaddy and the Language of the Blues
The West Coast blues tradition builds upon the styles and achievements of blues greats, with a healthy does of rock ‘n’ roll influence mixed in. A product of that tradition, […]
17 Apr 2019
Procol Harum’s Salad Days (Are Here Again) Part 2 of 2
Continued from Part One… Novum stands on its own as an excellent album of new material. Can you tell me about the circumstances leading to making the first new Procol […]
16 Apr 2019
Procol Harum’s Salad Days (Are Here Again) Part 1 of 2
Formed in 1967, the sophisticated and forward-looking British band Procol Harum had its origins in a very different outfit, the Paramounts. Along with pianist/singer Gary Brooker, guitarist Robin Trower, multi-instrumentalist […]