traffic Archive
20 Dec 2022
Best Classic Bands: Essays and Interviews
Most publications — online and/or in print — assert a kind of temporary ownership of commissioned pieces; after that embargo, the non-exclusive rights to those works revert to the author. […]
26 Mar 2022
March Through Time: Traffic
In the space of only eight years, Traffic went through a number of lineups and styles. All of it is worthwhile, though in different ways. The early material has nearly […]
22 Jan 2018
A Look Back at Traffic’s ‘Mr. Fantasy’
This essay first appeared in Best Classic Bands. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Steve Winwood was mere days short of his 19th birthday when he formed Traffic with guitarist Dave Mason, drummer […]
06 Nov 2014
New Crest on an Old Wave: The Dave Mason Interview (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: This current tour [coming to Asheville’s Orange Peel on Nov. 8] is billed as Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam. From what I’ve read, it seems […]
05 Nov 2014
New Crest on an Old Wave: The Dave Mason Interview (Part One)
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Dave Mason was born in Worcester England, halfway between London and Liverpool. A few years younger even than The Beatles‘ George Harrison, Mason came up in […]