Interviews

Everyone Orchestra: Activism & Improvisation (Matt Butler Interview)

The Everyone Orchestra hits the road this fall for a tour featuring Jon Fishman, Jamie Masefield, Peter Apfelbaum, Jeff Coffin, Steve Kimock andmore. A Conscious Alliance food drive will take place at each stop of the tour, fulfilling the project’s mission of activism and improvisation.

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Skerik: Uncanny Syncopation (INTERVIEW)

Skerik's latest album Husky, is a live recording featuring his Syncopated Taint Septet, a mix known as a “punk-jazz version of the Thelonius Monk Octet. ” For the musician known as Skerik, the word "collaboration" never grows old.

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World Party: Karl Wallinger Speaks The Global Truth

A series of life shattering events kept Karl Wallinger out of the spotlight for the past five years. He left EMI on troubled terms and an aneurism left him speechless and unable to walk for a time. But World Party is back – with a new tour and album to celebrate.

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The Disco Biscuits: Packed For Camp

With only a few weeks left till Camp Bisco V, we spoke with The Disco Biscuits’ Jon Gutwillig and Marc Brownstein while practicing in their Philadelphia studio. With newcomers The Roots, Thievery Corporation, RJD2 onboard and old friends The New Deal and Benevento Russo Duo coming to camp, this year’s event should not be missed.

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Taking Back Sunday – Louder Now

Taking Back Sunday’s aggressive touring schedule has earned them an increasingly large group of Converse clad soldiers in the emo/punk/pop army. While their stakes gradually rise, so do their standards amongst a demanding mainstream audience.

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Bobby Previte – Infinite Energy (INTERVIEW)

As a drummer, composer and bandleader for the past 27 years, Bobby Previte has been a perpetual music machine. With Coalition of the Willing, Previte is joined by Marco Benevento, Charlie Hunter, Skerik and Stanton Moore proving there are always inventive ways to serach for “it.”

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