Interviews

Who better to soothe our frayed nerves in such chaotic times than Arlo Guthrie. He has been doing just that practically his whole life. Born to a dust bowl minstrel who fed the everyday people words of hope and truth, the son of Woody Guthrie spoke his mind in such a way that you connected […]

At the start of his third album, RISE, in the song “Carry Me,” Roger Street Friedman confesses that, “You know a man just can’t change his stripes/I will ride this road the rest of my life…Mixing notes and words with piles of dust, One part obsession, one part sacred trust.” Translation: The man is a […]

For the past twenty years, Lotus has been at the forefront of the burgeoning live electronic dance music scene. With one foot firmly entrenched as a jamband and the other in a multitude of styles – from jazz to funk to house to rock and everything in between – these musical pioneers have continued to […]

In these times of quarantines, face masks and no concerts, it’s wonderful to see so many musicians of every genre finding ways to share music with those of us missing it. If they’re not doing virtual performances from their living rooms, they’re digging through their archives for something “new” fans might enjoy hearing. For guitarist […]

He is the Zen Master of Tone. For Jack Casady, once he discovered it, he never stopped reaching for it and it has made him a legend. From a psychedelic folk rock band called Jefferson Airplane that turned on a generation of music lovers, to Hot Tuna and it’s bluesy-folk sizzle, Casady has done nothing […]

If you haven’t listened to Steve Howe outside of the records he has made with Yes, then you have been missing something extremely interesting, exotic, playful, soul-searching and even romantic; for Howe has been exploring guitar sounds since before puberty hit. A self-acknowledged Chet Atkins fanboy from the very beginning, Howe leapt into guitar wanting […]

Dirt Reynolds is an artist who adopted that persona because his birth name (Chris Watts) is unfortunately shared with an infamous figure from Colorado. He recently released his debut album Scalawag. It is an alt-country album that brings acts like the Drive-By Truckers to mind both in sound and in the way it explores some […]

“I’m in my wardrobe.” Jon Anderson, the unmistakable voice of Yes, is having a dilemma when I call in for our interview. He can’t find a certain jacket and he needs it ASAP. “I have to wear it for making a video for a song from my new album. But I can’t find it,” he […]

There are several things that make Willie Nelson a legend: his songs, his voice, his dueting expertise, his beat up acoustic guitar Trigger and his band. Not many singer-songwriters have surrounded themselves with such a long-lasting stellar ensemble of musicians as Nelson. For many, many years Paul English, Bobbie Nelson, Bee Spears, Mickey Raphael and […]

Dennis DeYoung is speaking his mind, loudly and clearly: about the band he formed in his basement with friends Chuck and John Panozzo; about politics and the news media; about the music business; about the state of rock & roll and radio airplay; about his new album and video. Whatever you ask him about, DeYoung […]

Waylon Payne has been singing on stage since he was three years old with his mother, country singer, Sammi Smith. Smith had the mega-crossover hit song “Help Me Make It Through the Night” and taught Payne everything about singing and laid the foundation for his songwriting chops.  Payne’s father was Jody Payne, guitarist and harmony […]

Brian Jones was many things. He was the founder and early leader of the Rolling Stones. He was a master musical craftsman, one who could pick up an instrument new to his hands and be playing it within hours. He was a pin-up boy for the youth of Britain whose hormones were raging to a […]

Boca45 (the nom de plume of Scott Hendy) is a DJ and music producer from Bristol, UK. He is known for his ability to get people on the dance floor with an old-school blend of soul and hip-hop. He has not only worked with some of the biggest names on the scene (one of the […]

Like a lot of musicians, Patrick Ames started writing songs when he was young. While music has always been a part of his life, he took a hiatus from writing songs, but in recent years he has returned to writing songs and releasing new music. You can accurately call Ames a singer-songwriter. However, his sound goes […]

Mike Peters is the lead singer of The Alarm, a band that released its first EP in 1983 and its first full-length album, Declaration, in 1984. Throughout its history, the band has consistently landed on the UK singles chart. The band first toured the U.S. with a band you may have heard of: U2. However, […]

North Carolina native Jeremy Squires has spent the better part of two decades playing in bands and recording his own style of sparse and rootsy folk music. Since 2013 he has been staying especially productive, releasing a handful of albums and progressing his ability as a songwriter capable of crafting music filled with depth, emotion […]

They were the cool band. Dressed in black leather with black hair when everyone else was squeezing into spandex and going broke buying hairspray, L.A. Guns were like the biker gang that scared you and infatuated you at the same time. Not as harsh as Slayer, the band fell somewhere on the edge of rock, […]

Singer/songwriter Gretchen Peters has made a huge impact in the world of country and American music since she moved to Nashville in the late 80s. She has had high powered artists from George Jones, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Bryan Adams to Etta James perform her songs. She is an inductee of the Nashville Songwriters Hall […]

“Music to me, whatever kind it is, it’s inspiring to me, meaningful to me; it gives my life meaning and writing songs gives my life purpose.”  Willie Nile released his first album in early 1980, after New York Times music critic Robert Palmer had seen him playing in Greenwich Village and the resulting write-up garnered […]

At one point, after Cherie Currie had stepped out of the music spotlight and was focusing on marriage, motherhood and creativity of a different sort, she didn’t think about her former band, The Runaways. She actually didn’t think they had made much of an impact in rock & roll. But she was definitely in for […]