Interviews

With Widespread Panic on hiatus,

You might know Billy Talbot as the bass player for Neil Young

By now you

With a decade behind them and a focus on the path ahead, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey makes a clear statement with the appropriately titled, Walking With Giants. And they are indeed, as the jazz community can no longer deny that the three young men from Tulsa are bound to become respected jazzmen.

As one of the world’s most recognized poets, Saul Williams has proven himself deft in the spoken word. With his self titled second album, Williams explores a new sound, one he’s proud to tag as “industrial punk hop.”

2004 should have been a time for the Drive By Truckers to finally capture a well deserved rest. The past three years saw the band mature into a critic

Their first two critically lauded albums, 2002

How would String Cheese follow a summer that included the cancellation of Lollapalooza and Phish calling it quits? They got back to business. And they didn

Blues and hip-hop purists must have thought it was Armageddon when a white skinny kid from Philly named Garrett Dutton broke out under the alter-ego G Love. Turning out a chill, sloppy blues sound spiked with scratchy R&B, hip-hop overtones, G Love and his two man band, Special Sauce, delivered a new sound flavor in the mid 90

A big bang has taken place in Karl Denson

Zach Braff makes his entrance. He’s here to talk about his new movie, Garden State, which he wrote, directed and starred in during his downtime from NBC

Hip hop fundamentalists could consider it an artistic compromise, but the X-Ecutioners embrace the opportunity to reach out to a broader group than the standard rap audience, doing so with integrity and the best interest of hip hop culture in mind.

The Village is set in the late 1800s, and revolves around a community living with the frightening knowledge that a mythical race of creatures resides in the woods around them. Director M Night Shyamalan continues to encouraging us to face our frightened limitations and acknowledge their existence.

Whether this tortured soul is truly wrapped in bitterness, sickened by the sordid failings of men, or just snidely reacting to the greater absurdity of man like any cynic, one thing is for certain – no one snarls

Loading straight ahead classic rock with hints of glam, improv and vibrant energy, Antigone Rising is here to stay. With a big gig at SXSW behind them, praises from Rolling Stone and an opening spot for Aerosmith, these five woman continue to second guess their stubborn doubters.

Las Vegas has never been considered much of a rock and roll city. Between the casinos, Elvis impersonators, and extravagant entertainment, little noteworthy rock has ever emerged from the Mojave Desert. But all that might soon change with Hot Fuss, the excellent debut by The Killers.

The Beta Band (featuring Stephen Mason, Robin Jones, Rich Greentree and John Maclean) have been honing their chops for years out of their native Scotland. Between July 1997 and July 1998, the Beta Band released three EP

They

After grabbing headlines as the backing band for N.E.R.D., Spymob has set out to establish themselves as career artists. With their debut album Sitting Around Keeping Score, the Minnesota four piece attests they are as boundary busting as their hip-hop mentors.

Sidelined for much of last year after undergoing vocal surgery, Dispatch guitarist Chad Urmston prepares for the band’s final perfomance this summer – and goes in the studio with his new band, State Radio.