Features and Interviews

Here you'll find interviews and features covering many fascinating artists. By design, the list (see right) reflects my own personal tastes. With few exceptions, I really dig all of these artists. And while their music is compelling, each of them has a story to tell. In this section, I let them tell it.

The Latest...

Bill Wyman: The Rhythm King's Still Rocking	Van Dyke Parks: Cracking Wise and Cracking a SMiLE	Two of a Perfect Trio: The Men (and Woman) Who Would be King (Crimson)	A Conversation with The Grip Weeds' Kurt Reil
Tommy Keene: A Parade of Timeless Albums	In Search of Sly Stone: Is He Back or Isn't He?	Hot Tuna's Jack Casady: Still Going Steady	John Wetton on his new album Raised in Captivity

Other recent additions (plus even more at right):

• Chris Squire of YES: A History of Perpetual Change
• Tim Butler of The Psychedelic Furs: Still Talk Talk Talking
• NRBQ's Terry Adams: Keep This Band Goin'
• Pendragon's Nick Barrett: Passion of the Prog
• Fred Pallem of Le Sacre du Tympan: God's Gift to the Ears
• Father of DIY R. Stevie Moore: Hobbies Galore
• ˇVeinte Preguntas para Los Straitjackets!
• John Scheinfeld, Director of Who is Harry Nilsson?
• Concord Music Group's Chris Clough
• Tracy Nelson
• Brotherhood
• The Cheeksters
• Martin Newell / Cleaners From Venus
• Ivan Julian
• David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven / Cracker)
• The Black Angels
• Thomas Dolby
• Richard X Heyman (2011)
• Ike Willis and André Cholmondeley (Project/Object)
• Peter Zaremba (The Fleshtones)
• Ken Brown (The Quarrymen)
• Steve Kilbey (The Church)
• Trey Gunn
• Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree)
• Mariusz Duda / Lunatic Soul
• The City Champs
• Black Mountain
• Mayer Hawthorne
• Barry Tashian and the Remains
• Steve Wynn
• Keb Darge
• Richard Barone
• Howard Jones

Check back soon for features on Bill Wyman, Van Dyke Parks, and more.

Some of these features were written for print magazines including Billboard, Shindig!, Ugly Things, Skope, Mountain Xpress, WNC Magazine, The Laurel of Asheville and other publications. A few appeared on web sites like jambase.org, 60sgaragebands.com and such. And quite a few have never been published before; they're from my private archives. I have more, too.

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