As I told Dan Zanes, Warren Zanes, and Woody Giessmann in Studio A on February 9, 2012 – Boston, Mass was a…nay THE defining album in my high school experience so to have them roll into the Bronx after not playing for 20 years was astonishing and a little surreal. […]
Interview
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Recently I had the chance to interview Umphrey’s McGee – the Chicago stalwarts and ballsy newcomers Howler. It was the same day – Friday, January 20, 2012 and UM turned up in the late morning before the first of their two gigs at Best Buy Theater. Unlike the usual sessions, these guys […]
After seeing the first ever Horrible Crowes show at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday evening, I was fortunate enough to host a session with them Friday. They were fantastic on both occasions and a bunch of good eggs. Brian Fallon (in the plain white T-shirt), whose established himself as a […]
One of my favorite songwriters, John Hiatt, gave me one of my favorite interviews on the occasion of the release of his 20th solo album, Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns. He talked with me about the process of making the album and how a new producer helped usher in some […]
The Vaccines – Justin Young (vocals, guitar), Árni Árnason (bass), Freddie Cowan (guitar), Pete Robinson (drums) – just released their debut album, What Did You Expect From The Vaccines, and back in January the London-based 4-piece did their first ever interview in the USA with me (representing WFUV and The […]
In early 1991 while I was in my last semester at Ithaca College and a jock on IC’s radio station WICB, Living Colour was enjoying a high point of commercial success. The album they released the previous summer, Time’s Up – their second – was on its way to gold […]
Part II of Interview: I had a chance to speak with Liam, Flachna, and Dave of Hothouse Flowers before their show at the Highline Ballroom last Wednesday, 3/5/10.
Part I of Interview: I had a chance to speak with Liam, Flachna, and Dave of Hothouse Flowers before their show at the Highline Ballroom last Wednesday, 3/5/10.