interview

The Must-See Willie Nelson Film You Missed in 2019

Kristi Wooten

Dec 30, 2019

The Must-See Willie Nelson Film You Missed in 2019

Writer and director Lian Lunson talks about working with the country legend on "Waiting for the Miracle to Come."

HuDost Makes Music for the Sacred and the Profane

Kristi Wooten

Apr 5, 2019

HuDost Makes Music for the Sacred and the Profane

How the Kentucky duo is using social activism and interfaith messaging to forge a new path for independent rock on its latest album Of...

Rosanne Cash Opens Up About Her New Album

Kristi Wooten

Feb 8, 2019

Rosanne Cash Opens Up About Her New Album

The 63-year-old singer’s dedication to amplifying women’s voices is evident in ten new songs with atmospheric, country-gothic textures.

Jim Kerr Talks About Simple Minds' Hot New Tour and Top-5 Album

Kristi Wooten

Oct 3, 2018

Jim Kerr Talks About Simple Minds' Hot New Tour and Top-5 Album

Simple Minds’ latest album, Walk Between Worlds, pierced the Top 5 on the Official U.K. Album Charts earlier this year, and the band is...

Petula Clark’s New Songs Offer Good Advice for 2018

Kristi Wooten

Dec 8, 2017

Petula Clark’s New Songs Offer Good Advice for 2018

Petula Clark’s 1964 song, “Downtown,” burnished modern urban life into a smash hit. In 2017, she’s back at age 85 with new music and lots...

Premiere: Watch Tom Chaplin Sing The Pretenders’ Holiday Classic, “2000 Miles.”

Kristi Wooten

Nov 20, 2017

Premiere: Watch Tom Chaplin Sing The Pretenders’ Holiday Classic, “2000 Miles.”

As Thanksgiving turkeys fill the dining table and twinkling lights hang from every lamppost, Tom Chaplin’s Twelve Tales of Christmas...

Halloween Special: PVRIS’s Lynn Gunn on Finding Light in the Darkness

Kristi Wooten

Oct 31, 2017

Halloween Special: PVRIS’s Lynn Gunn on Finding Light in the Darkness

PVRIS is an esoteric band whose latest release, All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell, makes a timely addition to your autumn...

Kristi Wooten

Sep 30, 2017

Neil Finn’s Quiet Masterpiece

Neil Finn’s latest solo album, Out of Silence, offers us the gift of catharsis in a season of unpredictable politics and societal...

Mark Ruffalo's Environmental Superheroes

Kristi Wooten

Sep 20, 2017

Mark Ruffalo's Environmental Superheroes

MARK RUFFALO is making the most out of his time in metro Atlanta, both on and off movie sets. While filming his roles as Bruce Banner and...

Mike Scott on Love Affairs, Disco, and The Waterboys’ Groovy New Album

Kristi Wooten

Sep 8, 2017

Mike Scott on Love Affairs, Disco, and The Waterboys’ Groovy New Album

In July, I caught up with musician Mike Scott in the basement of an ivy-covered Georgian townhome in Dublin to talk about The Waterboys’...

Hear the Waterboys Profess Love for Music City in Live 'Nashville'

Kristi Wooten

Sep 7, 2017

Hear the Waterboys Profess Love for Music City in Live 'Nashville'

The Waterboys’ new album Out of All This Blue continues where 2015’s Modern Blues left off – with plenty of twang-and-groove plucked from...

Kristi Wooten

Aug 27, 2017

Pop music is rejecting the piano. Why?

The instrument’s warm tone is increasingly rare in an industry driven by computer-generated sounds. A SEARCH for the sound of acoustic...

Kristi Wooten

Jun 27, 2017

Is Beth Ditto the New Stevie Nicks?

Beth Ditto has always been ready for her close-up, but now the fashion-forward singer is ready for a brighter spotlight, too. After years...

Keane's Tom Chaplin Talks Drama, Drugs and Dreams

Kristi Wooten

Jan 15, 2017

Keane's Tom Chaplin Talks Drama, Drugs and Dreams

Releasing an album no longer guarantees success in an industry where platinum-selling singers face the same pressures as fledgling...

Johnnyswim’s New Album Makes Marriage Sound Wonderful

Kristi Wooten

Nov 4, 2016

Johnnyswim’s New Album Makes Marriage Sound Wonderful

Johnnyswim’s new album Georgica Pond makes marriage sound wonderful – just ask TV’s hottest couple, Chip and Joanna Gaines. “The album...

What Happened When Midge Ure Drove Himself Across America

Kristi Wooten

Oct 14, 2016

What Happened When Midge Ure Drove Himself Across America

Midge Ure is music royalty. Or at least an indefatigable and decorated player who originates from the pre-digital age. He has sold...

Why We Love the Dulcimer-Playing Dad, His Raccoon and Tears for Fears

Kristi Wooten

Aug 27, 2016

Why We Love the Dulcimer-Playing Dad, His Raccoon and Tears for Fears

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Ted Yoder set up a dulcimer in his Goshen, Indiana backyard and turned on Facebook Live, while his wife and...

Ben Watt Made the Best Album for Your Midlife Crisis

Kristi Wooten

Jun 11, 2016

Ben Watt Made the Best Album for Your Midlife Crisis

With his new recording, Fever Dream, Ben Watt captures the pleasure and pain of a Gen-Xer caught between two fires – his youth and the...

Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other Win

Kristi Wooten

Apr 6, 2016

Exclusive: How Nile Rodgers and Duran Duran Helped Each Other Win

Thirty years ago, no one might have predicted that Nile Rodgers would be on the road with Duran Duran in 2016. Yet, this spring the...

Kristi Wooten

Oct 21, 2014

Annie Lennox's Nostalgia: Timeless Soul

“NOSTALGIA”, the latest album from Annie Lennox, the British singer-songwriter, recalls an era of smoky clubs and street-corner swing....