Matt Lorenz is one of the most dynamic performers I’ve ever seen. I first encountered him opening for Charlie Parr at Atwood’s a few years ago and it was astounding [ … ]
Category: Interviews
An Interview with Victor Wooten: Saving the World
Victor Wooten needs no introduction. I first heard him as a member of the Flecktones and he opened my eyes and ears to what a bass player could do. I [ … ]
An Interview with Strangers by Accident (EP release 12/2, ONCE Somerville)
Boston based indie rock meets Americana band Strangers by Accident celebrate the release of their new EP this week at ONCE in Somerville (December 2nd). The band picks and chooses [ … ]
The Nuts and Bolts of Americana: Bindley Hardware Co. “Ever Satisfactory”
Bindley Hardware Co. could just as easily be where you go to get paint to touch up your pole barn or a replacement for a rusted tractor bolt as what [ … ]
An Interview with Rick Massimo, I Got A Song
At last year’s Newport Folk Festival, Rick Massimo unveiled his long-awaited history of the festival, I Got A Song. It’s an engrossing, thoughtful take on the Festival’s origins and its [ … ]
An Interview with Adia Victoria: Seeing the Story
Adia Victoria is, quite simply, one of the most incredible artists making music today. Her first album, Beyond the Bloodhounds is everything you want in a debut: it’s daring, grounded, [ … ]
An Interview with Lukas Nelson: All Day, Every Day
The first song on the self-titled Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, “Set Me Down On A Cloud,” is a sweeping, soulful tune that evokes the best combinations of [ … ]
Fresh Track: Prateek Poddar “Emma”
I first met singer-songwriter Prateek Poddar through the now “indefinitely hiatused” EBASS community. Poddar at that time was bright eyed and excited about the scene circling around him. Excited to [ … ]
Rising Tides On The East Side : An Interview With Derek Hoke
Derek Hoke will probably get a statue in East Nashville someday…well, at least in our eyes he should. The singer-songwriter and community builder has been the curator of the renowned [ … ]
An Interview With Becca Mancari
You know those times when you hear a song and you immediately want to hear everything by the singer? That’s what Becca Mancari’s song “Golden,” was like for me. Her [ … ]