‘If the Sun Dies’: Espers’ Greg Weeks on Tape, Tradition, and the Human Trace
After nearly two decades away from solo work, Greg Weeks returns with 'If the Sun Dies,' an album that announces the arrival of a musician refined by years...
Interview
Harrisonburg’s Sleepytime Trio Interview: Revisiting the Past Through ‘Memory Minus Plus Minus’
Formed in 1995 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Sleepytime Trio emerged from a tight-knit college-town underground where punks, art kids, and outsiders built their own stage in basements and living...
Maqom Soul Records: Yashlik, Uyghur Psych, and the Modal Jazz of the Soviet Underground
Tashkent in the 1970s was far from the quiet cultural outpost many Western listeners imagine. The city was a lively meeting point where Crimean Tatars, Koreans, Uyghurs, and...
Green Cosmos: Spiritual Jazz and the Unearthed Sounds of ‘Morgenmusiken’
In the hinterlands of late 1970s West Germany, specifically the quiet town of Marsberg, a unique musical synergy was taking place. Far removed from the metropolitan heat of...
Interview: Pete Fij Reflects on Mortality, Music, and His New Single ‘Cuckoo’
Pete Fij has released his crystalline, grandiose new track 'Cuckoo,' serving as the latest preview of his forthcoming album 'Up's The New Down,' due out this summer via...
John Idan on the Yardbirds, the Blues, and a Lifetime of Electric Energy
John Idan is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his long association with the legendary Yardbirds and for leading the John Idan Group. Raised in...
The Musical Players – The Chemist, The Preacher And The Musical Players: The British Acid-Folk Album That Almost No One Heard
Originally pressed in 1972 in an edition of around ten copies, 'The Chemist' by The Musical Players sits comfortably among the rarest and strangest artefacts of British acid-folk....
The Gathering: Another Time, Another Place
In the blur of the late 1980s and early 90s, great bands seem to disappear as soon as they arrived. The changing landscape did not always provide sure...
Structuring the Edmonton Popular Music Community: Rayal, Spane International, Park Lane, Molten and Pace Records by Brock Silversides
Edmonton’s popular musical community in the mid to late 1960s was in a unique position. They had access to local talent agencies, record labels, music publishing, and possibly...
Bob Stewart’s Journey on ‘It’s Snowing in Bangkok’
Ohio-based songwriter and storytelling veteran Bob Stewart has been at music for a minute. If there’s one thing we’ve all seen and learned in recent years, with the...