W.D. Miller Interview: Back Roads and Reckonings on Child Of The Kindly South
W.D. Miller’s path to his latest release, 'Child Of The Kindly South,' runs through decades of playing clubs, small venues, and just about every style of American roots...
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Gregg McKella of Paradise 9 Talks ‘Songs From The Underground’: An Interview
Gregg McKella has spent decades moving through the UK underground scene, collaborating with curiosity, and a willingness to follow unusual sounds wherever they lead. From the early self-released...
‘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...
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...