The Allman Betts Band—Keep On Growing Debra Kate Schafer February 10, 2020 Features, Interviews Duane Betts. Now that’s a name that rings a bell, doesn’t it? Where have you heard it? Well, if you do know of the multi-talented guitarist/singer-songwriter and his many musical endeavors, congratulations. Th...
SUSU—Buzzing with Power Dan Alleva February 10, 2020 Features, Interviews What do you get when two of New York City’s hottest new artists join forces to create a seductive, soulful, psychedelic, hard-rockin’ band? That’s exactly what Liza Colby and Kia Warren did, and the result is ...
Soul Asylum—Bringing it All Back Home Katherine Yeske Taylor February 10, 2020 Features, Interviews 1 Soul Asylum singer/guitarist Dave Pirner, calling from his home in Minneapolis, seems astonished when he’s reminded that it’s been four years since his band released their last studio album (2016’s Change of F...
The Lumineers—Nourished by the Music Katherine Yeske Taylor February 4, 2020 Features, Interviews Many musicians, dreaming of making it big, move to the broader New York City region. It makes sense: from The Bronx down to the Jersey Shore, the area has spawned some of the most famous and influential artist...
The Return of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Dan Alleva January 22, 2020 Features, Interviews About 15 years ago, a novice reporter with no credentials whatsoever attempted to interview a member of ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. That reporter was me, and the best resource I had was a Mys...
Umphrey’s McGee—Still Taking Chances Rob Duguay January 15, 2020 Features, Interviews For over 20 years, Umphrey’s McGee has been one of the top acts in the jam band community. The sextet of guitarist and vocalist Brendan Bayliss, keyboardist and vocalist Joel Cummins, bassist Ryan Stasik, perc...
Hittin’ the Road with Marcus King Dan Alleva January 8, 2020 Features, Interviews Marcus King, the guitar phenom and rising star from South Carolina, has been making a name for himself ever since he formed his primary group, The Marcus King Band, in 2013. After sharing the stage with the li...
We Banjo 3—Music Is Our Home Katherine Yeske Taylor January 1, 2020 Features, Interviews Quite frankly, finding out that a band contains not one, not two, but three banjo players seems likely to make many potential listeners run the other way. But that’s exactly the configuration within We Banjo 3...
Achieving Planetary Consciousness Through Art—An Interview with Jaz Coleman of Killing Joke Katherine Yeske Taylor December 25, 2019 Features, Interviews In a conference room in the Spinefarm Records headquarters inside the Universal Music Building in Manhattan, Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman is poking at a plate of sushi. It’s an incongruous sight: legendar...
Album of the Year 2019: Life of Agony—The Sound of Scars Dan Alleva December 18, 2019 Features, Interviews On October 11, seminal alt-metal act Life of Agony released their sixth album, The Sound of Scars (Napalm Records)—which has been named The Aquarian’s official “Album of the Year” for 2019. The release date he...
