Interviews‘It’s the kind of record that I don’t know how we would have been able to do it any other time’: Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi on New Album Aaron Irons…I was like, “There’s no way! Over my dead body! I’m not gonna sing on this record!!” And then I did (laughs)! Well, that’s a new horizon! You’ll have to…
InterviewsBJ Barham: The Fortunate Kind Aaron Irons…things: “You’re going to have love redefined,” and “You’ve never loved somethin’ as much as,” and I was like, “Bullshit, whatever. That’s just what dads say.” It’s like TV sitcom…
InterviewsMaster Of Our Own Unique Nonsense: Parker Twomey Charlie Farmer…with the band. There’s a lot that just comes with person-to-person interaction. In your song “Pneumonia”, you sing “I’m happier when I’m depressed, always down. Sometimes sadness makes me smile”….
InterviewsZach Schmidt on New Album, Starting His Own Label & Singing to Little Richard Aaron Irons…evenin’ interview, and he was like, “Yeah, man, I’m sorry about that. I had to work. I’m puttin’ in septic tanks durin’ the day.” He was in Texas, in the…
NewsWesleyan Professor Karen Bray Publishes Grave Attending Sound and Soul…is a call to pay attention to the parts of ourselves and our community that society decided were “unprofitable,” “irredeemable,” “abnormal,” or “improper.” Grave attending is also a call to…
Interviews‘When you hear it, you know it’: MC Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger on Consequences, Decisions, and Quietly Blowing It Aaron Irons…My wife, everybody in my band, my 12-year-old son is vaccinated, and I’m eagerly awaiting [vaccine approval] for my eight-year-old daughter. The science is there. There’s no question that vaccination…
InterviewsFaith of the Dreamer: Too ‘Controversial’ in 1971, Gwendolyn Payton Returns to Claim Her Art Degree from Mercer University Aaron Irons…I said, “Yeah!” She said, “You majored in it. Did you get your degree?” And I said, “No.” I told her that story, and then I said, “I went into…
InterviewsNew Gear, Same Road: Jason Scott Talks Latest Album with High Heat Aaron Irons…now? That’s kind of a day-to-day feeling (laughs)! Yeah, there’s gotta be, dude! There’s gotta be! On the flip side of that, that same version’s probably walkin’ around goin’, “Man,…
ColumnsBo Talks: Fear and Loathing on the Internet Bo Walker…“Momo on the Commode-o” or something like that. This isn’t anything new. Like the parents of yore being afraid that their kids rock ‘n roll records contained satanic messages when…
InterviewsHow To Be Alone: Charlie Thomas Makes Sense of the World Through Song Matt McMillan…Mitchell, Gillian Welch, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Jason Isbell… [Isbell’s] songwriting simply stops me in my tracks! Yeah, all of those artists are pretty much solo, doing the singer/songwriter thing….
ColumnsBo Talks: A Fortnite Between Generations Bo Walker…rooms. I’ve seen hopping, steaming Yosemite Sam-like fits of rage. I’ve seen real tears shed over intense matches– and those are just the UGA fans I know personally. No, I’m…
ReviewsCast Iron & Cornbread Ashley Doolin…in the USA. In an April 2nd, 2019 article where Smithey Ironware made it into the “Seven Best Iron Skillets You Can Buy”, Gear Patrol (gearpatrol.com) stated, “In most industries,…