SAM AMIDON TALKS ‘LILY-O,’ BILL FRISELL and ‘COLLABORATION’ WITH HENDRIX
Sam Amidon had an idea for his new album. But the album seemed to have another idea for him. That sounds a bit weird, so let's back up a second. Amidon, a singer, songwriter, guitarist and player o...
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LEWIS & CLARKE COMPLETE THE TRIPTYCH: AN INTERVIEW WITH LOU ROGAI
By Michael Lello Photo by Jonno Rattman In 2007, when Lewis & Clarke released its most recent full-length album “Blasts of Holy Birth,” Apple was launching its first iPhone. The Hollywood Wr...
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DUSTIN DOUGLAS PREMIERES TRACK and DISCUSSES DEBUT ALBUM (EXCLUSIVE)
By Michael Lello The artist’s name Dustin Douglas might not ring a bell for you. But the music on his album -- “Black Skies and Starlight,” the debut from the artist more widely known by his r...
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KANGAROOS ON THE WING? A CONVERSATION WITH AUSTRALIAN PINK FLOYD
By Michael Lester Australian Pink Floyd bassist/vocalist Colin Wilson was awestruck two years ago when he got a look at those gigantic illuminated blast furnaces from a bygone industrial era...
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PATRICK SWEANY: A VOICE OF THE BLUES AND AN OLD-SCHOOL SOUL
By Michael Lello Some of the greatest artists of our time have thrived at a confluence of various musical rivers rather than following the path of just one singular stream. Their influences are so ...
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LUTHER DICKINSON DISCUSSES ‘ALL STAR’ CAREER
By Michael Lester Guitarist Luther Dickinson’s late father Jim Dickinson, a legendary record producer who played keyboards on Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan albums, tried to talk Luther out of playing ...
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RISING LAKE STREET DIVE LANDS AT INAUGURAL CAMPFIRE FEST
By Joe Student It took nearly 10 years for Lake Street Dive to become an "overnight" success. A decade after forming at the New England Conservatory in Boston, the soulful jazz/pop band has blossomed...
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FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BAND CARRY THAT ‘WEIGHT’
By Michael Lello While three of the core members of seminal Americana rock collective The Band have left this earth, the music lives on – thanks in no small part to The Weight, a newer group formed b...
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AS THE CROWE FLIES: A CHAT WITH RICH ROBINSON
By Michael Lello Top photo, Rich Robinson performing with the Black Crowes at last year's Peach Festival, by Jason Riedmiller Every major band seems to have “the quiet one.” George Harrison in The ...
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WILL PEACH FEST CONTINUE WITHOUT ALLMAN BROTHERS?
By Kimberly M. Aquilina Bert Holman has been managing the Allman Brothers since 1990, but his affiliation with the band goes back as far as 1970, when he worked for the company that managed the broth...
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