PRIMUS DRUMMER TIM ‘HERB’ ALEXANDER ON BAND’S UNIQUE PATH, PROG CREDENTIALS AND NEIL PEART
It would be an understatement to say that Primus came out of left field. It's more like the trio arrived from the stadium parking lot, showing up in a mid-1980s hard rock landscape as a funky alternat...
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SLOTHRUST AND THE ROMANTICIZED EXPERIECE OF MAKING AN ALBUM THAT’S 10 YEARS OLD
Slothrust is focused on three releases right now: "I Promise," an EP released in the fall; "Of Course You Do," which is having a 10th-anniversary moment on tour; and a new album the duo of Leah Wellba...
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COUNTRY STANDOUT ROCKIE LYNNE FINDS HIS LONG LOST FAMILY IN NEW DOCUMENTARY
Rockie Lynne’s life was made for the movies. An orphaned boy joins the army, becomes a motorcycle-riding country musician, then tracks down his father, only to learn that he too was a veteran -- in th...
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MORIS TEPPER: ‘I’M WRITING EVERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY’
Moris Tepper has been spending his time like most of us do. You know, jamming with Tool drummer Danny Carey, learning to play a Turkish instrument called the bağlama, painting and sculpting. He has a ...
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ULI JON ROTH ON THREE-HOUR, MULTIMEDIA LIVE SHOW, HIS LOVE OF TEACHING AND A GIFT FROM KIRK HAMMETT
Uli Jon Roth, the German-born guitarist noted for inventing his own guitar, an early-career run with the Scorpions and a style that has influenced the likes of Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Yngwie Mal...
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OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF COOKING THE MUSICAL GUMBO
Ketch Secor, the frontman of Old Crow Medicine Show, is making us hungry. "The thing about music in America is it's a gumbo, and it takes a long time to cook that roux down," he says during a phone...
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MATISYAHU, THE METS AND A MATZO BALL: THE INSIDE STORY
Last September, my wife and I went to Citi Field for a Mets game because they were playing her favorite team, the Seattle Mariners. It turned out to be Jewish Heritage Day at the stadium, leading to t...
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GUSTER ALSO HAS ‘ERAS’: ‘WE THINK WE’RE FUNNY’
With scripted skits and set changes, Guster's We Also Have Eras tour tells the 30-year tale of the band in two and a half hours. Asked if he'd like to see one of his favorite groups try to pull it ...
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MATISYAHU SHARES THE LIGHT DURING DARK TIME FOR JEWISH PEOPLE
Matisyahu, the reggae rapper whose Jewish faith is a major component of his music and life, has not set out to preach on his Hold The Fire tour. "I’m doing music, right, so I’m not going go be maki...
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MICHAEL NAU ON MUSICAL TAPESTRIES AND SONGS AS JUMPING-OFF POINTS
Whether fronting beloved indie-folk groups Page France and Cotton Jones or working under his own name, sometimes with his band The Mighty Thread, Michael Nau has blended the familiar with the surprisi...
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