Formed by Michael Goldwasser, Eric Smith, Lem Oppenheimer and Remy Gerstein in 1997, the Easy Star All Stars were originally conceived as a studio band, consisting of a rotating collective of NYC-based reggae musicians and vocalists for Easy Star […]
Tag: Q&A
A Q&A with Hillary Capps
Born in Vermont and now based in New York, singer/songwriter Hillary Capps comes from a very musical family as her father is part of a jazz ensemble that tours around New England and the Northeast. […]
A Q&A with Sleepers Work a.k.a. William Flynn
Back in October, I was in Frankfurt am Main, Germany for the Frankfurt Book Fair. And practically as soon as i got of the plane at JFK, I was covering several showcases at CMJ and […]
A Q&A with Qiet’s James Maddox
Originally, the artistic vision of a very young Christopher Vincent, Qiet came to live when James Maddox, Alasha Al-Qudwah, Lacey Hazel, Russell Snyder, Max Venoy and Raphael Godfrey all joined the band and helped turned […]
A Q&A with DeRobert and the Half-Truths’ DeRobert Adams, Dave Singleton and Nick DeVan
Over the last 10-15 years or so, soul music has seen an incredible resurgence in popularity with a number of bands across both the country and globe turning to the old school sound. Much like how […]
A Q&A with the Halley DeVestern Band
Consisting of several grizzled veterans of the NYC music scene, the four primary members of the Halley Devestern Band, Halley Devestern (vocals), David Patterson (guitar), Tom Heinig (bass) and Rich Kulsar (drums) met the way […]
A Q&A with Blackstone Rngrs’ Derek Kutzer
Dallas, TX-based shoegazer rock band Blackstone Rangers – you’ll also find them as Blackstone Rngrs – originally formed about four years ago featuring Ruth Ellen Smith (vocals, synths, drum machine) and Derek Kutzer. After a […]
A Q&A with Butcher Knives’ Nikko Matiz
As a native New Yorker, some of my experiences are likely uncommon to most of the country, but what I managed to cherish was the diversity that was just considered a daily part of life. […]
A Q&A with Anna from Dott
Although they had only been together as a band for about a year the Galway, Ireland-based band Dott quickly won a great deal of attention across the UK. A number of their songs have received regular radio play […]
A Q&A with the Deltahorse
“Hey Yuri,” the first single off the self-titled debut effort from the Deltahorse received quite a bit of attention across the blogosphere as the single’s sound was compared by many bloggers to that of the likes […]
A Q&A with Mez Medallion’s Josh Teicher
Shortly before I left for Frankfurt am Main, Germany and the Frankfurt Book Fair, I had received an email from Sophia Exiner, an Australian-born indie pop artist, currently based in Berlin, Germany. Known for a […]
A Q&A with Three Wise Monkey’s Brad “Kypo” Kypriotis
As a blogger, i frequently receive tons of emails from PR firms and labels touting a new band or someone’s latest project and on occasion I hear from a band or an artist personally. Sometimes […]
A Q&A with Raccoon Fighter’s Sean Gavigan and Gabe Wilhelm
Originally, each member of indie rock trio Raccoon Fighter hailed from the same small, South Jersey town; however, only two of the members Sean Gavigan (vocalist, guitar) and Zac Ciancaglini (drums) met while as students and […]
A Q&A with Says She’s Ms. Blat’s Lottie Leymarie
Lottie Leymarie (vocals, keyboards) and Bret Puchir (drums, backing vocals) can in some way trace the origin of their band Says She’s Ms. Blat back to when the pair both lived in the Bronx over […]
A Q&A with Rene Lopez
Rene Lopez is the son of Rene Lopez Sr, the salsa trumpeter who had played with the Ray Barretto Orchestra and Tipica 73, arguably two of the most highly regarded and beloved salsa acts of […]