Across The Board is one of Canada’s hottest rock bands at the moment. Their last album spawned a #4 iTunes rock chart hit with the title track, “Sonic Boom.” They were in Billboard Magazine as an Emerging Artist, received a Canadian Gospel Music Association Award Nomination, and toured the country. …
Read More »Interview: Los Angeles by way of Paris artist Jeff II
Jeff II is a French guitar player and music producer based in Los Angeles, California. After years working as a session guitar player he started producing and releasing his own original music online.His debut single ‘Sleepless’ was released in July 2018. The music video for the song went viral on …
Read More »Interview: Johan Niemann of Evergrey
Since the mid-90s, Sweden’s Evergrey have harnessed a darker blend of prog metal with prominent emphasis on chords and textures, a contrast from the genre’s otherwise saturated virtuosic identity. The Gothenburg quartet continues to be a successful charting band, their latest album, The Atlantic, faring decently within several distinct Billboard …
Read More »Interview: Jim Yester of The Association talks career celebration, early days, essence of unity
Back in the mid-to-late 60s, The Association made a name as one of the era’s most successful groups. Their act was based on rotating lead vocal duties between all members, spacious guitar melodies, and lush production, which proved innovative for the time. The band has assumed numerous incarnations over the …
Read More »Interview: Keith Douglas of Tora Tora
Back in 1989, Tennessee quartet Tora Tora utilized what would become their signature southern-tinged blend of glam metal on their A&M Records debut, Surprise Attack. Amidst a gradually shifting musical climate, the album still managed to crack the Billboard Top 50 with such hits as “Walkin’ Shoes” (the first Memphis-based …
Read More »Soulfly to begin 2019 leg of Ritual tour – Interview with Max Cavalera
Max Cavalera continues on strong footing, having made tremendous strides amidst some serious hurdles in his nearly three-and-a-half-decade career. As a teenager, the born-and-bred Brazilian singer-guitarist would lead his Belo Horizonte band, Sepultura, out of the country’s largely isolated metal scene despite looming financial straits. Eventually relocating to Phoenix, Arizona …
Read More »Tony West of Blacklist Union talks songwriting, Todd Youth’s passing, new music
Back in the early-to-mid 2000s, Tony West led the punk-tinged hard rock collective Blacklist Union toward a level of acclaim that burns strong to this day. The San Francisco-based band is presently in quintet form, rounded out by guitarists Em K and Johnny Johnson, bassist Joey Alva, and drummer Anthony …
Read More »Bill Abernathy Talks Orwell, Fogelberg, And Why Sales, Awards And Critics Don’t Mean That Much To Him
Everyone loves a good story about second-chances, and that’s exactly what Bill Abernathy’s story is all about. The Kansas City, Missouri resident began writing songs in his early teens. He played all through his school years, but then he stopped…Life took over. Bill went about getting married, building a business career, and …
Read More »James Lee Baker Is Riding His “Cowtown Blues” From Amarillo To Denver And Beyond
A classically trained musician, James Lee Baker fuses influences from acoustic singer-songwriters like David Mead, Ellis Paul, John Gorka, Gregory Alan Isakov, Bob Dylan, and Slaid Cleaves. He embraces open tunings to create an unconventional but welcoming sound and timbre to his playing. Trained briefly by Richard Gilewitz, a renowned …
Read More »Introducing Folk/Americana Singer-Songwriter James Lee Baker
A classically trained musician, James Lee Baker fuses influences from acoustic singer-songwriters like David Mead, Ellis Paul, John Gorka, Gregory Alan Isakov, Bob Dylan, and Slaid Cleaves. He embraces open tunings to create an unconventional but welcoming sound and timbre to his playing. Trained briefly by Richard Gilewitz, a renowned …
Read More »Exclusive Interview With Country Artist Heather Whitney
Singer-Songwriter, Heather Whitney comes from an itty-bitty, one-red-light town deep in the pines of Southeast Texas (Newton, TX), where the mosquitoes are big, but Heather’s love for music is bigger! The last 6 months have been something of a whirlwind for Heather: She released her critically-acclaimed debut album, “Moving On;” …
Read More »Exclusive Interview with Hip Hop/Pop Artist G-Money
G-money is a Hip-hop/Pop artist with over 100,000 cumulative streams and youtube views. Opening for major artists, such as Lil’ Wayne, Kirko Bangz, and OT Genasis, G-Money is rising in popularity on social media and other major streaming platforms. The “#NoCommitmentZone” singer has generated a respectable online following, including over …
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