Header Main
Place Ads
How Susanna Clark's Tapes Shaped a Film on Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark“I want every single person in the world to be a Guy Clark fan,” says Tamara Saviano. “When people ask me why I did the tribute album and when people ask me why I did the book and when people ask me why I did the movie, that’s my response.…
BGS 5+5: AHIArtist: AHI Hometown: Brampton, Ontario, Canada Latest Album: Prospect, out November 5, 2021 Rejected band names: UrbanPeasant (high school rap name) and Back To Now (University band name) What was the first moment that you knew you wanted to be a musician? Before I left home to backpack across Ethiopia,…
BGS 5+5: Laurel PremoArtist: Laurel Premo Hometown: Traverse City, Michigan Latest Album: Golden Loam What other art forms -- literature, film, dance, painting, etc. -- inform your music? For me dance is such a huge influence. I've spent quite a few years as a dance musician for square dances, being a traditional fiddler.…
BGS 5+5: Noel McKayArtist: Noel McKay Hometown: My hometown is really the little Central Texas Hill Country community of Pipe Creek. I currently live in Nashville, Tennessee. Latest album: Blue, Blue, Blue Personal Nicknames: I think that in the US, Noel is a sufficiently unusual name that I never really got a nickname.…
ColumnsSep 20, 2021
Artist: The Delevantes Hometown: Rutherford, NJ… then Hoboken, NJ… and now Nashville Latest Album: A Thousand Turns Rejected band names: "The band was originally named Who's Your Daddy. The name came from the Zombies song, 'Time of the Season.' The lyric reads: 'What’s your name? Who’s your daddy?' but very few people ever got it.…
ColumnsSep 15, 2021
Artist: Brad Kolodner Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland Latest Album: Chimney Swifts Personal nicknames: B-rad, Dadley, BK Which artist has influenced you the most ... and how? My father Ken, hands down. As long as I can remember, my father’s music has been the soundtrack of my life. To be fair, I didn’t have much choice in…
ColumnsSep 14, 2021
Artist: Martin Sexton Hometown: Syracuse, New York Latest album: 2020 Vision Personal nicknames: Wolfman (band and crew would call me that on the walkies) Which artist has influenced you the most...and how? There are just so many of equal importance. Everyone from Black Sabbath to Pavarotti, from Mel Tormé to Mel Blanc (voice of every…
ColumnsSep 8, 2021
Artist: Suzanne Santo Hometown: Cleveland > NYC > LA > Austin Latest album: Yard Sale Personal nicknames (or rejected band names): Suzanimal, Lewis, Soozanto What other art forms -- literature, film, dance, painting, etc. -- inform your music? I get really sucked into cinema. I’ve written whole songs after being emotionally altered from watching a…
ColumnsSep 2, 2021
Artist: Della Mae Hometown: The United States Latest Album: Family Reunion Nicknames: Celia = Squawkbox; Kimber= Fiddler, Kimby, Auntie, Nimmers (Grammy only); Vickie = VV, Double V, Wickie Rejected Band Names: Big Spike Hammer What's your favorite memory from being on stage? Thanks to my good friend and mentor Rickie Simpkins, I played a show…
