Interviews
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Five Questions: Josh Garrels
The diversity of Josh Garrels\’ music represents the textured patchwork of both the nature and nurture of his upbringing. The roads that draw the map of his life trace through various stops.
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Five Questions: Brooke Waggoner
The simple story of Brooke Waggoner\’s life belies the complexity that is her artistry. She grew up studying classical music in Louisiana – though plump with music, it\’s not exactly a state known as a classical hotbed. That didn\’t stop Brooke, though, who earned a degree in Music Composition & Orchestration from LSU before trotting…
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Five Questions: Graham Colton
Graham Colton somehow escaped the standard country music calling of his native Oklahoma, making his way, instead, into the wild world of rock. Regardless of the genre, he’s done well enough for himself to make the home crowd proud.
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Five Questions: Josh Rouse
Since debuting in 1998 with Dressed Up Like Nebraska, singer/songwriter Josh Rouse has tread one of the least straightforward musical paths you can imagine. His early records were full of impressively solid and accessible tunes representative of his Midwestern roots.
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Chatting It Up with Patty Larkin
I love Patty Larkin. She\’s one of those artists that never disappoints me. Not one for the glitz and glamor, Patty is an artist\’s artist, a writer\’s writer, pushing her craft with each project without sacrificing quality in the name of experimentation. Her latest release, Watch the Sky, is all her. She wrote, played and…
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Chatting It Up with Catie Curtis
Catie Curtis is an artist I\’ve kept my eye (and ears) on for maybe 15 years now as she has been tossed from one label to the next. I took an early interest because she was out before it was the cool thing to be, never shying away from the truth in her life or…
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Chatting It Up with Adrianne
Singer-songwriter Adrianne recently released her sixth solo record and a new band project. Like Mieka Pauley, she has the DIY thing down pat, even self-producing and self-engineering the latest work. With a penchant for stories of the heart, Adrianne has been winning crowds over with her almost non-stop touring. Whether as part of a musical…
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Chatting It Up with Sarah Bettens
Through a career that hearkens back to the early \’90s, Sarah Bettens has been there and done that. Perhaps best known as the frontwoman of K\’s Choice (which garnered platinum sales in Europe), Bettens stepped out on her own a few years ago with Scream. Her follow-up effort, Shine, was recently released to great fanfare,…
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Chatting It Up with Natalia Zukerman
Having grown up in a family of highly acclaimed classical musicians, Natalia Zukerman carved out her own path in a bold new world. Her new release Brand New Frame is a delightful mixture of blues, jazz, folk and more supporting a solid collection of tunes about love and life, which is to be expected from…
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Chatting It Up with Kym Tuvim
Seattle singer/songwriter Kym Tuvim\’s new (and third) release Nothing, Sweet Nothing is coming out this week. It\’s a mash-up of styles that coalesce seamlessly in Tuvim\’s hands. Here\’s a fine summation: “On the mostly original cross-genre collection, Tuvim travels through roots, folk-pop, jazz, and swampy blues, offering up unguarded observations on the quiet in-between places…