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Courtesy PhotoIn this conversation, Bob Lord discusses his early years playing music in Massachusetts, including being a founding member of the group that would become Converge, his entry into the classical world, playing bass up close with John Entwistle, how Dreadnaught has stayed together for 30 years, and what makes the music he releases under the PARMA umbrella stand out from other releases in the classical sphere. -
Alex Russell-SaxOn this episode of Into Music, MikelParis discusses the origins of “guitardrumming,” his hopes for the future of the technique, and what it means to be a musical forerunner.
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Luther Russell is a singer-songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles, California. Already a dedicated writer and musician in his teens, he formed the band The Bootheels, which featured Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers) and Aaron A. Brooks (Moby, A.J. Croce), before founding The Freewheelers, which released three albums between 1991 and 1996. -
Vicki Randle is a multi-instrumentalist based in Oakland, California who has performed and/or recorded with Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, Wayne Shorter, Todd Rundgren, Laura Nyro, and Herbie Hancock among others. -
Seán Barna is the creative force behind recordings such as Sissy, An Evening at Macri Park, and Margaret Thatcher of the Lower East Side. -
James Cook is a Portland, Oregon-based singer-songwriter whose new album, under the Captain’s Audio Project moniker, is titled Waiting for the Moon. -
Mary Bue is a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based singer-songwriter whose latest release is The Wildness of Living and Dying. -
Chris Greene is a Chicago-based saxophonist, bandleader, and community historian whose latest recording with the Chris Greene Quartet is Conversance. The LP marks the band’s debut on the long-running Chicago independent imprint Pravda. -
John McCutcheon’s latest release is the album Field of Stars, a project he intended to record in 2020. -
Holly Lovell is a singer-songwriter based in Denver, Colorado. Her latest album, Hello Chelsea, explores a variety of themes including addiction, family history, and grief. -
In this conversation, Grant Mullen discusses how Naked Giants has navigated a decade together, including a period of inactivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also discusses how the members have learned to live with music and Naked Giants as one part of their lives but not the sole focus. -
In this conversation, Soph Nathan discusses the importance of personal expression in her writing, what it’s like having close friendships with her bandmates in Our Girl, and how co-producer Fern Ford had a hand in helping Nathan realize the full potential of The Good Kind.
