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"All you can hope for is that the songs will resonate with people and feel good to you," says singer-songwriter Ron Pope about his self-titled debut with the Nighthawks. "If people don’t like them, I’m going to have to learn to...
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"I thought it would be cool to make a record where you unapologetically give over to the genres," says singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg about his expansive new four-part album, SOUTH, WEST, NORTH, EAST.
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"Definitely not," says busy singer Aretha Franklin when asked if she'll ever retire from performing. "I will be singing all the way."
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"I wanted to put some groove in it," says singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter about his approach to 'Imaginary Man.' "I wanted to put some California in it and draw from my more recent influences."
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"We went into the studio thinking that we would try a bunch of stuff and be open," says Freakwater's Catherine Irwin about the band's first album in ten years.
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"The optimistic songs were the ones we went with for the record," says Mutemath drummer Darren King about the band's fourth studio album.
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"We’re obsessed with music," says Trews singer Colin MacDonald. "We’re really passionate. That’s what keeps us going."
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"It was more personal," says singer-guitarist Samantha Fish about her most recent album, WILD HEART. "Any time you do something that’s more personal and it’s received well, that’s a success."
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"We’re always interested in taking a song and treating it as something that’s flexible and malleable," says Yo La Tengo singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan.
Flicks
"Weirdly, the more you’re in a relationship, the harder it can be to talk about certain things because you have more to risk," says writer-director Andrew Haigh, talking about the secrets people keep from one another, a theme a...