Author Archive
Flicks
"We were forging our own aesthetic and our own approach to stop motion and figuring out . . . how to achieve this emotional authenticity that we were going for," explains 'Anomalisa' co-directors Duke Johnson.
Q&A
"For me, I enjoy writing songs that deal with love and life and death," says City and Colour singer-songwriter Dallas Green. "Life and death are the two certainties we have in this world. Hopefully, there’s some love in between...
Books
"I’ve written a lot of short stories over the years," says Korby Lenker. The singer-songwriter/author recently put some out in a book called MEDIUM HERO. "I never pursued it because I had my hands full with music."
Q&A
"I think it’s a lucky time for us in music," says singer-songwriter Brandy Clark. "Women can tackle issues that men couldn’t."
Q&A
"You’re not the same person when you’ve been doing something for 20 years," says acclaimed veteran singer-songwriter Catie Curtis. The "folk rock goddess" hits the road again in January.
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"We spent more time on the songwriting process than we ever have with any of our albums in the past," guitarist Tim Sult says about the band's latest album, PSYCHIC WARFARE.
Art
Jay Blakesberg says most of the photos in HIPPIE CHICK capture women in the throws of musical ecstasy. "I wasn’t looking for pictures of beautiful women holding up their phones taking a picture," says the rock photographer.
Q&A
"We don’t set out to do anything," says Wolf Alice singer Ellie Rowsell. The UK alt-rockers released their MY LOVE IS COOL album to much acclaim earlier this summer. "We don’t think about songs too much."
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"It takes a while to figure out how to say something that hasn’t already been said and to write in your own voice or your own perspective," says singer-songwriter Gill Landry, whose self-titled album is out now.
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"I’m not a gospel singer but I do want to do good things with what I do," says country singer Randy Houser.