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"It’s not the style of music that has a shelf life," says Squirrel Nut Zippers' Jimbo Mathus.
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"We draw from a darker place when we write the music and lyrics," says Phantogram singer-guitarist Josh Carter.
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"With astroPuppees, I was living in L.A. and it was electric and loud," says singer-songwriter Kelley Ryan. "Now, it’s scaled down and deeper and quieter—not loud like the traffic."
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Best known as Prince’s backing back, the Revolution formed in 1979 when Prince joined up with drummer Bobby Z. and keyboardist Matt Fink. After a few lineup changes, the final line-up included Lisa Coleman on keyboards/piano, W...
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"When you’re humble and hungry you want to practice and make yourself better and find out what your connection with people is and what they like about you and what you want to play," says Joe Nichols, talking about how he neede...
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"At this time, the main job for an artist is to remind people what it is to be human, and that we need to look out for each other and love each other unconditionally," says Frank Iero.
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"Everything is on me and if anything goes wrong, I have to look to myself," says Joe Lewis about his touring behind his newest album BACKLASH.
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"I want to try to do everything myself in a solo project," says singer-guitarist Adrian Belew. "It’s a personal picture of what goes on in my musical head."
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Each stop "has a special meaning because I have a specific memory of the city at that time," says singer Patti Smith about her upcoming midwestern dates celebrating the HORSES album.
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"Pretty much all of our songs are a love song wrapped around a drinking song," says Cadillac Three lap-steel player Kelby Ray. "That’s country music, right?"