One Fast Move or I’m Gone: An Interview with Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard – HuffPost 10.21.09

Although Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard create music from two different perspectives–one uses roots-Americana as his template, and the other employs emo pop-jangle–their blend on the documentary soundtrack One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur creates a sly folk variant that syncs perfectly with Jack Kerouac’s classic. To lines […]

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Still Awesome After All These Years: An Interview With Producer Phil Ramone – HuffPost 10.16.09

If you’ve ever read his Friday Huffington Post column Dog Ears Music, you’re aware that Phil Ramone is fond of some pretty great records. Every week, he and Danielle Evin suggest albums and tracks from various decades that deserve attention as they happily update music lovers on artists’ gems and buried treasures. His weekly advisories immediately […]

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An Interview with Author David Comfort on The Rock & Roll Book of the Dead – 10.2.09

Mike Ragogna: Since your new book discusses the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, and Jerry Garcia, of course, there’s going to be a lot of controversy surrounding it since everyone wants to see their heroes in a good light. With all the information that’s already out […]

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