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Victor Wainwright: The Pinetop Legacy and the Air Traffic Controller Who Chose the Blues
Revisiting this conversation from early 2019 offers a fascinating snapshot of a modern bluesman at a critical inflection point. Victor Wainwright was riding high, fresh off a Grammy nomination for his explosive, self-titled album with his band The Train. It was a moment of…
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The Unvarnished Truth: David Ellefson on Megadeth's Peace Sells and the Road Back
Listening back to these archival tapes from 2012, there’s a raw honesty in David Ellefson’s voice. It was the twenty-fifth anniversary of Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying?, an album that wasn’t just a record but a declaration of war on the Sunset Strip glam scene and a definitive…
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Matt Webb: Solo Flights and the Unyielding Marianas Trench Machine (2018 Retrospective)
Looking at the raw transcripts from this August 2018 conversation with Matt Webb is to look at a band in a fascinating state of flux. Marianas Trench was deep in the trenches, so to speak, between the 80s-soaked nostalgia of Astoria and the gothic theatricality that would become…
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Bobby Smith's Final Reflections: A Spinners Legend's Enduring Wisdom
Looking back at these archival tapes from Aug. 7, 2012, is a strange and moving exercise. Hearing the relaxed, reflective voice of Bobby Smith, the iconic lead tenor of The Spinners, just a year before his passing in 2013, feels like unearthing a time capsule. This wasn't just…
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Matthew Good's Unfiltered Truth: Moving Walls, Bipolarity, and the Cost of Authenticity
Looking at the raw transcripts from this conversation on Feb. 13, 2020, is an exercise in dramatic irony. Matthew Good was on the line to discuss Moving Walls, an album whose title would prove eerily prescient for a world just weeks away from a global lockdown. At the time it…
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Donny Osmond's Unsinkable Career: A Masterclass in Reinvention
Listening back to this raw 2011 archival tape with Donny Osmond feels like cracking open a time capsule. Here he is, deep into the surprise success of his Las Vegas residency with Marie, yet still hungry, still strategizing his next move. The voice on the line from Utah is…
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Headstones Unearth the Raw Legacy of 'Picture of Health' 25 Years On
Revisiting the raw transcripts from our 2018 conversation with Tim White and Trent Carr of the Headstones feels like cracking open a time capsule from a very specific moment. The band was on the cusp of a 25th anniversary tour for their landmark album Picture of Health, a record…
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Pushking's Global Ambition: A Look Back at 'The World as We Love It'
Listening back to these raw archival tapes from Feb. 28, 2011, you can hear the hum of a transatlantic call and the faint, crackling ambition of a band trying to breach the Iron Curtain of rock and roll. On the line from Moscow, just past midnight his time, is Oleg Savilev,…
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Michelle Wright: Grace, Resilience, and the Enduring Wisdom of the Road
Looking at the raw transcripts from this late 2019 conversation with Michelle Wright is to see an artist in a state of grace. It was a moment of reflection just before the world went sideways—a period defined by a comfortable command of her legacy and a clear-eyed view of her…
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Jake Gold: The Road Warrior Who Built The Tragically Hip's Legacy
Looking back at these archival tapes from late 2010, the hiss and hum feel like a time machine. On the line is Jake Gold, a name etched into the very bedrock of the Canadian music industry. He was, and is, an institution. The man who saw the fire in The Tragically Hip, the…
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Ed the Sock & Liana K: The 2019 'War on Stupid' and Its Enduring Relevance
Looking at the raw transcripts from this Jan. 25 2019 exchange is like unearthing a time capsule from the apex of internet outrage culture. It was a moment when the digital town square had devolved into a series of walled gardens each with its own manicured reality. Into this…
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Michael Lardie on Great White's Rising: Reclaiming the Blues-Rock Soul
Listening back to these raw archival tapes from a 2009 interview with Great White’s Michael Lardie is a study in survival. It’s a snapshot of a band not just on the comeback trail but actively wrestling with its own identity. They had just dropped Rising, their second studio…
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Walk Off the Earth: Mastering Modern Music, Family, and a Future-Proof Legacy
Looking at the raw transcripts from this April 2022 conversation with Walk Off the Earth’s Sarah Blackwood and Gianni Luminati is to see a band not just surviving but masterfully navigating the crosscurrents of a new media landscape. The world was tentatively reopening and the…
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Bob Kulick: The Invisible Hand of Rock
Listening back to these archival tapes from our 2009 interview with Bob Kulick is a stark reminder that rock and roll history isn’t just written by the frontmen. It’s built by guys like Bob. The ultimate session ace, producer and consigliere, Kulick was the Zelig of hard rock, a…
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Beyond the Punchline: Jeff Foxworthy on Legacy, Laughter, and a Changing World
Looking at the raw transcripts from this late 2019 conversation with Jeff Foxworthy is like unearthing a time capsule. It’s from a moment just before the world shut down—a moment when the cultural anxieties he was navigating felt like a low simmer rather than a boiling rage.…
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Tommy Roe: The King of Bubblegum on The Beatles, Royalties and Retirement
Looking back at these archival tapes from Apr. 13, 2011, there’s a raw, unvarnished quality you just don't get anymore. The interview starts with a missed connection, an answering machine message. It’s a relic. Then the phone rings, and it’s Tommy Roe himself, casual and…
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Sass Jordan Revisits 'Live in New York '94': A Raw Look at a Defining Era and a Tribute to Taylor Hawkins
Revisiting this 2023 conversation with Sass Jordan about her archival release Live in New York '94 feels less like a typical press junket and more like cracking open a time capsule. This isn't just another live album pulled from a dusty box. It’s an emotional and sonic document…
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Louie Anderson's Poignant Legacy: Empathy, Baskets, and the Art of Staying Present
Looking at the raw transcripts from this early 2018 exchange with Louie Anderson is an exercise in perspective. At the time, he was riding an incredible wave, a late-career resurgence powered by his breathtaking performance as Christine Baskets. He was vibrant, thoughtful and at…
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David Ellefson's 2011 Retrospective: Megadeth's Resurgence, The Big Four, and the Beams Project
Looking back at these archival tapes from Jan. 10, 2011, is a fascinating exercise. The digital hiss captures a very specific moment in time for Megadeth and for metal itself. David Ellefson had been back in the fold for less than a year, the triumphant Rust in Peace 20th…
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Katie Bell: Recalibrating Authenticity After Idol and the Pandemic
Revisiting this conversation with Katie Bell from March 2022 is a stark reminder of the bizarre crossroads artists faced in the immediate post-pandemic haze. Here was a singer navigating the aftershocks of two distinct cultural phenomena: the monolithic reality TV machine of…