Browsing: Interview

Kingfish has found a way to inject his original music with the sense of thrill that his mentors historically infused into their sound

Along with his partners Ken Irwin and Marian Leighton, Bill Nowlin built the world’s most prolific and unique indie record label

“Not everything in art and music is linear; the songs aren’t about 2020, but they also are. That intensity is like a flame accelerant on the emotionality of the music.” – Ken Stringfellow

“American music is a patchwork of cultural legacies of histories. The music reflected it. I realized that I need to thematically unify all this gorgeous music that is American music.”

Baton Rouge was in fact a “whole nother world” for Patti Parks. Kenny Neal’s job was to make her feel at home. Recorded in Neal’s studio, ‘Whole Nother World’ is available now!

“I wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, which is somewhat of a chapter in my life story.”

“I think one of the best things I’ve learned as an artist is you never want to be put in a box. You always want to have the freedom to test new ground and discover new things.”

“Radio is theatre of the mind. As an on-air person, you have to create the pictures that people are going to see in their mind as they are listening on the radio… The blues is as important as any artform.”

The concept of Jefferson Berry & the UAC’s new album, out now, looks forward to a new day

“We’d been thinking about the concept of the video since the early days of recording the tune. All along, I think we both felt if we did a video, it needed to carry the same weight that the song did.”