WE NEVER LEARN: GUNK PUNK IN THE 1990S
Eric Davidson, front man of the Ohio-based New Bomb Turks, is equally adept at rocking, rolling and writing....
Interviews
ALEX COX: THE RETURN OF WALKER
British filmmaker Alex Cox made his name with Sid and Nancy and cult-fave Repo Man. However, his epic...
TOWNES VAN ZANDT: FOR THE SAKE OF THE SONG
Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997) was a singer-songwriter whose work was popularized by Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard...
FILMMAKER GUS VAN SANT ‘NEVER LEFT THE BEAT INFLUENCE’
As an aspiring teenage artist, Gus Van Sant had his head turned by the writing of Jack Kerouac...
MY DAD IS DEAD: IMPECCABLE POST-PUNK ANGST STRAIGHT OUTTA CLEVELAND
Cleveland native Mark Edwards threw down a startling gauntlet of bare bones words/music in 1986 called …And He’s...
ON THE WAY TO PARADISE: MY TRAVELS WITH JOHN PRINE
John Prine hit the ground running with his debut album in 1971, a seamless masterpiece of what seemed...
AL KOOPER REMEMBERS PART II
He was a participant in some of the great musical moments of the past half century, as musician,...
AL KOOPER REMEMBERS, PART I
He was a participant in some of the great musical moments of the past half century, part of...
PETER K. SIEGEL: QUIETLY CHANGING AMERICAN MUSIC
A chance encounter on Craigslist between guitarist-composer Elliott Sharp and musical archivist and producer Peter K. Siegel—one time...
PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF PKM FOR 2021, PART II
By PKM Editors These are the TOP TEN STORIES for the year on PKM, our toppermost of the...
HYMN FOR THE DUDE: INTERVIEW WITH MORGAN FISHER
Though Morgan Fisher has enjoyed an eclectic career—from soul music/Top 40 hits and rock ‘n’ roll to art-punk...
BEING NICO: DANNY FIELDS INTERVIEWS BIOGRAPHER JENNIFER OTTER BICKERDICKE
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike’s sparkling new book You Are Beautiful And You Are Alone: A Biography of Nico, fully...
CHANNELING EDIE SEDGWICK
Mazda Isphahan, a talented animation and performance artist from Kraków, Poland, has made an Instagram splash with her...
CHASING DOWN THE WANDERER: THIRTY MINUTES WITH DION
Dion DiMucci is rock ‘n’ roll’s ageless wonder. In his 80s now, he continues to amaze and inspire...