DAVID AMRAM: ON KEROUAC, GINSBERG, MINGUS, SPIRIT AND FAMILY
Composer David Amram, now 90, has worked with some of the jazz greats, including Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins,...
Interviews
ERIC ANDERSEN: BEAT SENSIBILITY IN A FOLKSINGER CROWD
Eric Andersen came to music through Rimbaud, Baudelaire, the Beats, and his own inveterate wanderlust. After a teen...
RICKIE LEE JONES: THE DUCHESS OF COOLSVILLE IS BACK
Rickie Lee Jones is back in the spotlight with a compelling memoir, Last Chance Texaco, and a 40th...
WAYNE KRAMER TALKS DRUGS, PRISON, MUSIC, SURVIVAL
Wayne Kramer of the MC5 was sent to ‘The Narcotic Farm’ in 1975, the same federal facility—part hospital/part...
G. GORDON LIDDY: REST IN PEACE (NOT)
G. Gordon Liddy was one of the memorable characters to emerge from the Watergate scandals. A former FBI...
REVEREND GARY DAVIS: I AM THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD
Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972), guitar virtuoso and folk-blues giant, moved from Durham, N.C. to New York City, where...
AUTOMNE ZINGG: THE MANY STRINGS OF HER ART
Automne Zingg is an artistic force. The New York City-based visual artist creates funny, surreal, psychedelic portraits and...
HUBERT SUMLIN: HOWLIN’ WOLF’S SECRET WEAPON
As Howlin’ Wolf’s longtime guitarist, Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011) kept to the shadows, but his sweet, subtle, sophisticated leads...
NICK REYNOLDS: ALABAMA 3, THE SOPRANOS, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY, SEX PISTOLS AND DEATH MASKS
The resume of Nick Reynolds has many fascinating facets—son of the mastermind of The Great Train Robbery, abstract...
NANCY BARILE: HARDCORE WAS NOT A BOYS’ CLUB
Nancy Barile was, along with countless other women in the city in the early 1980s, an integral part...
KID CONGO POWERS: DREAMING ABOUT LUX & POISON IVY, JEFFREY LEE PIERCE AND SEAN DELEAR
The genial former member of the Gun Club, the Cramps, Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds and a collaborator with...
THE DICTATORS BACK TOGETHER! ANDY SHERNOFF TELLS ALL
With their irreverent mix of ‘teengenerate’ sarcasm, three-chord garage rock, surf music and party-hearty stage antics, The Dictators...
IT DON’T BOTHER ME: THE LEGACY OF BERT JANSCH
From his earliest days in the folk clubs of Edinburgh—where he learned from greats like Davey Graham, Martin...
CARTOONIST PETER BAGGE: BEYOND PUNK, GRUNGE AND HATE
Music defined the punk and grunge eras, but comics played an essential role, too. Cartoonist Peter Bagge, an...