Interviews

Randy Newman is a true American treasure, one of the most gifted, inimitable and significant songwriters of modern times...

Lifelong songwriter Nick Pagliari is getting a second chance at his teenage dream of pursuing music and writing ageless songs like his idol, Tom Petty, did.   After a several year exit from recording music...

Zach Lupetin did not always speak so directly on politics. In a 2018 interview, he side-stepped when asked how the current political landscape inspired his writing. “I’m a fan of political protest through allegory and poetry, rather...

Getting deeper and more resonant and more crafted.

On Tuesday evening we sat down with hit-maker Brett James before he performed for the 2nd Annual ASCAP Experience ‘In The Round at the Bluebird Café’.   James has a laundry list of No. 1 tracks, including “Blessed”...

“For me, I think the hardest part was transposing parts from guitar to synth.”

It had been a while since Jewel released new music. Four years to be exact. But the famed singer-songwriter recently broke that streak when she dropped a moving ballad titled, “No More Tears.”  The...

Written by Mondo Cozmo (Josh Ostrander) & Dan Wilson Music Video starring Anna Farris “Come On” was inspired by the wildfires ripping through Malibu. What was the exact moment which inspired...

Grace Potter is back, and you can blame it on Gwen Stefani.Potter was done, had her fun. She toured the world with the Nocturnals, rocking hard and doing, well, whatever she wanted. She also felt shipwrecked by...

We recently had the chance to sit down with Anders Mouridsen, guitarist for Grammy-nominated country singer, Cam, and a favorite guitar instructor at Guitartricks.com. We discussed the process and story behind their amazing cover of Sam Smith’s...