-
Pianist
Johnny Maddox is a
living museum of piano history. With over 45 albums and
record sales of over 11 million, including 9 gold singles,
it's no wonder Johnny
Maddox is considered the King of
Ragtime music. Here he talks about his lifetime in music
and current activities, including recordings available on
Crazy Otto Music.
(2nd
Interview) - In this May 15, '05 interview the
King of Ragtime Johnny
Maddox describes life in retirement and recalls
different points of magnificent career that included
playing for Patton's troops and releasing the first-ever
million-seller piano record.
-
Mad Marge & The Stonecutters
-
In this March 5, 2006 interview we ask Mad
Marge (a.k.a. Alicia) about the Stonecutters' upcoming
European appearance with in Germany at the 19th Satanic
Stomp with legends of the psychobilly scene. We also
hear of the inspiration of The Simpsons and how it can
be a good thing to have a drummer that knows people.
There are not too many women fronting groups in
psychobilly, so that alone makes this interview special.
-
Ronnie Magri - NYC Blue Devils -
Ronnie Magri has worked with
Little Richard and others that we talk about in this 10
June 2007 interview. The resume material and how
Hurricane Katrina impacted him brings us up to date with
his current role as drummer in NYC Blues Devils.
-
Majestic
Twelve & Kenyata Sullivan's
Searching for the Elvis Knob is premier indie pop with a
variety of facets that feels not need for an edgy attitude
or cutting-edge experimentation. In this interview Kenyata
Sullivan (Wilmington, NC) discusses the album, which is
gathered a ton of acclaim, as well as the long-lived WE
Festival
-
Pierre-Yves Martel -
I have been a big fan of experimental jazz and
electro-acoustic music coming out of the Montreal area
for years and I was excited to do this 22 April 2007
interview with Pierre-Yves Martel who is active in that
scene. We discuss his use of prepared bass and more in
this engaging chat.
Pierre-Yves Martel feature >>>
-
Mask
- Sonja Kristina, formerly
of Curved Air,
gives an overview of her career in this
22 October 2006 interview. We hear about the years
in Curved Air, the more recent project
Mask and the
distinctive vocalists thought about her self-titled solo
album only now re-issued to CD.
-
Mike
Mariconda -
In 2001 Mike Mariconda (Raunch Hands, Devil
Dogs) decided after an 8-year absence from playing music
that enough was enough. He joined with Sean “Sonny”
Morales (Titz), Pat Pestorius (Stingers), Jeff Linton
(Damn Times), and Matt Smith (White Heat) to be
The
Stepbrothers. The
Stepbrothers full-length "Baby It's Over", recorded at
Sweatbox Studios, and produced by Mike Mariconda, is
another excellent rock and roll album from Licorice Tree
Records. In this interview, Mike discusses the switching
from being producer to being a production and that
absolute lack of any connection between his previous group
Raunch Hands and the '60s Epic comedy bluegrass ensemble
of the same name.
-
Scott
Marshall's
recording "My Life in the Gush of Boasts". During the
interview, Scott reveals the meaning of that play on words
as it relates to two art worlds Scott stands in: music and
painting. Scott turns a cynical eye to both as well as to
politics and the rich.
-
Masters of
Confusion
- In this 13 December 2005 interview
Irmin Schmidt discusses
Can as modern art,
Masters of
Confusion, the
upcoming DVD release and what he feels his greatest
artistic accomplishment has been, up to this point.
-
Les McCann
- 70's Jazz and
synthesizer pioneer
-
Katharine McElroy -
This spring 2005 interview is with Katharine McElroy. We
trace how her piano pop Snow Machine
project sprung from her previous work in Three Finger
Cowboy and Nineteen Forty-Five as well as automobile
cassette airings of Carpenters, Anne Murray, and Elton
John tunes.
-
Emma
McGlynn's album
"Kamikaze Birdie" (Impatio Sound) is the focus. The album
starts with a potent rocker ("Whole Heap") that Emma aptly
calls "punky". The rest recalls early Ani DiFranco, who
Emma admits to being a big influence. The album is
especially rich in structure, though the arrangements
range from solo to trio.
-
Angela,
McCluskey, Wild Colonials -
vocalist Angela McCluskey and
guitarist Shark
-
Man's Ruin Records, Frank
Kozik, poster artist and the man behind Man's Ruin
records
-
The Me Decade
/ Larry O. Dean has some of the same wry, heartland, closed mouth
delivery that Stan Ridgway captivated a cult audience with
in Wall of
Voodoo. His CD with The Me Decade
"Gentrification is Theft" is very well done with correct
presence from the vocalist (Dean) and tasteful addition of
strings. The guitars are very distorted and with the plain
vocal delivery the comparison can be made to
Velvet Underground ("Not Enough Hours in the Day"). In
this interview, Dean talks about the full-band project The
Me Decade as well as his solo activity on his October 2002
Couch Trip Tour and monthly round-robin singer-songwriter
events.
-
Dan
Melchior,
this 'Englishman in
New York' brings a unique perspective to garage rock and a
sophisticated style in lyrics.In this interview Dan
discusses his English perspective, songwriting, vinyl
releases and English comedian Morecambe.
-
Jeff
Mellin - helps run
Stereoriffic Records along with being on the roster
himself. In this chat, he discusses the recent releases
from Miss Mary (Hey, Blue!) and Orange Nichole (s/t). Jeff
discusses running a label born in Boston and now spread
over the East Coast with a new LP project in England.
-
Sharon Middendorf, Motorbaby
- Sharon Middendorf is a model-turned singer leader
of these indie rockers.
-
Paul
Minotto - This
interview is with Paul
Minotto of The
primeTime sublime Community Orchestra (ptsCO). The
interview is one the new release, A Life in A Day of A
Microorganism (Corporate Blob). Minotto employs skilled
musicians and unexpected arrangements for a cross-genre
post-Classical sound that is as intricate as it is an
inside joke. Listen to Minotto explains the whys and
wherefores of this avant-garde alternative.
-
Mira -
Projekt Recording
artist
-
Dary-John Mizzelle
- Furious Artist has begun a retrospective of Dary-John
Mizelle's work. In this interview the serious composer of
modern music discusses the primarily percussion pieces
collected on Soundscape: Collected Works, Vol. 1.
-
Mocean Worker, Adam Dorn - Mocean Worker, a.k.a. Adam Dorn
-
Mod-Est Lads -
In this 12 February 2007 interview, we
hear
Angus P.
Jackson intone on this history of The Mod-Est Lads and
the emotional ramblings of Sketchy Davis in this
overview of the potpourri of discoveries on the
compilation "Let’s Get Clecky!", a compilation of hot
tunes by the Clecky Family of Reputable Recording
Artists, featuring three newly discovered tracks by The
Mod-est Lads.
-
Mod-Est Lads -
In this 2003 interview with
Angus P.
Jackson, noted authority on
The Modest Lads, release of the Bladderpool group's
newly discovered 5-song CD "Trouser Load of Love". Join
Angus in exploring the mystery of this ultra-obscure '60s
quartet and their naughty ditties
-
Mod-Est Lads - Angus P. Jackson discusses the mysterious
Mod-Est Lads and their buoyant single "They Stand Up When
She Lays Down". Jackson offers this garage pop single as a
gem found in a box of tapes and originally recorded in the
'60s in Bladderpool, England.
-
Angelo Moore - Fishbone - Angelo Moore from Fishbone graces
Outsight Radio Hours with an exciting, roaming, cell
phone interview that goes from the restaurant to the
street on 3 June 2007. Angelo tells us of the first time
he met a Theremin, how he cases a crowd, and then he has
a wardrobe malfunction!
-
Morning 40
Federation -
After a few years of playing together and releasing local
albums, Josh Cohen
discusses the new prospects for the decadent
blues-jazz-rock ensemble Morning 40 Federation with its
new, self-titled nationally distributed release on M80
Music. Josh ties together such disparate elements as the
mythological Muses and the rugged Crescent City bar scene
in explaining the impetus and direction of Morning 40
Federation.
-
Mortiis -
Nordic demon elf
performer
-
Stephen Moses - Alice Donut
Drummer Stephen Moses fills in on what has been happening
with Alice Donut
since disbanding after its 1000th gig in 1995.
Also, the Alice Donut future is expounded upon with its
ambitious return to recording. Touring will not be as
accentuated as it was, but Three Sisters (Howler) is meant
to be the first chapter in a three CD series that should
offer some coherent vision of the new Alice Donut.
-
Tim Moss discusses the dichotomy of this
amorphous group Porn: One side of alternating experimental
rock albums and the other rock albums that fuel the live
show.
-
Dennis Most
-
Having formed a band called Punk in 1972 to play trippy
bluesgarage-rock, Dennis was right there for the
proto-punk explosion of diversity that led to so many of
the genres that are common today. We discuss Dennis’s
other music projects, like AudioLove, and Dennis Most
And The Instigators. Being bootlegged on a Killed By
Death compilation led to a resurgence and Dennis is
still performing live and this proves he also gives a
lively interview.
The Dennis Most Feature >>>
-
Motorbaby
- Sharon
Middendorf is a model-turned singer leader of thes indie
rockers.
-
Margaret
Garrett (Guitar,
Vocals) is one half of the duo blues-punk duo
Mr.
Airplane Man. Here she talks on the phone amicably
about how Howlin' Wolf is such an influence on the group,
the Boston scene and their latest album Moanin' recorded
with Jim Diamond at Ghetto Recorders in Detroit and mixed
by Greg Cartwright (Oblivians). Unfortunately, one-half of
the interview is lost due to technical difficulties, but
this is still a candid introduction to one rooted rocker
chick.
-
Mudville -
Marilyn Carino - In
this interview, Marilyn Carino
speaks of Mudville's
new CD "The Glory of Man is Not in Vogue" and keeps her
pre-interview promise to "talk about all kinds of things
and make it sparky!"
-
Jay Munly - "Munly
& The Lee Lewis Harlots" is Munly's fifth album and
released in late October and as a co-release between
Smooch & Alternative Tentacles. Munly is also the front
sideman of Slim Cessna's Auto Club and has written songs
for the Auto Club's past two albums. Munly steps out of
the well-known Slim Cessna's Auto Club southern Gothic
aura to reveal an artistry even darker, yet a mind that
is intelligent, sophisticated and varied in this
enlightening and engaging interview.
-
Scott
Munn: blackcowboy's
2, a gem of a CD, starts with the crackling land of a
stylus on vinyl and then proceeds to fulfill a record
collector's dream of vintage sound bytes and brisk
breakbeats. Behind the sample collages is the twisted
turntablism of Scott Munn. Explaining the genesis of this
project as a series of Athens, GA afterhours jams and the
current direction as a "real" band is Munn in this
interview.
-
Mutant
Press -
Jerome T. Youngman
has a compilation of Fugs
covers out. In this conversation, Jerome discusses how
well the songs covered on Mutant Press' "Blood For Oil" CD
resonate today in Bush's post-9/11 world. Other topics
include Mutant Press' other new CD and Jerome's "Bring it
to Jerome" public access cable show.
