On Alejandro Escavedo

This is a piece I wrote as a guest blogger for PRX Radio Show ‘In Search of a Song’ with Jason Wilbur.  In full transparency, the only words i’ve ever knowingly heard come from Alejandro are on the Whiskeytown record Strangers Almanac. I tell you this not to peg myself as some kind of a … Continue reading

On Willy Vlautin

This is a piece I wrote as a guest blogger for PRX Radio Show ‘In Search of a Song’ with Jason Wilbur.  This spotlight on Willy Vlautin made me realize how different someones perspective on genre tags can really be. We all use them, and we often can base a decision on whether or not to … Continue reading

On David Goldflies pt.3

Many of the compositions take on an almost Pink Floyd esque ambience, and shine a bit of light onto the absolute mastery a lifelong musician is able to achieve over their chosen instrument. By this period in Goldflies career, his playing has taken on an almost third-arm like quality; you can hear his career in … Continue reading

On David Goldflies pt.2

This round of the conversation I found particularly interesting for a variety of reasons; for one, Goldflies really gets in depth about his time in the Allman Brothers circle, which included Dickey Betts band, Great Southern, as well as his 5 or so years touring with the Allman Brothers band. Not only did this portion … Continue reading