Al Green approaches conversations in much the same way he does the sermons he gives as a bishop at the Full Gospel Tabernacle Baptist church in Memphis: He just opens his mouth, trusting that the words will come.
In addition to her work with the Indigo Girls, Ray has also released four solo albums and launched and run the independent and not-for-profit Daemon Records for 21 years.
It’s the sort of life that could serve as fodder for the Great American Novel. FBI surveillance, childhood fame, abject poverty and, through it all, the boundless resilience of the human spirit. All these plots and subplots have been part of Janis Ian’s story.
Behind a few of Norah Jones’ songs: “Sunrise,” “Come Away With Me,” “Don’t Miss You At All,” “The Prettiest Thing,” and “Don’t Know Why.”
“I always say I’m more of a squawker than I am a talker, but I do the best I can,” Pinetop Perkins said with a laugh. Yesterday the 97-year-old blues legend left the earth after almost eight decades of what he deemed squawking.
Soul singer, gospel singer, folk singer, rock singer—just go ahead and try to define this powerhouse of a voice that is Patty Griffin.
For David Wilcox, music is a personal compass for finding his way home. Lining it up with something deep inside, his words become image-filled poetry that dance to an internal rhythm.
At 16, Smokey Robinson crossed paths with a young lyricist named Berry Gordy Jr. Little did either man know just how fruitful that relationship would become.
Four years after Eva Cassidy’s death, a tape she had made of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” made its way into the hands of a programmer at Britain’s BBC2.
On Jan. 16, 1980, Paul McCartney and his wife Linda arrived at Tokyo International Airport for a week-long Japanese tour with Wings. But the tour ended before it began when a customs officer rummaging through their carry-on luggage lifted out a fist-sized bag of marijuana.
An archived interview with Shawn Colvin for the cover of the second edition of Performing Songwriter, 1993.
In the followng 2006 interview with Performing Songwriter, Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen discusses a multitude of factors that have shaped his work thus far.
