Interviews and Features

Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.

COVER STORY: Samara Joy, Making Jazz Cool Again for a New Generation

To the casual listener, the cool and loungey sound of a jazz ensemble is likely to conjure up images of elegantly smokey and dimly-lit nightclubs buzzing with the chatter of debonair patrons sipping on expensive cocktails and exuding a perfectly cultivated air of...

Golden Bloom

Embracing Collaboration to Accelerate the Creative Process In today's music industry, money is tight and musicians are feeling the pressure to do more with less. For songwriters with talent on many...

Jarrod Dickenson

On Graduating From Laptop-Recorded House Parties to Overseas Touring Jarrod Dickenson did not plan on becoming a musician.  Growing up in Waco, Texas, he spent his youth playing baseball and later...

Aimee Bobruk

Stripping Emotion From the Creative Process & Leading Spontaneous Studio Sessions http://youtu.be/EYjuc85ZdJ4 Aimee Bobruk, the artist behind the sultry, folk-rock album /ba.’brook/ is not your...