Local folk-star and 15-year Parasol Records worker Angie Heaton won my heart. After only fifteen minutes on the phone with [...]
Festival Coverage
Folk and Roots: Interview with Blind Boy Paxton
Jerron Paxton known by his stage name Blind Boy Paxton is a solo blues and jazz musician who’s bringing back [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Pokey Lafarge
Pokey LaFarge told a St. Louis magazine he got the name “Pokey” as a kid for being a slow-moving, take-his-time [...]
CU Folk and Roots: Evil Tents
John Isberg seems to get inspiration from sources that can be easily overlooked by most people. He was motivated to [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Lee Murdock
Lee Murdock began his performing career over 35 years ago, and is still going strong to this day, performing at [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Dan Hubbard
Dan Hubbard is a folk-rock singer-songwriter from Bloomington, Ill. He has slowly created a devout local following throughout the Midwest [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Hot Iron String Band
Made of up local members of the folk/bluegrass scene, Hot Iron String Band puts their own spin on traditional bluegrass [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Morgan Orion
When I called Morgan Orion to conduct this interview, he was doing exactly what one would expect a singer-songwriter/poet to [...]
Folk and Roots: Interview with Deep Fried Pickle Project
In America almost everything is deep-fried. And let’s be honest, it only increases the deliciousness. The Deep-Fried Pickle Project is [...]
Interview with Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky has been an international phenomenon for a few years now, especially for a modern post-rock, instrumental [...]
Interview with Bachelorette
If you pick up the Pygmalion Music Festival guide when you get your tickets and you check the “Critics’ Picks” [...]
Interview with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is returning to Pygmalion this fall and they’re as excited as their fans. The [...]
