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Tori Amos begins to hear the lightnew
 
    
    On the cover of her new 14th set, Unrepentant Geraldines, adventurous singer-songwriter-keyboardist Tori Amos is standing before a wall-size mural, a paintbrush clutched in her right hand, as if she's just put the finishing strokes on her latest primary-colored masterpiece. But don't read it too literally, she cautions...
  
    Colorado Springs Independent  |  
    Tom Lanham  |  
    07-16-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Power of Threenew
 
    
    A history of music, activism and friendship with Joan Baez and the Indigo Girls.
  
    Eugene Weekly  |  
    Alexandra Notman  |  
    06-25-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Indigo Girls, Joan Baez
  Up and Coming: 5 Houston-Area Musical Artists You Should Know Aboutnew
The Houston area probably has as many aspiring bands and musicians as it does different ZIP codes, if not more. Here are five acts to keep an ear open for.
  
    Houston Press  |  
    Houston Press Music Staff  |  
    05-15-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  The Legend of Root Boy Slimnew
 
    
    The crazy life and untimely death of a larger-than-life blues enigma.
  
    Orlando Weekly  |  
    James Greene Jr.  |  
    05-08-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Root Boy Sliim
  Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes embraces weirdnessnew
 
    
    Barnes discusses his constant creative challenge to channel Of Montreal’s future masterpiece
  
    Orlando Weekly  |  
    Nick McGregor  |  
    05-08-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Bane's Final Backwards Glancenew
 
    
    Worcester's Bane has been one of hardcore's stalwarts, and through sheer hard work, honesty and musicianship they have toured the world and undoubtedly become one of the most beloved bands within the community. Now, nearly 20 years since their inception, Bane will be writing a final chapter to their story and, true to fashion, they are doing it their own way.
  
    Worcester Magazine  |  
    Josh Lyford  |  
    05-08-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Bane
  Celebrating the Silencesnew
Thirty years after his breakthrough album, Steve Roach is still in the Sonoran Desert creating "resonant sonic spaces"
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Jason P. Woodbury  |  
    04-14-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Deafheaven: Vulnerable and Violentnew
 
    
    Whether they're playing black metal, shoegaze or some collision of the two, Deafheaven are among the most acclaimed acts in music right now
  
    Tucson Weekly  |  
    Gene Armstrong  |  
    03-27-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Where so many J Dilla tributes get it wrong, Charleston's Dillamental gets it rightnew
 
    
    Over the course of James Dewitt Yancey's short life, the producer, better known as J Dilla, worked with some of hip-hop's finest, from A Tribe Called Quest to De La Soul, MF Doom, Common, and the Pharcyde.
  
    Charleston City Paper  |  
    Patrick Wall  |  
    02-05-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Earth's Fastest Violinistnew
 
    
    Juilliard-trained David Garrett won’t talk about departing the Royal College of Music in London after one semester, but he can play 13 notes in one second.
  
    San Diego Reader  |  
    Andrew Hamlin  |  
    01-15-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  On the Road, Molinanew
 
    
    “I met him in Bloomington, right around 1997, when his first record came out,” Jason Evans Groth says. “I worked at the student radio station [at Indiana University] and I remember playing that record a lot. It seemed like otherworldly music to me. … So, when I found out it was him—I think a lot of people’s reaction when they saw Jason the first time was, ‘Jesus, it’s that guy?’ And the second thing is, he talks a lot.”
  
    Chicago Newcity  |  
    Dave Cantor  |  
    01-09-2014  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Former Jewel co-writer Steve Poltz was meant for younew
 
    
    Audiofile
  
    Colorado Springs Independent  |  
    Chris Parker  |  
    12-27-2013  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    
  Alone, together: Dosh expands his experiment in a vaccumnew
 
    
    Like the majority of “Milk Money,” its longest track stubbornly develops a recognizable theme and rhythm. Listeners need patience to get there. The album’s cover might be a bit more concretely rooted in the world we all inhabit, but musically? It’s greatly transcendental moments of manipulated keys and surprising, dropped in edits.
  
    Chicago Newcity  |  
    Dave Cantor  |  
    12-02-2013  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  Buddy Guy is still the real dealnew
 
    
    Audiofile
  
    Colorado Springs Independent  |  
    Alan Sculley  |  
    11-07-2013  | 
    Profiles & Interviews
  
  
  
    Tags: Buddy Guy
  Bluegrass great Peter Rowan scales new heights thanks to a Tibetan mantra singernew
 
    
    When Peter Rowan was a guitarist and singer with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, the legendary mandolinist gave his young protégé some invaluable advice. "He knew I wanted to play other stuff, and he told me, 'Pete, if you can play my kind of music, you can play any kind of music," Rowan says.
  
    Charleston City Paper  |  
    Stratton Lawrence  |  
    11-07-2013  | 
    Profiles & Interviews