Born and raised in New York, Kosey was heavily influenced by his piano teacher in the Bronx as well as his junior high orchestra teacher. In the mid 1960’s Kosey and his first group, The Star Spangled String Band had the opportunity to go on air for a fundraiser hosted by the local station, WBAI and from there Kosey would go on to play in bands such as Bluegrass Parmigiana, The Euphoric Guitar Orchestra, The Livingstone Cowboys, The AL Brothers, Red Allen and Frank Wakefield, The Dixieliners and David Bromberg before meeting the great Tommy Kaye and forming White Cloud and recording the legendary LP at Electric Lady Studios in 1972.

Born in San Diego, CA, Castelluzo grew up skating and surfing with friends and was inspired by his mother’s talent as a violinist, his older brother’s taste in bands such as VU, The Butthole Surfers and T Rex and his father taking him to see The Stones and ZZ Top for his very first concert. Tragedy struck the Castelluzzo family when he was young, but Paul found a way to express himself and heal through his very unique approach to music. That project is called Heather and with the explosive response to his music over the years and his most recent release of “Covered In Heather” back in March, Castelluzzo is making a name for himself and creating the art he wants to see, feel and hear. In this interview we explore his process and approach to music, his thoughts and ideas of expression and influence and what he has in store for Heather as Covid backs away.

Born and raised in Point Pleasant, NJ, New York based musician Jon Catfish DeLorme began playing music as an early teen and was Influenced by his father’s love and passion for music. DeLorme would soon find himself incredibly moved by the likes of Buddy Cage (New Riders of The Purple Sage) and from that moment on he knew he wanted to play the pedal steel. After befriending the late Neil Flanz, whom he received lessons and wisdom on the instrument, DeLorme has made a name for himself as he cuts his own path in the craft. In this interview we speak about DeLorme’s childhood growing up, moving to New York as soon as he could, playing in ZZZWalk and Nude Party and his most recent project, “The Star Route.”

Keeled Scales was co-founded by two friends and musicians in Austin, Texas. They put out their first release in June 2014.

Seth Whaland already had the name in mind and drew the logo. He plays bass in the bands Très Oui and Literature and co-ran Natrix Natrix Records from 2004-2009, which was a cassette and vinyl label that also hosted legendary house shows in Austin (Woods, Deer Tick, and Real Estate, to name a few). He currently owns and runs the Austin moving company MASH Movers, which employs several Austin musicians and artists.

Tony Presley has played music as Real Live Tigers since 2004, playing over a thousand shows in the US, Canada, and the UK. He comes from a background of booking and promoting local shows, booking national tours, press outreach, tour-managing and artist management. He currently manages the label.

(From the site’s “Who We Are” page)

Ryan Pollie never set out to make a cancer record. The Los Angeles songwriter penned most of his self-titled, self-produced album, his first under his own name, before he got sick. Inspired by the warm, inviting sounds of '70s singer-songwriters like Jackson Browne, Carole King, and Graham Nash, Pollie already knew he wanted to make the most personal music of his career. He had released two albums as Los Angeles Police Department, and now he was ready to shed the protective barrier of his old band name — to make music, simply, as himself. And then he got cancer. It happened the year of his Saturn return, an astrological phenomenon where Saturn comes back to the same place in the sky as it was when you were born, one that's supposed to bring both hardship and transformation. Nearing the end of his twenties, Pollie had already been mulling over the big questions: spirituality, purpose, the fleeting nature of existence. "I just wrote a record about mortality and whether or not I believe in anything, and then I'm faced with the biggest challenge of my life," he says. The record begins and ends with choir music. In the photograph on the album’s cover, Pollie stands inside a church in Stimigliano, Italy. Though he was raised Catholic, Pollie has found himself on a much more individual spiritual journey, one that’s reflected in the album’s lyrics. On the stunning, swelling chorus of "Aim Slow," Pollie sings, "My God's insane." He doesn't sound angry; he's not fuming at the chaos of being alive, just contemplating it gently, ready to take it all in and let it pass through him. Open, searching, and vulnerable, Ryan Pollie takes full advantage of the language of 20th century California pop to bolster its queries on the perplexing nature of being human. Piano, guitar, and bass intertwine with banjo, pedal steel, and saxophone to support Pollie's sugar-sweet hooks.

Bolder and crisper than the albums he's made as Los Angeles Police Department, his self-titled record emerges from a deeply collaborative place. He invited many of his closest friends over to his home to record the album, and a feeling of warm camaraderie shines through the music. "When somebody plays on a song, their character is in it," he says. "I like to think all my friends are on this record. Their personality is in it. That was really important to me. I'm able to do what I do, mentally and emotionally, because of the people around me." As Pollie went through chemotherapy in the summer of 2018, he relied on the support of his friends to finish the album. "Mixing is where it all came together for me," he says. "Because I was sick, it was this new challenge — 'I have to finish this record. I have to get out of bed. I don't feel too well, but I'm going to go down the street to the studio and I'm going to give my notes and overdub some piano.' I finished the record while I was sick, and that was a big thing for me, being sick and being able to finish something. It made me feel strong." One song, "Only Child," addresses that period directly. Ironically, it's one of the more upbeat tracks on the record, tackling the fear and uncertainty of illness with Pollie's characteristic levity and humor.

"My hair is falling out/My parents are calling now," he sings amid a buoyant bassline and trills of flute. Other songs work through periods of loss, confusion, and ultimately triumph. The delicate, synth-driven "Raincoat" traces the end of a relationship with careful empathy. Against a briskly strummed guitar, "Leaving California" fleshes out his relationship with his parents and his childhood home in New England, while "Getting Clean" makes use of a glowing West Coast pop palette to articulate the frustration of trying to break out of a deep rut. Living through illness becomes just one chapter in a record that celebrates living in general, and all the difficulties and surprises that come with it. More than anything, Pollie's self-titled release is a testament to the power of vulnerability—to the magic that happens when you open yourself up and invite the world inside, no matter how frightening or uncertain it may be.

(From Anti- bio page)

Born in June of ‘68, Jeffrey Alexander grew up in a Baltimore Maryland church, where his father was the preacher and his mother the organist/choir director. He has produced works in a wide variety of genres over the past 30 years exploring variations and experiments in folk, jazz, rock and minimalism, including live performances in over 20 countries. He was formerly the Program Director of AS220 in Providence Rhode Island, where he curated four international music festivals, hosted artist residencies and booked hundreds of events. He has also been a carpenter, booking agent, FM disc jockey, espresso bar cafe owner, record label owner, driven an Amish farm truck, worked in record stores in three states, ran the A/V department at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and lived in a van on tour with the Grateful Dead for several years.

Born and raised in New York City, Trokan’s influence and passion for music grew from his mother’s impeccable record collection that featured the likes of The Stones, The Beatles, Sam and Dave and many more greats from the 1960’s. He quickly became infatuated with the drums at an early inspired, inspired by the great Ringo Starr and began wailing on hit kit in his family apartment. Trokan would soon go off to college where his musical horizons expanded when he saw some of the most defining groups of his generation, Fugazi, A Tribe Called Quest and Jesus and the Mary Chain. As the years went by, Trokan participated in groups such as Boy Morgan, The Jay Vons and even played with Marky Ramone. Having met Jim Eno, drummer for Spoon, some 20 years ago, it all came full circle when he was asked to become a full time member as their new bassist in the Summer of 2019 and the rest is history! In this interview we explore his youth growing up in NYC, his obsession with The Beatles, his participation in bands before joining Spoon and more recently his solo album, “Hey Lovers”, on Wick Records.

Born in Seattle, WA before settling in Venice, CA, Hale was influenced by The Beatles, more specifically McCartney in his formative years. As his music taste sharpened and horizons expanded, he found himself gravitating towards bands such as Radiohead and Wilco. Having worked with the folks over at KCRW, Hale knew he wanted to be involved with music in someway and thus his friendship with Justin Gage (Aquarium Drunkard) and Gold-Diggers emerged! It was great talking to Hale about his childhood growing up, getting into music, his career in radio and more recent all his work at the LA venue Gold-Diggers!

Dave Heumann is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer based in Baltimore, MD USA. Known for his work as the founding member of the band Arbouretum as well as many other projects, he has been active for over two decades as a bandleader and collaborator, writing, recording, and performing music in North America and Europe.

Growing up in Yorkshire, Parker was influenced early on by heavy metal music before his taste evolved into the sounds of Nick Drake, early John Martyn and Bert Jansch. Parker went on to record his own tales of melody and sprawling poetic expression. With the release of both “Silent Spring” and “Lammas Fair”, Parker has securely placed himself with the contemporary greats of his time and for a fact his ghostly peers would be proud of the path he has carved out of that precious stone of human expression.

Born in Surrey, West of London, Hollow Hand is the DIY music project of Max Kinghorn-Mills, a Brighton based multi-instrumentalist who’s influences range from Black Flag to The Who. Mills has released albums on labels such as Olgakubaka Records, Talk Show, Cosmic Ocean and his most recent LP, “Your Own Adventure” that was released on Curation Records this year. In this interview we explore Mills’ youth growing up with inspiring parents, getting into music, Hollow Hand and his fantasy based label Cosmic Ocean.

Born in New Jersey, Portland based musician Jefferey Silverstein quickly became enamored with music like most kids from their parent’s collection, but he would soon come into his own from the prominent local scene in Northern Jersey. Silverstein started out playing in bands such as Nassau and Baltimore’s Secret Mountains. After deciding to broaden his musical horizons, Silverstein decided to venture out as a solo musician making his 2019 debut, “How on Earth”, which would later become his first EP on Driftless Recordings. Now Silverstein has a brand new album entitled “Western Sky Music” that will be released by the fine folks over at Arrowhawk Records on May 12th and we couldn’t be more excited to speak with him about his youth, his influences, playing summer gigs with Fruit Bats and much more!

In the ravishing depths of Fahey’s subconscious sparked a whole new generation of musicians from around the world to continue carrying and evolving the mystic touch of the Primitive guitar. Raymond’s approach to her instrument is like a rapid river of splendid notes all crashing and contemplating each other as they carry its listener down an ancient stream and into the historical void. Growing up in Taffs Well, Raymond was influenced by the greats such as Nirvana, Dylan, The Velvet Underground and Neil Young and played in punk/post punk bands throughout her teenage years before arriving at the crossroads of the Primitive sound. With the release of her debut LP “You Never Were Much Of A Dancer” on Tompkins Square, Raymond has made a name for herself and has permanently made her unique mark on a legacy of magicians, story-tellers, mystics and cosmic counsellors.

Born and raised in Austin, TX, Scott Ballew is something from an old western. His music, his stories and film-making are all manifestations of the great wide openness of life, love, journey, exploration of self and creative beauty. Prior to the pandemic Ballew was strictly a film maker, but with life shifting and changing, he began to write songs and thank god for Ballew because he’s one of the greats in our opinion. His poetry is dusty with red dirt from travel, his poetry bitter and sweet like a persimmon, he’s a natural. It was a real pleasure speaking to Ballew about his life growing up in the Lone Star state, the impact and love for his father, his incredible film making, giving music a real shot and his most recent short film, “Leisure Rodeo.”

Tom Carter is a Texas based legend who has been creating music with his radically philosophical poetry for over 3 decades. Having participated in groups such as Badgerlore, The Mike Gunn, Mudsuckers, the great Charalambides and many many more. His work stretches the imagination with chaotic textures, serene scenes of psychedelia, patterned tones and sprawling distances into the human subconscious. In this incredibly in depth interview, we talk about Carter’s youth, how he got into music, his earliest influences such as Queen, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, forming the great Charalambides, his solo career that took off in ‘03 and much much more!

Born and raised in mid 80’s East LA, Hill was raised in a musical home, his father a music teacher, he was quickly influenced by the likes of Neil Young, Dylan, Bach, Ray Charles, James Brown and The Beatles. Hill began playing the bass initially, but eventually he would pick up guitar, piano and drums as his musical horizons began to expand. In this interview we talk about Hill’s youth and what inspired him to begin playing music, participating in groups such as PAINT and Roscoe’s Band before writing and recording his own solo material for Calico Discos. I’ve personally been listening to Hill’s music this past month non stop. His visual representation of the west is clear and poetic and I’m very much looking forward to everything he does!

Kohll and Madden both grew up in the 90’s and were influenced by the likes of Hendrix, Prince, The Stones, and The Band’s The Last Waltz. Playing in various projects before meeting each other, the duo would soon hit it off in New York, sharing a mutual fondness for the classic rock bands of the day, they then decided to ultimately invest in their friendship and immediate, artistic chemistry and form one of the coolest bands out right now, Color Green. With the release of their groundbreaking EP, the band would soon link up with the likes of Aquarium Drunkard and ORG Music to release their 2022 full length LP, putting them in direct contact with the sun to take over the system!

Born and raised in Colorado, Byerley relocated to Oxford, England with his family for a brief time before settling in Macon, GA where he was influenced by the likes of Nirvana’s “Unplugged”, and Green Day’s groundbreaking “Dookie”, skateboarding and the SST catalog during his more formative years. Prior to forming the NYC based Emergency Group, Byerley participated, and still does, in a group called Plates Of Cake before venturing into the sights and sounds of Emergency Group with members Robert Boston, Dave Mandl and Andreas Brade. They released a wonderful tape with the folks over at Island Hours Recordings entitled “Inspection Of Cruelty” and have been carving a unique trail ever since. In this interview we explore his youth and influences, his artistic trajectory leading up to Emergency Group, current projects in the works and much more!

Born and raised in Nashville, TN, Thompson became quickly enamored by artists such as Merle Haggard, Slayer and various psych outfits before dialing in his real passion for the steel guitar. Thompson’s a talented dude as he provokes the outlaw landscapes in this rather strange media frenzy world we live in, but his music is honest, hopeful and above all, present. In this interview we talk about his childhood growing up in the influential south, acquiring his first guitar from his uncle, touring and playing shows, the manifestation of his raspberry masterpiece working on a new album and much more!

Born in Wisconsin before locating to Spokane, WA where he would later meet his future bandmates of the very influential “Christian Rock” group Wilson McKinley. Prior to joining the band, Messer participated in groups such as Merchants and The City Council before joining Wilson McKinley towards the end of the summer of love in ‘67. Messer’s youth was influenced by the likes of Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee and many others. In this interview we explore the influentials bands writing and receding process, the overall vision the band hand for its music, the elements of religion coexisting with a rather drug fueled, war driven decades and much more!