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Four years later he settled with his family in the States, where he grew up listening to blues and … Read More Wizardly Warrior Wizardly Warrior A Q&A with Shawn Phillips By Geoff Gehman Somewhere in amazon.comdom is someone who ranks Shawn Phillips’ 1970 LP “Second Contribution” among the all-time top pop albums, way up there with Cat Stevens’ “Tea for the Tillerman.” Somewhere in Canada is someone who whistled Phillips’ tunes to make planting trees more … Read More Wise Lullabies for Brave Adults Wise Lullabies for Brave Adults A Q&A with Anna Mitchell By Geoff Gehman Anna Mitchell burrows to the marrow on “Down to the Bone,” the first full-length record from the Irish singer-songwriter-keyboardist with the Appalachian soul. 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At times I … Read More Twice in a Lifetime Twice in a Lifetime: A Q&A with Jon Braun of Start Making Sense By Geoff Gehman The Talking Heads have pretty much been dead for 21 years, but their spirit has been very much alive for a fifth of that time. Launched nearly four years ago in a Bethlehem bar, Start Making Sense reincarnates … Read More True-Blue Troubadour True-Blue Troubadour A Q&A with Al Stewart By Geoff Gehman I became an Al Stewart fan in 1976, the year of “Year of the Cat,” a commercial breakout for him and an aural awakening for me. I was hooked, line and sinker, by his crisply melodic, poetic mini-movies about an ecstatic aviatrix, a gloomy sailor … Read More True-Blue Troubadour True-Blue Troubadour A Q&A with Al Stewart By Geoff Gehman I became an Al Stewart fan in 1976, the year of “Year of the Cat,” a commercial breakout for him and an aural awakening for me. I was hooked, line and sinker, by his crisply melodic, poetic mini-movies about an ecstatic aviatrix, a … Read More Triple Trouble Triple Trouble A Q&A with Albert Cummings By Geoff Gehman Albert Cummings flirts with fire. He plays electric guitar as if he’s running through a blazing forest, sings as if his belly is full of burning coals, dances as if he’s jigging across a bed of hot rocks. He performs without a set … Read More Traveling Between the Eternities Traveling Between the Eternities A Q&A with Jorma Kaukonen By Geoff Gehman Jorma Kaukonen likes to call his psychedelic days in Jefferson Airplane, and the ’60s, as “a voice from another dimension.” That voice buzzsawed through him on Jan. 28, the last day for his Airplane comrades Paul Kantner and Signe Toly Anderson. … Read More Toss a Pebble, Create a Tidal Wave Toss a Pebble, Create a Tidal Wave A Q&A with Mary Fahl By Geoff Gehman Jesus wandered in the desert for a month and change to find his spiritual strategic plan. Singer-songwriter Mary Fahl played a summer of open mikes in the middle of Pennsylvania to find her musical compass. This boot-camp tour … Read More Tilt-a-Whirl World Tilt-a-Whirl World A Q&A with Willy Porter By Geoff Gehman A tilt-a-whirl operator who yearns to seduce a seven-foot bearded woman. A gleefully greedy banker who has no guilt whatsoever about spanking debutantes and wanking congressmen. A believing non-believer who grills God about non-believing believers. These colorful characters appear in songs by Willy … Read More Tiara of Creation Tiara of Creation A Q&A with Joanne Lediger Of Reverend Jefferson By Geoff Gehman Joanne Lediger was 14 when Grace Slick became her rock ‘n’ roll queen. The brand-new high schooler pretty much crowned Jefferson Airplane’s co-pilot as a musical pilot. 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