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Three interviews with John McLaughlin, Jimmy Herring, and Souvik Dutta

Three interview series with Jimmy Herring, John McLaughlin, and Souvik Dutta

Guitarist Mike Seal first caught my attention at the end of 2014 as part of the Jeff Sipe Trio. At that time I described him as an extraordinarily talented young musician, an assessment shared by many, including the legendary dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas. This summer the three time winner of the Country Music Association’s Musician […]

Two part interview with Zayn Mohammed the winner of the 2016 Sky Art TV Guitar Star series.   PODCAST FEED ONLY — please see front page download link, text & interview note

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PODCAST FEED — PLEASE VISIT HOMEPAGE FOR THE INTERVIEW WITH NOTES & PHOTO Matt Slocum is a prominent keyboardist on the Southern music scene, best known for his work with Oteil Burbridge, the Lee Boys, and Susan Tedeschi and his role as Jimmy Herring’s go-to keyboard player. Last year he was recruited by Bruce Hampton […]

Carl Mörner Ringström Sweden’s Carl Mörner Ringström is not the first musician I’ve interviewed whose parents were music teachers, but there the similarities end. He got his first electric guitar at the age of seven, and although his father is a classical guitarist, the son was determined to master the instrument on his own. He […]

JOHN McLAUGHLIN With a musical career that spans five decades and as many continents, John McLaughlin has established himself as one of the premier guitarists on the world stage. At the age of 73 his youthful vigor is nothing short of astounding. If he’s not touring with one of his two working bands, chances are […]

OTEIL BURBRIDGE Oteil Burbridge is one of the most respected bass players on the Southern music scene.  He is an original member of the cult band Aquarium Rescue Unit led my Col. Bruce Hampton, who are regrouping for a reunion tour this summer.  He was the original bass player in the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and […]

FILMMAKER DENNY TEDESCO Although the ’60s and ’70s are considered by many to be a golden era in music, for decades the people who played the instruments on many of the most popular and iconic recordings of that era were essentially unknown. Fortunately, over the last couple of decades that has begun to change. Several […]

MATTHIAS BUBLATH Many of you will recognize him from the theme music here @ talking2musicians.  Well, it’s 2015 and he has just released his 8th album, “Eight Cylider” which we preview during this interview. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and after spending several years in New York honing […]

Jeff Sipe Jeff Sipe is a drummer based in Asheville, North Carolina.  For decades he has been a conspicuous presence on the Southern Music scene. He was an original member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit, and the phenomenal trio Hellborg, Lane, & Sipe.  He’s known as Jimmy Herring’s go-to drummer, and he can be found […]

 Badfinger’s Joey Molland A native of Liverpool, England, Joey Molland is the sole remaining member of the group Badfinger from their most successful period in the early 1970s.  He shared lead guitar duties with Pete Ham, wrote songs, and sang.  This is an in depth interview in two parts. In part one he shares memories […]

The legendary guitarist John McLaughlin and two of his extraordinarily talented band mates from The 4th Dimension remember fellow musician U. Srinivas, who played electric mandolin with John McLaughlin in the formation Remember Shakti.  Srinivas passed away in September of 2014. Recently Srinivas, Barot, and Mbappe had formed a trio which explored a fusion of […]

Eliot Lewis   Eliot Lewis is a multi instrumentalist perhaps best known as the longest-serving member of the highly respected house band on the immensely popular web-series Live from Daryl’s House, which is also broadcast on television on the Palladia Network (owned by MTV.)  On the show he generally handles the keyboard and backup vocal duties, but as […]