NYT 10 Artists to Watch: Model/Actriz
[New York Times] It’s hard to resist the charms of Cole Haden, the frontman of the Brooklyn (by way of Boston) quartet Model/Actriz. Tall, lithe and chatty, he stalks the stage and bounces on monitors in hulking heels, then takes the show into the crowd, singing into faces and giving listeners an extreme close-up as ...
Richard Dawson Is Walking The Path :: On The End of the Middle
[Aquarium Drunkard] “I’m trying to convince people that I’m a wizard and she always helps,” Richard Dawson chuckles, over Zoom, acknowledging the presence of his adorable and aptly named cat Trouble, who has cozily curled herself around the crook of the songwriter’s neck, perfectly poised like a luxurious scarf. She mostly remains in that position ...
Nels Cline’s Forward-Thinking Jazz Is Superb
[Pop Matters] Trailblazing guitarist and Wilco secret weapon Nels Cline is back with a bracing new jazz quartet recording and joined by similarly forward-thinking musicians. By Chris Ingalls or over 20 years, guitar wizard Nels Cline has successfully straddled two slightly different, yet equally enviable musical lines. An accomplished guitarist in the punk, jazz, and ...
Peter Wolf on Faye Dunaway, David Lynch and Bob Dylan: ‘My mission was to be an observer’
[Guardian] By Jim Farber The frontman of the J Geils Band has had an extraordinary life, living and working with celebrities along the way, detailed in a fascinating new book During the peak of the pandemic, when many musicians spent their time writing songs, Peter Wolf did nothing but read. During that prolonged period of ...
