AltWeeklies Wire
Dan and Letha Melchior Maintain Creative Resolve in the Face of Sicknessnew
Serious illness pushes everyone into the health care tangle, but artists -- especially musicians -- are often hit hardest. Holding a job with decent health care in the U.S. often serves as an impediment to touring, recording or proper practicing.
Found: Betty Davis' Lost Masterpiecenew
Davis railed against the male-dominated industry, while playing the come-hither, power-wielding goddess who stirs libidos everywhere. Far ahead of the social norms, Davis presented herself unflinchingly as a complex black woman who could not be held down.
Tags: Is It Love or Desire, Betty Davis
Lois Deloatch Educates with Her Tribute to Oscar Petersonnew
Deloatch is more than a jazz singer. Her fluid interpretation of a vocalist's role transcends being only a medium for the music. She often becomes a caretaker of the music's history, an advocate of its redemptive power.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
08-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Extreme Animals Recreates Itself with Old Soundsnew
Extreme Animals acts like the kids we were warned we might become from playing too much Galaga, but that's not entirely why it's embraced making new music with old MIDI technology.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Extreme Animals, MIDI technology
Music for Fuel: It's Harder than Ever to Jam Econonew
"Last year, I was worried about getting out to the West Coast with gas at $3.20 a gallon," says Dan McGee, the frontman for heavy-touring Chapel Hill band Spider Bags, "and this year, I'm worried about getting to work."
Shirlette Ammons' New Collections of Poetry and Music Get Personalnew
Shirlette Ammons—a Durham multimedia artist who will simultaneously release a book of her poetry and an EP of her music next week—gives both the musical and literary interpretations of her words equal prominence. Working together, the forms yield a rich picture of Ammons.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
06-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Signal Southeast Electronic Music Festival Goes Non-Profitnew
Three years is a milestone for any large-scale event, and organizers say they've learned from immense challenges in the first two years. They feel they now know how to manage a festival and what they want this festival to be.
Bold Betty Davisnew
In a rare interview, '70s funk goddess Betty Davis talks about growing up in North Carolina.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
03-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Betty Davis
Unique, Even in New Orleansnew
Long before the storm started pushing toward the Gulf Coast, though, Mr. Quintron and Miss Pussycat had carved out their own divot of hyper-reality in that New Orleans neighborhood.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
03-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Dom Casual Moves Past Homagenew
On the band's latest, Espanta Muerto, they've created a fully-formed, rich-sounding, original testament to their touchstones.
Tags: Dom Casual, Espanta Muerto
Hisham Mayet Travels the World Seeking Ecstasy in Soundnew
In what his label, Sublime Frequencies, calls "folk cinema," Mayet aims to capture the personal essence and rituals of cultures, from the Bori cult dance ceremony to the ancient mystical gatherings formed around centuries-old Moroccan trade caravans.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
12-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hisham Mayet
'Crawl Inside Your Head' Roams Geek Turfnew
SNMNMNM's quirk-and-chorus has long had a wide appeal. This record won't change that.
Tags: Crawl Inside Your Head, SNMNMNM
This is Mother 13new
Superchunk's Jon Wurster has got a brand new gag.
Tags: Corey Harris's Mother 13
Z'EV: Precious Mettlesnew
The sound artist has had a long, lonely path to innovation.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
05-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Z'EV
