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Nostalgia and nightmaresnew

Dreams frontman Nick Wold on Nirvana, Duran Duran and Charles Manson.

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 12-11-2015 | Profiles & Interviews

Tori Amos begins to hear the lightnew

On the cover of her new 14th set, Unrepentant Geraldines, adventurous singer-songwriter-keyboardist Tori Amos is standing before a wall-size mural, a paintbrush clutched in her right hand, as if she's just put the finishing strokes on her latest primary-colored masterpiece. But don't read it too literally, she cautions...

Colorado Springs Independent | Tom Lanham | 07-16-2014 | Profiles & Interviews

Former Jewel co-writer Steve Poltz was meant for younew

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Colorado Springs Independent | Chris Parker | 12-27-2013 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Steve Poltz, Noineen noiny noin, Rugburns, You Were Meant for Me

Buddy Guy is still the real dealnew

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Colorado Springs Independent | Alan Sculley | 11-07-2013 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Buddy Guy

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Jessie Ware exposes the secret of chart success.

Colorado Springs Independent | Tom Lanham | 11-07-2013 | Profiles & Interviews

Joy Division and New Order co-founder Peter Hook relives a troubled legacynew

The worst insult in the world: "Don't be good, don't play anything yourself, just follow what I do."

Colorado Springs Independent | Bill Forman | 09-25-2013 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Peter Hook, Ian Curtis, Ice Age, Joy Division, the Lights, Tony Wilson

GNR's Duff McKagan gets his Walking Papersnew

Duff McKagan says he's been wanting to work with former Post Stardom Depression frontman Jeff Angell ever since the Guns N' Roses co-founder first saw the ill-fated rock band perform back in the early '90s. "They were the coolest rock band on the planet at that moment," enthuses the former GNR bassist...

Colorado Springs Independent | Alan Sculley | 08-28-2013 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Velvet Revolver, Duff McKagan, Walking Papers, Fiddler's Green, Guns 'N Roses

Pop Punk Progenitors: The Descendents never want to grow upnew

It's easy to misjudge punk rock, figures the Descendents' Bill Stevenson. "There's some impression it's this bonehead thing," he says. "But when you look just a little beyond that surface, you realize it's where a lot of the thinkers are in the rock community."...

Colorado Springs Independent | Chris Parker | 08-08-2013 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Blasting Room, interview, Black Flag, The Descendents