AltWeeklies Wire
John Forte: From Jailhouse to Jazzhousenew
Ex-Fugees producer Forte keeps a low profile these days. Since his release from prison last December, after serving seven years of a fourteen-year drug sentence, Forte has started treating home as his sanctuary.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
08-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gregg Allman Talks Hammond, Tape and Shroomsnew
I've got Gregg Allman on the line and he's telling me a story about the time he and the rest of the Allman Brothers Band lived together and ate psilocybin tablets (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) every day for eight weeks.
New Haven Advocate |
Sean Corbett |
12-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Butthole Surfers Are Older, But Not Necessarily Wisernew
The classic lineup is back together, and that's about all that remains the same.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hughey |
10-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steve Earle Talks Music, Politics and Addictionnew
Earle's resurrection after being released from jail in the mid-1990s is remarkable, and few would dispute that he is today one of the best songwriters in the world. And he always seasons his songs with powerful political messages that rise above the polemical.
New Haven Advocate |
Jim Motavalli |
09-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
How Sonny Rollins Defeated Heroinnew
In his six-decade career, the legendary saxophonist has claimed many a triumph. But his greatest may have come in the 1950s, during a quiet period in Chicago.
Chicago Reader |
Neil Tesser |
09-02-2008 |
Music
Fans are Too Old for Smack, Not Spiritualizednew
After releasing Spiritualized's latest album, A + E, fresh off a battle with a life-threatening illness, Spaceman seems slightly more cautious about glorifying that "hurricane in [his] veins."
New York Press |
Maggie Serota |
07-31-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Witness: Young Jeezy Received Kilos of BMF Cokenew
Testimony offered yesterday in the federal government's cocaine-conspiracy case against alleged Black Mafia Family member Fleming "Ill" Daniels revealed a stunning allegation: According to a witness, Atlanta hip-hop superstar Jay "Young Jeezy" Jenkins received kilos of cocaine from BMF.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Mara Shalhoup |
06-16-2008 |
Music
No Easy Way Outnew
Amid the lingering doubts about Elliott Smith's cause of death and the release of new merchandise, the question remains: would he have signed off on his long-awaited album?
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kimberly Chun |
10-13-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
