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Music Interview: Mavis’ Man — Guitarist Rick Holmstrom on Backing Mavis Staples With Taste and Space

January 29, 2014
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“Yeah, Mavis Staples is everything you see onstage and more. She gives and gives and gives.”

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Fuse Interview: The Creative Faith of Damien Jurado

January 20, 2014
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“With this new record, we said we were going to use every influence I have, we’re basically going to rip the brakes out of the car and just push this thing down the hill.”

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Book Interview: “1941: The Year That Keeps Returning” — Doubt is not a Fatal Weakness

January 7, 2014
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Through meticulous research, interviews, and reminiscence, this compelling book illuminates a nook in the heart of darkness.

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Music/Film Interview: Portrait of “The Punk Singer” — Riot Grrrl Mover and Shaker Kathleen Hannaz

December 18, 2013
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The documentary “The Punk Singer” is a welcome, informative portrait of riot grrrl icon Kathleen Hanna, the former lead singer of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.

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Film Interview: Oscar Isaac on “Inside Llewyn Davis”

December 16, 2013
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There was a moment when I turned around and thought, ‘I am definitely in a Coen brothers movie. This is crazy.’

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Visual Arts Interview: Doing Ad-Lib Art — Richard Thomas Scott Kicks Off “30 Paintings in 30 Days”

December 11, 2013
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Artist Richard Thomas Scott is currently working on his new Kickstarter project, “30 Paintings in 30 Days.” Sponsors pitch him inspirations (“Challenge me to paint something I’ve never done before!”) and he interprets them on canvas..

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Film Interview: Director Peter Miller on the Making of “AKA Doc Pomus,” The Story of a Master Songwriter

December 9, 2013
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Despite the influence and the respect Doc Pomus still has in the music community, his name is not as well known to the public as that of some of his contemporaries.

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Music Interview: A Talk with Singer Luciana Souza

December 3, 2013
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“I like singing live; I try to sing well live, I try to prepare myself for the audience, for that room. And I care a great deal about singing live, because I think that’s the experience of jazz. Even if I’m singing Brazilian music.”

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Film Interview: Will Forte on Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska”

November 27, 2013
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It was intimidating to go into a situation with a director (Alexander Payne) that you love so much and an actor (Bruce Dern) who has done so much and worked with so many amazing people.

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Music Interview: Childsplay — Featuring the Fiddles of Bob Childs

November 26, 2013
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What makes Childsplay unique and inspiring is its back story. Every one of the fiddles played on stage was made by Bob Childs, a Cambridge-based luthier who has been making exceptional instruments by hand for more than 30 years.

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