THE SINGING EARTH A Q&A CONVERSATION WITH BARRETT MARTIN Hi Barrett thanks for agreeing to do this-apologies that we couldn’t do it personally. SPILL: Currently enjoying the book that you have written. I appreciate that the whole [...]
THE FUNK IS BACK A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES ‘DIAMOND’ WILLIAMS OF THE OHIO PLAYERS After missing two of my calls, I was beginning to think that my chat with the drummer from The Ohio Players, James ‘Diamond’ Williams, would have to be [...]
THE BEATLES RECORDING REFERENCE MANUAL A CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR JERRY HAMMACK Jerry Hammack is an engineer, producer, and musician. He is also an author of note. His most recent book, The Beatles Recording Reference Manual: Volume 1: My Bonnie [...]
YOU’RE NOT ALONE A CONVERSATION WITH AARON ROCHE You may not know the name, Aaron Roche, but there is a good chance you have heard him play on a record, seen him perform live with an artist, or heard his production work. When you look at [...]
THE WARMTH OF THE SUN AND A LITTLE COMPASSION A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY MAIZE OF THE SKYDIGGERS Skydiggers have been around since the 1980s. It may be hard to believe, but it is true, and in fact, 2017 marks their 30th anniversary. To mark this [...]
LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU WELL A CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD JONES Howard Jones is a musician that achieved his biggest hits in the era of the eighties like so many other great artists. Unlike many other artists of that era, he has not vanished off [...]
SAVAGE A CONVERSATION WITH GARY NUMAN Gary Numan, innovator, genius and musical legend, has just released what many consider to be his best album in years. Critics have agreed with me on this — rave reviews and high chart placings are a [...]
BORN TO SING AND TRAVEL A CONVERSATION WITH WANDA JACKSON: THE QUEEN OF ROCKABILLY “Hello, this is Wanda Jackson, “ in that voice, the voice of Wanda Jackson coming through the telephone lines. I was talking with The Wanda Jackson! The Queen of [...]
FINDING PEACE WITHIN MYSELF THROUGH MUSIC A CONVERSATION WITH MISS MELERA & BRIAN CID On Friday, October 13, the lucky fans of house music are in for an early Halloween treat. The lovely Miss Melera, who’s a Toronto favourite from Amsterdam [...]
ALIVE WITH RISING APPALACHIA A CONVERSATION WITH LEAH SMITH “Alive is a collection of live recorded songs from our most recent tour,” Leah Smith of Rising Appalachia, explains to me while packing for their upcoming West Coast North American [...]
FASTER, WEIRDER AND EXCELLENT A CONVERSATION WITH BECKY BLACK OF THE PACK A.D. For Becky Black, the Pack A.D.’s latest album, Dollhouse (dropping October 13th) is part statement on the unnerving world around us and part strange experimentation. [...]
BROWN ACID: THE FIFTH TRIP AN ALBUM BREAK-DOWN & CONVERSATION WITH SERIES CREATOR LANCE BARRESI Get ready for the next wave of retro phych fuzz that has been painstakingly sourced and dragged from the grave of dusty forgotten record company [...]
ONE HALF ACOUSTIC, ONE HALF ELECTRIC, ONE HALF PSYCHEDELIC A CONVERSATION WITH CHUCK MOSLEY Chuck Mosley is a man who wears his soul on his sleeve. While currently on tour with what he describes as his “semi-distorted, semi-psychedelic acoustic [...]
A WOMAN’S WOMAN A CONVERSATION WITH STACEY The day before her new EP dropped, I met with STACEY over some fries (she was as humble as the date was, in case you were wondering). The Toronto songstress exuded confidence over her latest project, [...]
WHEN THE LIGHT IS RIGHT A CONVERSATION WITH JASON CROSBY Jason Crosby has been playing music for almost his entire life. He started with the violin at age two, and from there he learned several more instruments. A child prodigy? I would say so, [...]
REMEMBERING TOM PETTY – A SPILL MAGAZINE MEMORIAL OCTOBER 20th, 1950 – OCTOBER 2nd, 2017 Just a week after performing the final show of his 40th anniversary tour, rock icon Tom Petty has passed away. After a day of confusion, hope, and [...]
BIG, BLUE AND MAYBE SOMETHING NEW A CONVERSATION WITH JAY SEMKO OF THE NORTHERN PIKES It must be my old age, because I have a hard time believing that The Northern Pikes’ classic album, Big Blue Sky, is 30 years old. But it is. And to celebrate, [...]
YOUNG, RELEVANT AND GLORIOUS A CONVERSATION WITH THE GLORIOUS SONS For The Glorious Sons, nothing stays stagnant. As Canada’s unofficial blue collar band, The Glorious Sons’ newest album Young Beauties and Fools is a hard look at the last three [...]
AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE: 25 YEARS LATER When Michael Stipe walked into Wuxtry Records he had no idea what he was getting into. The shy, young music freak was there to pick up some vinyl to add to his hip, underground collection, but in doing so [...]
WELCOME TO THE PARTY A CONVERSATION WITH MIKE TILKA OF MAX WEBSTER Formed in 1973 by Kim Mitchell and Mike Tilka, Max Webster soon became one of the most original and popular rock bands in Canada. Deemed to be ahead of their time, Max Webster’s [...]
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF STONE TEMPLE PILOTS ALBUM ‘CORE’ It was the earliest hours in the morning of December 3rd, 2015, and my world stood still. Dave Navarro broke the news which he heard via police scanner that Scott Weiland was [...]
REMEMBERING CHARLES BRADLEY – A SPILL MAGAZINE MEMORIAL NOVEMBER 5th, 1948 – SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2017 It is with a great sense of sadness that we report that Charles Bradley has passed away at the age of sixty-eight. While no cause of death [...]
HAWSKLEY WORKMAN ON THE CANADIAN SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME | #CSHF2017 BRUCE COCKBURN TO BE INDUCTED & HONOURED BY HAWKSLEY WORKMAN On Saturday, September 23, 2017 Hawksley Workman will honour Bruce Cockburn’s induction into the Canadian [...]
LONG VIVID DREAM A CONVERSATION WITH ASHKAN MALAYERI OF DISCOLOR BLIND As I begin my conversation with Ashkan Malayeri of Discolor Blind I cannot help but point out that he forgot to add the ‘u’ when he named his band. “Actually I researched the [...]
