INTERVIEW: SIMS (DOOMTREE), PART TWO
Part two of my interview with Sims of Doomtree. Doomtree is the Minneapolis, MN hip-hop collective that has given all other independent hip-hop artists a run for their money. Si
INTERVIEW: SIMS (DOOMTREE), PART ONE
It’s been five years since we’ve seen a solo album from fellow Doomtree member, Sims. But on February 15th the wait will be over. The thousands of people who pre
Interview: Y La Bamba’s Luzelena Mendoza
Y La Bamba comes out of Portland, Oregon, and the boundless, profound creativity of Luzelena Mendoza. Nurtured by parents who immigrated from Mexico, and the communities surroundin
Interview: Zelienople
I went to see Zelienople play at the Abbey Pub the other night… And needless to say their music is as challenging as it is breathtaking. I asked the Chicago -based band
Interview: Young Galaxy, Part Two
Earlier this week we debuted part one of our interview with Young Galaxy‘s Stephen Ramsay. The group is a core of three musicians, Stephen Ramsay, Catherine McCandless and Steph
LIMELIGHT: PEZZETTINO (BROOKLYN/MILWAUKEE)
Musicians talking musicians! Mezzic welcomes Brooklyn/Milwaukee’s Pezzettino, a wonderful multi-instrumentalist / accordionist extraordinaire who’s album Lub Dub 
Interview: Young Galaxy, Part One
Young Galaxy is a core of three musicians, Stephen Ramsay, Catherine McCandless and Stephen Kamp. Their album, Shapeshifting, is all about transformation and changes, highly refl
INTERVIEW: FELIPECHA
Back in 2007, I discovered hip-hop producer Wax Tailor‘s “Que Sera” in a Ninkasi (think Rock Bottom or The Great Dane). Soon thereafter, Tales of the Forgotten Melodies
INTERVIEW: THE PICA BEATS’ RYAN BARRETT
Ryan Barrett grew up in Vermont, where he began his career as a musician. He released a solo album in 2007 after moving to the west coast. During that year he met up with three fr