The Eliza Skelton Interview
British singer songwriter talks about her path towards musical enlightenment and the homage she pays to her late father on her latest album The Lookerer.

British singer songwriter talks about her path towards musical enlightenment and the homage she pays to her late father on her latest album The Lookerer.
He Didn’t Have Control by David Garland When Bigfoot opened up for the Dead in 1968, it was bizarre. They were telling us, “When you walk down the staircase, don’t put your hand on the rail.” We liked LSD, but we figured it was best if we didn’t go out and play on that stuff. That was the big time for us. I had never met Bobby Weir until then. Eventually I had an opportunity to get involved with Weir, who I just love. Being in that band was the most fun time of my life ever. Weir let us all ...
My guest is an example of industrious musician. He grew up in Utah will music all around him. His father was a prolific multiple-instrumentalist who would not let his son play his trumpet because he thought his son would blow "bad-air" into the horn. Well what did my guest do? He created a makeshift trumpet that he used to serenade girls and it worked. His first live musical exhibition was. In the traveling Jewkes family band playing in the mountain west in front of native americans and farmers....
Excellent guitarist and singer talks about his making his own music in the fertile Bay Area scene during the 1970's.
New Orleans based musician talks about his early musical leanings which led to a devotional dive into East Indian music and the incorporation of this into regional Bayou music with a stable of legends.
Legendary Tucson saxophonist talks about his early influences in RnB and Soul and discovering John Coltrane. Interview conducted at The Century Room.
Warren Smith was born in 1934 and moved to New York In 1957. He along with Ken McIntyre opened the first black-ethos music school at SUNY Westbury. He became the first black to be part of an orchestra and was the drummer for the last seven years of the original New York run of West Side Story on Broadway. He was also part of Max Roach's percussion project MBOOM. Sessions, lofts and education followed. Another legend. JF
Drummer from Santa Barbara talks about growing up under the tutelage of Ike Jenkins and connecting at USC with Jaden Lehman.
Ferocious drummer talks about setting the foundation for intoxicating deliberate grooves in the band Sqwerv.
Brilliant saxophonist talks about the mentors in his career that helped him stretch his vocabulary and get out of musical corners on the bandstand.
Sublime young drummer talks about developing his own character on the ride cymbal and the opportunities that lie ahead for him in his career.
Unique and authoritative pianist talks about his musical journeys.
Brilliant sarod player talks about his late father (Ali Akbar Khan) and his own musical excursions including playing with Charles Lloyd and Shanti.
Prolific rhythm maker and innovator talks about the cats who helped shape his musical point of view.
Ubiquitous guitarist talks about how he has learned to be himself on the bandstand with iconic RnB and rap artists as well as his own band The RUFF PACK.
My guests on Tuesday were Mary and Alam Khan, wife and son of the classical Indian musician Ali Akbar Khan. Ali Akbar Khan was the kind of leader our society so desperately needs today. He was a genius but entirely understated. He believed in equal opportunity and access to an affordable education. He understood why the arts were integral to the depth of a society as they are the pillars of our society. This is why people gravitated to this man. It is not mere coincidence that a great many bands...
Dynamic multi-instrumentalist and producer talks his early development in The Greyboy Allstars and how he cultivates music for TV and film soundtracks.
Stellar guitarist and producer talk's about how he found his own voice on the guitar through a myriad of musical influences.
Dynamic young bassist talks about letting go of control on the bandstand and entering an altered state of consciousness.
Divine Sufi healer talks about getting on the path early in her life and how that mindfulness has carried her aura and light to this day.
Drummer and father talks about the crooked path of a musician and his upcoming tour with Kelly Finnigan.
Conversation with a great percussionist and drummer before his gig with House Band from Permanent Records Roadhouse in Los Angeles from November 2024
Prolific young guitarist and bassist talks about filling the groove with Bush League and how he will carry on Phil Lesh' legacy through his playing.
Dutch drummer talks about playing with masters of the great American art form known as jazz and the lessons he has learned on the bandstand.
Young guitar warrior talks about his journey to find his own individual sound and what he has learned on and off the bandstand from cats like Steve Kimock and Oteil Burbridge.
Impresario and musician talks about his days promoting concerts at Oberlin College and what he does now to keep Keystone Baltimore humming along.
String bassist and trumpeter talks about coming of age with Dave Baker at Indiana University, establishing himself in Chicago and giving back to the Tucson music community by playing and teaching at the Tucson Jazz Institute.
Profound NYC drummer and singer talks about his crooked but profound path towards musical enlightenment.
Conducted in the studios of 89.1 FM in Tucson in 2014
Brilliant multi-dimensional artist and doula talks about forgiving herself for prior trauma, forgiving herself and reentering her physical body after years of resistance.