John Mayall likes the personality of music and the people who play it, as long as the reality is there

“This is a new chapter with this new band, and everybody’s pretty excited about it, so we’ll just see where it goes.”

Five minutes on the phone with Rob Zombie talkin’ Halloween II, torture porn, and whether it’s better to be stabbed or shot to death

I interviewed rocker and horror director Rob Zombie for the third time in August of 2009, when he was promoting his new Halloween II movie.

The opening song on the Blue Violets’ self-titled debut album brings to mind nothing as much as L.A. alt-rockers Concrete Blonde.

The popularity of the reggae-tinged pop ditty "Ooo Ohh" has propelled Daniel Wesley into the big leagues of Vancouver rock acts.

I did the third of my five interviews with Derek Trucks when he was touring behind the final Derek Trucks Band studio album, Already Free.

Screening at the VIFF Centre on Friday of Michael Mann's 1995 crime-thriller Heat, about an L.A. detective on the trail of a career thief.

I interviewed Devin Townsend for the second time back in 1993, shortly after he'd hooked up with Steve Vai for the Sex & Religion album.

When I reach Darren Glover on his cellphone, he’s in a van on a highway approaching Sault Ste. Marie, and the snow has just started to fly.

I interviewed Randy Bachman for the second time in January of 2009, when he was preparing to play a show at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom.

Three months ago, Answer vocalist Cormac Neeson was asked by an L.A. music mag which band he would most like to tour the States with.

American stoner-metal band Corrosion of Conformity plays the Rickshaw Theatre on Friday, with guests Whores and Crobot.

I interviewed American country singer-songwriter Allison Moorer when she was promoting her sixth album, Mockingbird.

While making the rounds of open-mike nights in London, the 22-year-old tunesmith happened to befriend actor-singer Robert Pattinson.