When I interviewed Jason Bonham I asked him if his father John had instructed him much on playing drums when he was a kid.
Lucero stayed horn-y to funk up Women and Work’s Memphis-soul vibe
“We were doin’ some demos on 1372, and I thought somethin’ was happening where we should maybe hear some horns in there."
That time I asked Rob Halford if he thought Ronnie James Dio did a good job replacing Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath
I interviewed Rob Halford for the fourth time in 2010, when he was touring with his band Halford, in support of the new album Made of Metal.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 18 to 20
Seattle hard-rock band Foo Fighters plays BC Place on Sunday, with guests Queens of the Stone Age and Gouge Away.
Sassy Kathleen Edwards thinks not of murderous graverobbers, sees only blue finches in Wisconsin
“I’m a pretty lucky person to have amazing friends and people who want to come play,” says Edwards of the guests on her new album, Voyageur.
The world’s greatest thrash-metal band opens its 2027 North American tour in Vancouver on May 8
I've seen Metallica several times over the years, and they've never sucked. I don't expect they're gonna start sucking now.
Alvin Youngblood Hart starts thinking about the Band when he’s making music with Steve Dawson
"When I play with Steve it reminds me of the Band quite a bit. So he kinda puts me in that mindset when I’m playing with him.”
That time I asked Patterson Hood if he thought the Drive-By Truckers might break up after Jason Isbell left
I interviewed Drive-By Truckers singer, songwriter, and guitarist Patterson Hood for the fourth time back in June of 2008.
Kim Mitchell, Canada’s clown prince of power pop, turns Vancouver into a Rocklandwonderland
Few performers have the ability to deliver a hard-driving show with as much gusto and playful humour as Sarnia, Ontario's human scarecrow.
British blues-rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor found her calling through an early love of Stevie Ray Vaughan
When I contact blueswoman Joanne Shaw Taylor in Houston, Texas she’s far from her native England but still, in a way, very much at home.
That time Jason Bonham told me what it was like being a kid with a dad in Led Zeppelin
I did my third interview with Jason Bonham in 2010, when he was touring with his multimedia show, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience.
Fish dedicates a song to John Lennon as Marillion brings its Misplaced Childhood Tour to Vancouver
When Marillion vocalist Fish walked on stage at the Commodore on Monday it looked as though he'd just stepped off the rugby field.
Newt’s top 10 things to do in Vancouver this weekend, September 11 to 13
South Korean guitar-rock girl band Rolling Quartz--composed of members Arem, Hyunjung, Iree, Jayoung and Yeongeun--plays the Rio on Friday.