Grateful Web recently had an opportunity to chat with Memphis Crawl’s Matty O’Brien about the bands influences, his love of Memphis music, a sexy dance down in the south, and where he’d like to live ‘down under.’ — GW: Hi Matty O’Brien. My name is Sarah; I’m with the Grateful Web. How are you doing… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Memphis Crawl's Matty O'Brien
Canadian Bob Masse, who has recently been designing posters and t-shirts for LebowskiFest, Playboy’s recent Bunny series and Phil Lesh & Bob Weir’s Furthur, is himself very Lebowski. In fact, he calls himself ‘The Dude’ of the art world. Having designed posters for and been a friend of major artists since the early 60s, before many of them were major… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Artist Bob Masse
Grateful Web’s June Reedy caught up with Kyle Hollingsworth of The String Cheese Incident backstage at the inaugural Electric Forest Festival discussing Kyle’s love of the brew, Lynx and becoming the speaker… GW: Right you’re doing the Brewru, Can you tell me about this? KH: Yes we’re doing…um… I’ve been traveling the country for the… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Kyle Hollingsworth
Visual artist, writer, musician and actor Wes Freed is a Southern Gothic multi-disciplinary wonder of sorts. His work overlaps to such an extent he almost sings his paintings and paints his songs. Freed himself, his wife and long-time collaborator Jyl, his truck and his home studio all seem to overlap with it as well. All… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview w/ Drive-By Truckers artist Wes Freed
“Concentrate”, the title of Freekbass’s newest album sums it well. With the influence of funk genre music that Freek experienced growing up in Cincinnati Ohio, along with his deep desire to play bass, Freekbass has without a question created an album that keeps bass and funk glued like never heard before. From the first song… Continue reading The Grateful Web Interview with FreekBass
For once, you can judge a book by its cover: Truth and Salvage Co. is exactly what the name suggests. A six-member Americana country-rock band, Truth and Salvage was formed (salvaged, if you will) in 2005 from the remains of two LA-based bands. Today the group is Adam Grace (organ), Tim Jones (singer, rhythm guitar),… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Truth & Salvage Co.
Dan Kurtz gave us a couple of minutes of his time before launching of his final tour with The New Deal (TND). Sentimental and comical, Dan shared with us his favorite venues, music video directors, and moments with The New Deal as well as his thoughts on sexuality in music and the story of how… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with The New Deal
Right in the middle of his nation wide tour with Conspirator, Marc Brownstein took some time to talk with Grateful Web about the tour, his music, his current collaborations, the future of electronica, and how he feels about life, Jazz, and Britney Spears. GW: My name is Abrina Williams with the Grateful Web, this is… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Marc Brownstein
For Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band, the new year is full of possibilities. The band has a rigorous winter and spring tour underway, and will be hosting their 10th annual Northwest String Summit this summer in Oregon. They will also be returning for a headlining gig at famed Red Rocks Amphitheater in their home state,… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Jeff Austin
Multifaceted singer/songwriter/musician Drew Emmitt appears to have finally found the right balance of music in his life. Not only is the co-founder of jamgrass pioneers Leftover Salmon entering his 22nd year fronting that band, but he is busy at work with his other project, The Emmitt-Nershi Band. This year he will also find the time to… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Drew Emmitt
