Interviews
Richard Baratta – An Xperience Interview – by Liam Sweeny. In the creative arts, talent often doesn’t care where your energy gets applied. Great musicians can be great film producers or location managers. And in the case of Richard Baratta, his music and his film projects have become a part of the American cultural canon, […]
Drew Jacobs – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: Every artist’s first song is a milestone. But so is the latest song. Describe the first song/album you recorded, and also the latest song/album you recorded; what are the differences? DJ: As a teen (14-16). I had a stereo with an eight track recorder […]
Drew Jacobs – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. Photo by Monique Hilton-Jacobs. RRX: Every artist’s first song is a milestone. But so is the latest song. Describe the first song/album you recorded, and also the latest song/album you recorded; what are the differences? DJ: As a teen (14-16). I had a stereo with […]
By Joshua Scarselli. Have you ever looked at your food and thought, “I would really like a side of radiation with this?” Well then, you have come to the right place. Uranium glass aficionado Dr. Melissa B. Stone tells us everything we need to know about the beautiful world of uranium glass. RRX: What is […]
Christine Bile – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: We all get a little support from those around us. And we also can be impressed by our fellow performers. Who do you admire in your community, and why? CB: There are so many great performers in both the Capital Region and the Berkshires. I […]
The Barblairian – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: Cover art is cool. It shows listeners what the artist thinks the album is all about. Because music can be felt visually. If you had to give the public a visual image that you think they would see and just “get” your groove right away, […]
Three Questions with Emily Wolfe – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Skane. Photo by Brittany Durdin. Texas-based guitarist Emily Wolfe has been releasing albums since 2012, four of them to be exact. And you would be wise to own them all. Her guitar work is absolutely blazing, and her songs are great. Epiphone guitars […]
By BradQuan Copeland. The personification of angst rises through ravenous brainstorms to crack the sky of the turbulent mind, clotting into pigment before it ever manifests as thought. Winds shear through the barriers of memoryscape, braiding bane with bliss. Oil viscifies under the bristles, forcing brilliance to wash the white. Hues merged from mayhem can […]
Bill Ackerbauer – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. Bill Ackerbauer is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in the Adirondack foothills and Mohawk Valley. He is a founding member of The Insolent Willies and has previously performed with The Doghouse Carpenters, The Bentwood Rockers and other acoustic Americana groups. Bill is the founder and […]
A band is a beloved thing, an expression of that which can find no words but only notes and beats and sonic moxie. Mental Weather is the progeny of members of popular area bands Horse Grave and Ice Queen, and they put out their own groove. Photo credit: Christopher Simple. RRX: You just had your […]
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