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It Was a Land of Buzzing Eardrums By Mike Stampalia. Last fall, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne performed at Proctors as part of his “Who Is the Sky?” tour, and it commanded the highest-ticketed prices in that storied venue’s history. In March 2023, Heads keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison played Empire Live alongside essential TH contributor […]
By Sara Busone. RRX: What was your first show like? Jo Agopovich: My very first band got offered an opening gig for a popular local band in Syracuse. So there was a good crowd there already. They were very, very nice to us (probably because we were all teenage girls except for our singer, who […]
By Sara Busone. RRX: So you came from Pittsfield? Christine Bilé: All the way from Pittsfield, Mass. RRX: Now how far away is that? CB: I think an hour and four minutes. RRX: So tell me, was guitar something you gravitated to? Singing, songwriting … I’m just curious about your origin story. CB: That’s a great question. I mean, I […]
This interview originally ran on November 2, 2021. By Richard Beach. RRX: MIke Skill is one of the founders of The Romantics and has a brand new record coming out called “Skill……Mike Skill” Mike: That’s right. I felt it was time to actually get my name out there and display what I’ve got. A lot […]
By Joshua Scarselli. We caught up with our friend Justin Rando after the latest XWA event in Pittsfield, MA. Rando suffered an upset that saw him lose the XWA Championship without even being pinned. He may have been knocked down, but is he out? Continue reading to find out! RRX: You train at the Elite […]
Image: Kristian Montgomery at the 2026 Listen Up Awards in Cohoes, N.Y. – photo by Frankie Cavone. 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? Kristian Montgomery: My first album was “Small […]
By BradQuan Copeland. “As long as I can see you, you’ll always only be mine,” he echoes softly to them, his hand pressed lightly against the small of their back as their lead-laced lids peeled open one at a time. Elegantly dressed, they stand as mere specks within the gilded hall, marble floors pulsing beneath […]
By Liam Sweeny. Little Feat is an iconic band that formed in 1969, and it would be rare to find someone who hasn’t heard a Little Feat song. With a sound uniquely their own, the band has refused over the years to do anything not authentic to their principles and vision. We talk to keyboardist […]
By Sara Busone. RRX: What do you think is the most poorly understood thing about music, or the music you play? Chris Busone: It’s pretty simple; it’s rock and roll. You either listen and like it, or you go to the bar and get another drink. Either way, we play, you listen, nobody gets hurt. […]
By Larry Felton. Four Musicians, No Leader, and the Jazz Suite Born in a Basement There is no Arch Stanton in the Arch Stanton Quartet. The band is Terry Gordon on horns, Jim Ketterer on drums, Chris Macchia on bass, and Roger Noyes on guitar — four musicians who deliberately chose a fictional name because […]
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