Interviews

Wendell Brunious Brings the Story of New Orleans Jazz to Viking Mississippi

Preservation Hall Jazz Band trumpeter Wendell Brunious shares stories of family, music, travel and the importance of keeping audiences at the heart of jazz There...

Lauren Watkins on If I’m Being Honest, Life on the Road and Finding Stories Everywhere

For Nashville singer-songwriter Lauren Watkins, honesty has always been at the center of her music. Her latest album, If I’m Being Honest, takes that idea...

The Spirit of the Road: Jim Lauderdale on Songwriting, the Places That Inspire Him, and a Life in Song

Few artists have traveled as many musical roads as Jim Lauderdale. A two-time Grammy Award winner, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee and prolific singer-songwriter,...

Chef Alon Shaya talks about his Israeli roots and his love of New Orleans

Alon Shaya is an Israeli born chef who now calls New Orleans home. In 2017 after launching several successful award-winning restaurants in New Orleans,...

Preservation Hall’s Clint Maedgen talks photography and his favorite Cuba travel memories

Preservation Hall Jazz Band is a New Orleans icon. Seeing them play live is a must-do activity for any tourist who visits the Crescent...

Queen of Bounce Big Freedia speaks about her favorite Mardi Gras memories and her love of cooking

Big Freedia is the Queen Diva of New Orleans bounce. She has been bringing me personal joy for years as I have covered her...

Maggie Rose talks touring with Joan Jett, recording in Muscle Shoals and much more

Maggie Rose has been a favorite artist of mine for a long time. I first met Maggie at CMA Festival in 2013. When I...

Chris Bandi discusses playing at the Opry and his Key West residency

Hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, Chris Bandi grew up being influenced by a wide range of genres from rock and pop to 90’s country....

Drake White discusses his Whitewood Hollow event space and the road back to performing after his health scare

Drake White has been making music for a decade and has garnered four Top 40 Country hits, multiple national tours, and award-winning albums over the...

Chef Curtis Stone discusses his grandmother’s recipes and favorite Australian travel destinations

Chef Curtis Stone is an Australian celebrity chef and owner of LA based restaurants Maude and Gwen. Maude was awarded a Michelin Star in...

Andy Frasco talks life on the road and his latest EP Keep on Keeping On

Andy Frasco is one of the hardest working musicians in the business. He has spent most of the year for over a decade on...

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