.Bill Kopp

Formed in 1984 by bassist Les Claypool, Bay Area prog/metal/alternative band Primus have long since established their bonafides as an original outfit, with nine...

The life of a touring musician is perilous enough: The general hazards of the road make everyday existence a constant challenge. Add to that...

Among the compelling cast of characters in Peter Jackson’s sprawling Get Back documentary is an American photographer named Ethan Russell. Though his role in...

Looping—the use of digital equipment to record and play back sounds in real time for musical self-accompaniment—has been around for decades. It’s most often...

The Supersuckers have made a career out of not being serious. How else to explain a body of work that includes songs like “Pretty...

In California of the ’60s, a style of music known as Chicano soul (sometimes referred to as “brown-eyed soul”) took hold among listeners. Groups...

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Graham Parker first came to the attention of American audiences during the punk and new wave era of the late...

Though he was already well-established as a metal guitarist, when Miguel Iniguez launched Starfarer in 2017 he was a total newcomer to the world...