Vinyl Emergency

North Carolina-based label Merge Records, inarguably one of America's most influential and prolific purveyors of indie-rock, is on the cusp of turning 35 -- a landmark that co-founders Laura Ballance ...

24 Okt 202359min

Since his first book twenty years ago, musician/author (and all-around music appreciator) Warren Zanes has deftly chronicled what it means to be a rock star without a road map. His acclaimed 2015 auth...

12 Sep 20231h

As bassist Mike Mills tells it, on the cusp of their formation in 1980, he and his fellow Athens, GA bandmates had a simple goal: To make a cool, 45 RPM single with a picture sleeve -- the kind they g...

29 Aug 202352min

The two sounds Tommy Prine says he remembers most growing up were having the AM radio on or his father (renowned singer/songwriter John Prine) workshopping tunes at the kitchen table. Journeying throu...

1 Aug 202347min

In her family, Louise Post says that there have been three usual career paths: Join the clergy, practice medicine or become an artist. Thankfully she followed the latter. In 1992, Louise co-founded Ve...

18 Jul 202348min

From making multitrack recordings as a kid to DJ'ing at her high school radio station to fixing turntables for her college dormmates in the 80's, Lisa Loeb has always been wired for sound. She made mu...

4 Jul 20231h 3min

As a child of the 1970's, vinyl records were intrinsic to Ben Harper's understanding of and approach to music. "If somebody came to the house and said 'We're gonna repossess either your refrigerator o...

13 Jun 202341min

Prior to releasing some of the most memorable songs to come out of the 90's, San Francisco's Counting Crows were subject to a major-label bidding war, thanks in part to something rather unheard of in ...

30 Mai 202356min