Interviews

This area includes a running list of all the interviews we have published. We interview bands, venues, studios, business owners, producers, engineers, and any one else who spends a significant amount of time supporting independent music.

Interview with SonyaJT – World Travels and New EP Coming Soon

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 13, 2019 12:04 pm Tagged With: China, Europe, Pop, singer, Ukraine

Singer, world traveler and business woman SonyaJT is preparing for the release of her new EP, Just Wanna Be Yours. You can find her single, All The Man That I Need, on Spotify. In this interview spotlight, I chat with SonyaJT about her upcoming release, technology, her travels and more. Full Q&A along with links […]

Interview with Royal Ruckus, Hip Hop Heads Get Your Fix with THIS Royalty Check

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 13, 2019 10:50 am Tagged With: California, Florida, Hip Hop, rap, United States

Microphone veterans Royal Ruckus have returned with a new EP which is packed full of Golden Era-inspired, Boom Bap-esque, neck breaking Hip Hop. Royalty Check is the follow up to the group’s previous, and much loved project, World’s Okayest Rapper. Always excited by new music from these Bakersfield, California natives, I’ve been bumping Royalty Check […]

Interview with Hercobulus

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 8, 2019 1:17 am Tagged With: Central America, Metal, Mexico

Founded in 2003, Mexico thrash metal outfit Hercobulus have been working tirelessly year after year. Having shared stages with acts such as Sentinel Beast, Atomic, Kill It, C.A.R.N.E., Skull Fist, Transmtal, Luzvel, Anarchus and more. Now supported by Shadow of Death Records, the band is gearing up for bigger and better things in 2019. In […]

Interview with sycloner – Lost and Found

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 7, 2019 11:51 am Tagged With: Australia, indie pop, Pop

Australia based sycloner’s first EP ‘Not Without You‘, released in July of 2018, explored the relational complexities of unmatched expectations and enmeshment, drawing from many stylistic influences of the last few decades. sycloner’s second EP ‘Lost and Found‘, to be released February 15th (2019), investigates vanity, narcissism, and the challenges of cultivating self-awareness. In this interview spotlight, […]

Interview with SHEE

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 7, 2019 11:38 am Tagged With: indie pop, Nashville, Pop, singer, songwriter, Tennessee, United States

In this interview spotlight, I chat with SHEE about her debut release, technology, challenges, motivations and more. Full Q&A along with links and music below. Where are you from and what style of music do you create? (In your own words, not necessarily in marketing terms or by popular genre classifications.) I currently live in […]

Interview with Middle Life

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 7, 2019 11:23 am Tagged With: alternative rock, indie rock, Nashville, Rock, Tennessee, United States

Though Middle Life has been playing in folk bands for the better part of the last 15 years, he grew up on alternative rock bands of the 90’s. A few years ago, he sitting on these songs reminiscent of that sound but, of course, they really wouldn’t fit with any of the folk projects he […]

Interview with John Evans

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 6, 2019 11:07 am Tagged With: indie rock, Rock, singer, songwriter, United Kingdom

After finishing Harlech Music college, where he supported Amy Wadge (of Ed Sheeran fame) and graduating from Chester University, John Evans has released two solo albums and a solo EP with the Imperials (amongst many other collaborations including a live album with his previous band Redhill). This latest release is a collaboration with some great […]

Interview with Houston Bernard – Wait For It

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 4, 2019 4:42 pm Tagged With: Country, singer, songwriter

The Houston Bernard Band has shared bills with country superstars like Luke Bryan, Old Dominion, Montgomery Gentry, Marshall Tucker Band, and Clint Black. Bernard, born into a family of country musicians in Oklahoma, has assembled a group of musicians in New England that bring vitality and grit to modern country. Their brand of original country […]

Interview with Mot & Krid – Unbreakable

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 4, 2019 1:08 pm Tagged With: edm, Electronic, electronica, house, Los Angeles, Pop, songwriter, United States

Mot & Krid is an electronica artist, songwriter, remixer and producer whose prior releases have been radio playlisted on Spotify, KissFM/UK, SiriusXM/BPM, Pandora, KissFM/Germany, Gaydio/UK, have charted #1 on Beatport, #5 UK Music Week Charts twice and have been supported by DJs such as Andi Durrant, Judge Jules, StoneBridge, Jes, DJ Photographer and Danny Lee. […]

Interview with The Crossbows – Carry Me Home

by Joshua (J.Smo) Smotherman February 4, 2019 12:55 pm Tagged With: Alabama, indie rock, Rock, southern rock, United States

Alabama based five-piece The Crossbows is formed of members that have spent the last decade+ playing all over the Southeastern U.S. Their focus on guitar-driven grooves, sweet harmonies and catchy melodies is the trifecta which drives their memorable songwriting. In this interview spotlight, I speak with the band about their single (Carry Me Home), technology, […]