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Interview Toki Wright is for the children

The Rhymesayers verse-slinger says if you can rock kindergartners, you can rock anyone.

by Reyan Ali

November 20, 2009 | 12:05am -
Interview A Sunny Day In Glasgow: "We don't have a career!"

Ben Daniels rebuilt his band and took more journeys into experimental sound to create the new album Ashes Grammar.

by Devon Tincknell

November 20, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Mason Jennings finds the light and shines it at the darkness

How yoga and fatherhood helped the Minnesota singer-songwriter gain the maturity and inner peace to write his rawest material yet.

by Rob Van Alstyne

November 20, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Brother Ali belts out joy for the good life

The Rhymesayers rapper talks to The A.V. Club about suburban contentment, the Berenstain Bears, and remembering to be human.

by David Brusie

November 19, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Vic Chesnutt on band switches and mood swings

The songwriter talks about moving between collaborators who are bleaker and brighter than his material.

by Scott Gordon

November 18, 2009 | 8:00pm -
Interview Alela Diane's small-town roots stay close to her heart

The "freak-folk" singer finds her greatest inspiration away from the big cities—which makes it a little hard to spend all her time touring them.

by Rob Van Alstyne

November 17, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Of mulch and pop hooks: Brendan Benson on the state of his career and garden

The Raconteurs co-frontman chats about his new solo record, Motown, and digging up weeds.

by Andy Seifert

November 17, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview The Fiery Furnaces welcome back Kotter on I'm Going Away

The unpredictable indie band becomes That '70s Group on its latest record.

by Lilledeshan Bose

November 13, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Fanfarlo's Simon Balthazar on isolation and imagination

"I’m more interested in that blurry line between fact and fiction."

by Rob Van Alstyne

November 11, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview TuNe-YaRdS on breathing puppets and ukuleles

A crafter of off-kilter art-folk talks about African music, show tunes, and letting puppets breathe.

by Paul Caine

November 11, 2009 | 12:00am -