Brian D'Ambrosio

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 Brian D'Ambrosio 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 Brian D'Ambrosio 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

Interview: Rufus Wainwright brings Kurt Weill’s music into the 21st century

November 19, 2025 Brian D'Ambrosio 0

Rufus Wainwright’s fascination with Kurt Weill began early. “I first came in contact with Kurt when I was about 12 or 13,” he recalled. “I was at a record store and I saw an album with […]

Interview: Greta Gaines – Bird before light and the freedom to begin again

October 7, 2025 Brian D'Ambrosio 0

Greta Gaines has never been one to stay in a single lane. From her early days as a world champion snowboarder to her self-taught journey into songwriting, she has always followed her instincts—sometimes against the grain, […]

Interview: The quiet brilliance of Anna Tivel

September 22, 2025 Brian D'Ambrosio 1

Anna Tivel’s songs unfold like poems whispered across a room—delicate, precise, but carrying the weight of entire lives. She has long been one of folk music’s most poetic voices, a songwriter who makes space for silence, […]