When the COVID-19 pandemic kicked into high gear in March 2020, it hit the entire world hard, but the music business was especially crushed when an entire touring industry was shut down. Singer-songwriter Michelle Malone, one of those folks who lives by the adage that musicians play music, wasn’t spared. …

These days, it’s comforting for Willy Vlautin to look at the “Tour” section of The Delines website and actually see a page full of dates, something the COVID-19 pandemic had stolen from the songwriter and his bandmates. “I was telling my wife, it’s just nice to be able to help…

You never forget your first, and Willie Nile quickly remembers the first Bob Dylan album he heard. “Another Side of Bob Dylan was the first album that I got of his,” said Nile, who proceeds to reel off some of the lyrics from “I Shall Be Free Number 10”…

Never let it be said that Dave Goddess, frontman for the Dave Goddess Group, isn’t ambitious. “I read that Shakespeare wrote Macbeth and King Lear during a pandemic,” he said. …

It may not be to Chinese Democracy levels, but Amy Correia admits that in the past, she hasn’t exactly been whipping out albums every year or two like clockwork. …

The music world has its share of divas. But Sue Foley is pleased to announce that despite having an album named after her, Pinky has not let fame get to her head. “I think she’s handling it well,” Foley laughs. “She’s very seasoned. She’s been around a long time.” If…

Stephen Clair didn’t learn how to bake bread during the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn’t binge watch anything on Netflix or catch up on video games. Instead, he did what he always did, just more of it. “For me, a benefit of living through a pandemic is I just came to…

It’s been hard to find any positives from the COVID-19 pandemic, but if you want one from the Netherlands, Graeme James found out his accountant was a helluva drummer. Correction. “It turns out my accountant is actually a legendary drummer,” laughed the New Zealand native who has been in Europe…

For someone as engaging as Lia Hide, it’s odd to see the word “dark” attached to her music and practically anything to do with her online. Just google those three words and 18,300 results will pop up. What’s going on here? “Can’t dark people be nice people?” she laughs. “Do…