American Songwriter

Q&As

I’m Right Here: A Q&A With Mason Jennings(1)

November 13, 2011

You wouldn’t expect someone born in Honolulu to gravitate to the wind-blown, hardscrabble state of Minnesota, but singer-songwriter Mason Jennings has lived happily in his adopted home turf for 17 years. It’s there that he conceived the nine love-themed songs found on Minnesota, his acclaimed new album. We asked the artist about the influences on [...]

I’m Right Here: A Q&A With Mason Jennings

Q&A: Cody Canada

Cody Canada — best known as the front man for Cross Canadian Ragweed, and his new band mates in the Departed – guitarist Seth James, pianist Steve Littleton, drummer Dave Bowen, and former Ragweed bassist Jeremy Plato — have been crossing the U.S., one stage at a time. Their concerts are filled with songs from [...]

Nashville’s Finest: Meet Colorfeels

Colorfeels’ debut album, Syzygy, is a rewarding slice of tightly-orchestrated indie pop. We chatted with band members Parker Cason, Justin Maurer, Taylor Zachry, and Jared Ziemba about the band documentary Be There, their place in the Nashville scene, and their creative process, all while sitting alongside a patio made for cats, aptly named, “catio”. Where [...]

The Dirt Drifters: Country Music With A Kick

After almost five years of drifting dirty and adamantly maintaining creative control, Nashville-based country on-the-risers The Dirt Drifters finally released their debut, This Is My Blood. The title is aptly chosen with the years of sweat poured into the country record, which melds classic rock, blue-collar sentiment and the influences that come from having band [...]