The Patrick Moraz Interview (2014)

By Shawn Perry In some ways, keyboardist Patrick Moraz has attained a scent of mystique since the 80s. The keyboardist who played with not one, but two, top-shelf bands —...

The Rick Wakeman Interview (2020): Word For Word

By Shawn Perry When you think of Rick Wakeman, it conjures up images of a man in a cape surrounded by an array of keyboards. He’s at once a super...

Marc Bonilla Brings His Keith Emerson Tribute To The Masses

By Shawn Perry When Keith Emerson passed away in 2016, fans and followers around the world were shocked, devastated, and at a complete loss. The musician, a pioneer of progressive...

The Gentle Giant Interview

By Shawn Perry To be honest, Gentle Giant wasn't a band I had given much thought to in recent years when I received a press release, announcing that seven albums...

The Steve Morse Interview (2013)

By Shawn Perry Photo by Junkman I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: Steve Morse is one of the best guitar players in the world. And he’s been with...

The Leo Lyons Interview

By Shawn Perry When music fans think of Ten Years After, they’re liable to picture guitarist/vocalist Alvin Lee, fingers a-flying across the fret board of his beloved Big Red, a...

The Rusty Young Interview (2003)

By Misha ben-David I remember Poco as an antidote to the serious rock poets and hard core proto metal that I was immersed in in my teen years. In between...

Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull: Scaling ‘The Zealot Gene’

By Shawn Perry There is no question that Jethro Tull has weathered any number of trends, trials, tribulations and testaments over the course of 50 plus years. This is because...

The Carl Palmer Interview (2017)

By Shawn Perry Photo by Sarah Elizabeth Aylward The last time I spoke to drummer Carl Palmer, he and his band were preparing to play two festivals at sea. This time,...

The Steve Lukather Interview

By Shawn Perry Photo by Alex Kluft For everything that guitarist Steve Lukather has accomplished as a member of Toto and a working musician who’s played with everyone from George Harrison,...