In 1986, Nick van Eede released a song that will be played long after we are all dead. But he's got a lot more going on than that, and on his new album (still under the moniker "Cutting Crew") he's recorded his best songs from the last decade without regard for continuity with the sound that made him famous. We dip back near that time by talking about another of his ballads Continue Reading …
NEM#9. Roderick Romero: Psychedelic Treehouse Poet
Roderick Wolgamott Romero founded and fronted the Seattle 90s space rock band Sky Cries Mary, which created beautiful, collaborative music that was beloved by such "world music" champions as Peter Gabriel and David Byrne. So how does a poet get a band? Is a poet's process different from a typical lyricist's? On this episode of the Nakedly Examined Music podcast, we discuss Continue Reading …