Rob Shepherd

All Connected: A Conversation with Ron Carter (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Ron Carter by discussing his Foursight Quartet's upcoming performances at both Carnegie Hall and the…

3 years ago

All Connected: A Conversation with Ron Carter (Part One)

Ron Carter is one of the most esteemed voices in contemporary music. Since arriving in New York in 1959, the…

3 years ago

Poisonous Beauty: A Conversation with Mary Halvorson (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Mary Halvorson (Part One here) with a focus on her compositional process, the origin of…

3 years ago

Poisonous Beauty: A Conversation with Mary Halvorson (Part One)

Sir Jeffrey Tate, the first principal conductor of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, once noted that "the most perfect…

3 years ago

Traveling the Universe: A Conversation with Bill Summers (Part Two)

Our conversation with Bill Summers (part one available here) continues with a further discussion on the Headhunters, how percussionists are…

3 years ago

Traveling the Universe: A Conversation with Bill Summers (Part One)

The obsession of many in the music industry to categorize art frequently overlooks the shared tree upon which so many…

3 years ago

Out Into the World: A Conversation with Stuart Bogie (Part Two)

We continue our conversation with Stuart Bogie on The Bogie Band featuring Joe Russo's The Prophets in the City (Royal…

3 years ago

Out Into the World: A Conversation with Stuart Bogie (Part One)

The big band concept has existed for well over a century. Throughout that time, dance has always been an essential…

3 years ago

Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part Two)

For the second part of our conversation with Michael Leonhart on The Normyn Suites (Sunnyside, 2022), we discuss Elvis Costello,…

3 years ago

Peaks and Valleys: A Conversation with Michael Leonhart (Part One)

Sometimes the most complicated things in life are those that appear deceptively simple. We all understand, at a surface level,…

3 years ago