June playlist

(with links to music videos on YouTube):

• Bat for Lashes—The Bride (2016)
• Swans—The Glowing Man (2016)
• The Pineapple Thief—Your Wilderness (2016)
• Paul Simon—Stranger to Stranger (2016)
• The Invisible—Patience (2016)
• Mitski—Puberty 2 (2016)
• Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle—Colvin & Earle (2016)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers—The Getaway (2016)
• Neko Case/k.d. lang/Laura Veirs—Case/Lang/Veirs (2016)
• Paul Draper—EP One (2016)
• Rival Sons—Hollow Bones (2016)
• Sturgill Simpson—A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016)
• Joseph Arthur—The Family (2016)
• Steven Wilson & Dirk Serries —Continuum I, Continuum II reissues (2005, 2006)
• Sigur Rós—( ) (2002)
• The Beta Band—The Three EPs (1998)

Steven Wilson interviews

Since November 2015, I've been conducting a number of lengthy interviews with Steven Wilson. Frankly, it's been an honor to spend so much time talking to one of my all-time favorite artists—not just a sweet guy but also a very thoughtful and eloquent interviewee.

I've delved into various aspects of the brilliant songwriter and producer's craft, including retroactive appraisals of his solo work and album projects such as Porcupine Tree, No-Man, and Bass Communion. I also interviewed two of his collaborators, bassist Nick Beggs and animation director Jess Cope.

You can read the latest piece about what prompted Steven to release his solo catalog to streaming services such as Spotify over at PopMatters. (Here's a tease: It was the death of Prince.)

And here, below, is a compilation of links to the recent interviews:

• An interview with Steven Wilson on streaming music.

• The making of 4 ½, part 1.

• The making of 4 ½, part 2.

• The making of Bass Communion's Ghosts on Magnetic Tape.

• The making of No-Man's Schoolyard Ghosts.

• The making of Porcupine Tree's Recordings.

• The making of Insurgentes.

• The making of TF100.

• An interview with Jess Cope.

• An interview with Nick Beggs.

(I've interviewed Steven and many of his musical partners numerous times over the years and you can find links to earlier interviews in the right-hand column of this website.)