Juliana Hatfield talks about her latest -- and possibly finest -- record, her frank new memoir, and life after being a Gen X It Girl
By Kerry Lauerman Sep 29, 2008
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Hollywood composer Howard Shore talks about turning a cult horror film into a highbrow opera -- a Salon podcast.
By Thomas Rogers
September 4, 2008
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Moby talks about his annoying public persona, the presidential election, his sex life and his brand-new album.
By Scott Lamb
April 7, 2008
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The outspoken musician discusses her fiercely personal album "Detour," her dust-up with Karl Rove, and why all she wants to do is save the world.
By Eryn Loeb
January 30, 2008
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Yoko Ono talks about fame, John Lennon, and teaming up with Cat Power and the Flaming Lips on her new album.
By David Marchese
February 7, 2007
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Norah Jones on writing on her own, her Page Six-free lifestyle, and her new movie turn.
By David Marchese
January 31, 2007
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Sengalese superstar Youssou N'Dour, who protested the Iraq war, talks about the beauty of Africa, Sufism and his fight against fundamentalism.
By Larry Blumenfeld
October 26, 2005
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The enigmatic Brian Wilson talks to Salon about emulating McCartney and Spector -- and writing music after "Smile."
By Thomas Bartlett
June 22, 2005
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Reggae master Jimmy Cliff discusses his new album, his eternal optimism, and the challenges of making music during wartime.
By Thomas Bartlett
August 24, 2004
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Dire Straits founder David Knopfler talks about his DIY solo career, Bush and Clear Channel's deals with the devil and why he hates "Sultans of Swing."
By Bob Calhoun
November 10, 2003
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Baroque pop auteur Rufus Wainwright on his folkie parents, his years of dissipation, his new "Want One," and his not-so-secret desire to compose 19th century Romantic opera.
By Thomas Bartlett
October 7, 2003
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Denounced as un-American after he blasted Bush on his 21st album, John Mellencamp talks about the rise of Fox News, pay-for-play, what's wrong with the Rolling Stones and why most Republicans aren't rich enough to be Republicans.
By Eric Boehlert
June 30, 2003
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DIY goddess Ani DiFranco on political responsibility in the Bush era, the "lying, whoring media," life in New Orleans and her bottomless pit of self-loathing.
By Joy Lanzendorfer
June 10, 2003
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Rosanne Cash talks about her ailing dad, the Dixie Chicks and the war, losing her voice and the new album that helped her find it again.
By Ken Foster
April 9, 2003
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Aimee Mann talks about addiction, depression, compulsion, her new album "Lost in Space" -- and freedom from major-label tyranny.
By Ken Foster
September 10, 2002
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The self-styled dean of American rock criticism talks about rock's past, its future and why he hit Ellen Willis in the face with a piece of pie.
By Barbara O'Dair
May 9, 2001
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Hank Williams III pays a debt to Nashville -- and looks toward Texas for real country music.
By David Bowman
November 3, 1999
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Bruce Cockburn talks about land mines, "adult" entertainment and being an '80s musician in the '90s.
By David Bowman
September 30, 1999
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Ben Watt on spiritual music, moving the dance floor and the subtle variations of house.
By Amanda Nowinski
September 28, 1999
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Stereolab on philosophical systems, the economics of small record labels and why you shouldn't have sex to Barry White.
By Jeff Stark
September 22, 1999
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Ronnie Spector on her new Kill Rock Stars EP, her ex-husband Phil and why Puff Daddy can't rock 'n' roll.
By Seth Mnookin
September 14, 1999
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Richard Thompson gives us a peek -- just a peek, mind you -- into his bag of musical tricks.
By David Bowman
August 31, 1999
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Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard on schizoid writing, pre-show drinking and the search for the perfect pop song.
By Dawn Eden
August 3, 1999
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Rhett Miller and Murry Hammond of the Old 97's talk about self-hatred, the y'alternative scene and the cynical world of Eve 6.
By Jeff Stark
May 18, 1999
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Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks about losing his alt-country baggage
By Joshua Green
March 17, 1999
Her so-called music career
Making "The Fly" sing
"I'd hate me too!"
Conversations: Sheryl Crow
Ono? Oh, yes!
Cover girl no more
Not your father's Ramadan
"I try to write songs and stuff"
Cliff's notes
He can play honky-tonk just like anything
"Songwriting saved my life"
Ain't that America?
"I'm a voting adult and it's my job to fix it"
"Not every question has an answer"
"How many copies will I sell in Wal-Mart?"
A conversation with Robert Christgau
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald