http://dir.salon.com/topics/arts_entertainment_music_interviews/?source=rss&aim=arts_entertainment_music_interviews en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT By Kerry Lauerman Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/29/hatfield/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/29/hatfield/index.html?source=rss Juliana Hatfield talks about her latest -- and possibly finest -- record, her frank new memoir, and life after being a Gen X It Girl By Thomas Rogers Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/04/shore/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/09/04/shore/index.html?source=rss Hollywood composer Howard Shore talks about turning a cult horror film into a highbrow opera -- a Salon podcast. By Scott Lamb Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/04/07/moby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/04/07/moby/index.html?source=rss Moby talks about his annoying public persona, the presidential election, his sex life and his brand-new album. By Eryn Loeb Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/01/30/conversations_crow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/01/30/conversations_crow/index.html?source=rss 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 David Marchese Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2007/02/07/yoko_ono/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2007/02/07/yoko_ono/index.html?source=rss Yoko Ono talks about fame, John Lennon, and teaming up with Cat Power and the Flaming Lips on her new album. By David Marchese Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2007/01/31/jones/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2007/01/31/jones/index.html?source=rss Norah Jones on writing on her own, her Page Six-free lifestyle, and her new movie turn. By Larry Blumenfeld Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2005/10/26/youssou/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2005/10/26/youssou/index.html?source=rss Sengalese superstar Youssou N'Dour, who protested the Iraq war, talks about the beauty of Africa, Sufism and his fight against fundamentalism. By Thomas Bartlett Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2005/06/22/wilson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2005/06/22/wilson/index.html?source=rss The enigmatic Brian Wilson talks to Salon about emulating McCartney and Spector -- and writing music after "Smile." By Thomas Bartlett Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2004/08/24/cliff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2004/08/24/cliff/index.html?source=rss Reggae master Jimmy Cliff discusses his new album, his eternal optimism, and the challenges of making music during wartime. By Bob Calhoun Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/11/10/knopfler/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/11/10/knopfler/index.html?source=rss 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 Thomas Bartlett Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/10/07/wainwright/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/10/07/wainwright/index.html?source=rss 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 Eric Boehlert Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/06/30/mellencamp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/06/30/mellencamp/index.html?source=rss 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 Joy Lanzendorfer Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/06/10/difranco/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/06/10/difranco/index.html?source=rss 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 Ken Foster Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/04/09/cash/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2003/04/09/cash/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2002/09/10/mann/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2002/09/10/mann/index.html?source=rss Aimee Mann talks about addiction, depression, compulsion, her new album "Lost in Space" -- and freedom from major-label tyranny. By Barbara O'Dair Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2001/05/09/xgau/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2001/05/09/xgau/index.html?source=rss 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 David Bowman Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/11/03/hank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/11/03/hank/index.html?source=rss Hank Williams III pays a debt to Nashville -- and looks toward Texas for real country music. By David Bowman Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/30/cockburn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/30/cockburn/index.html?source=rss Bruce Cockburn talks about land mines, "adult" entertainment and being an '80s musician in the '90s. By Amanda Nowinski Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/28/everything/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/28/everything/index.html?source=rss Ben Watt on spiritual music, moving the dance floor and the subtle variations of house. By Jeff Stark Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/22/stereolab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/22/stereolab/index.html?source=rss Stereolab on philosophical systems, the economics of small record labels and why you shouldn't have sex to Barry White. By Seth Mnookin Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/14/spector/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/09/14/spector/index.html?source=rss Ronnie Spector on her new Kill Rock Stars EP, her ex-husband Phil and why Puff Daddy can't rock 'n' roll. By David Bowman Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/08/31/thompson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/08/31/thompson/index.html?source=rss Richard Thompson gives us a peek -- just a peek, mind you -- into his bag of musical tricks. By Dawn Eden Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/08/03/pollard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/08/03/pollard/index.html?source=rss Guided By Voices' Robert Pollard on schizoid writing, pre-show drinking and the search for the perfect pop song. By Jeff Stark Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/05/18/old/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/05/18/old/index.html?source=rss 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 Joshua Green Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/03/17/17int/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/1999/03/17/17int/index.html?source=rss Wilco's Jeff Tweedy talks about losing his alt-country baggage