With the tumultuous events of 2020 winding down (please?), music fans are still reeling. What could be worse than a year without live music? Try the passing of some legendary artists (Peart, Van Halen). Any way you look at it, this year has been abysmal. Well Progressive pop/rock stalwarts Marillion are looking to give us [...]
On October 6, 2020 I lost my musical hero and the world lost a legend. Wolfgang Van Halen lost his father, and fittingly he is the one who made the sad and shocking announcement to the world. While celebrities around the world made heart-felt tributes, I thought of the little things. I thought of the [...]
A wandering spirit with the heart of a troubadour, Juliet Hawkins’ journey has taken her to places as far apart as they are different. Places like Peru, Wyoming, and now...Nashville. While the pandemic has been a stifling factor for many, Hawkins has put it to good use. She has assembled a band around her fully [...]
In this third installment of my series of interviews with new Prog-Rock heroes YYNOT, lead singer Rocky Kuner joins me to discuss how she got involved with the project. She discusses how what she thought would be a one-off project developed into a full-fledged band. We also discuss how she takes care of her voice, [...]
Inside the Musical Mind is doing a three part interview with one of the most exciting prog-rock groups to come along in recent years, YYNOT. Recently we spoke with Billy Alexander, the group’s songwriter and guitarist. This time around we sit down with the bands bass virtuoso, Tim Starace. Tim discusses his recent surgery, the [...]