Steve Deaton, hailing from Mississippi, has been a musician since college. A few years ago, he reunited with old friends Brian Hughley (Drums) and Steven Poff (Vocals) to form Whiteside's Daughter. Deaton had an ambitious vision, to release a progressive concept album as the group's debut. The album, entitled "The Life You Save" is the [...]
Peter Hamer (aka Piero Giaccone) founded the progressive rock band Victim of Illusion in 2010. With Peter handling guitar, keys, and synth duties, Paolo Gurlino and Luca Imerito round out the line up on vocals and bass. Based in Turin, Italy, Peter is a soundtrack composer by trade and has his hands in many other [...]
Having started at a very young age on piano, guitar and even violin, Tony MacAlpine developed into one of the most consummate virtuosos of our lifetimes. Since his debut album Edge of Insanity in 1986, Tony has continued to compose myriad songs. Songs that are complex, hard charging, and beautiful, often in the same piece. [...]
In this episode of 10 ? with the Musical Mind, we take a slight detour. I say detour because we usually focus on the musicians behind the music. For this show, we had the pleasure of interviewing someone who has had an enormous impact on rock music without ever being in a band. Donna Halper [...]
Before forming Weather King, the individual members were already chasing their muse. Being enrolled in the acclaimed School of Rock, they began to craft their own music filtered through their admiration of groups like The Mars Volta and Radiohead. Twin brothers Andy Zukoski (Keys) and Jack Zukoski (Bass) joined up with Trent Cruickshank (Guitar) and [...]