Unless you’re Oprah Winfrey or Barbara Walters, journalists’ interviews of interesting people generally suck.  Either the questions are as creative as a wet mop (how did you get started? who are your influences? blah blah yawn blah) or the artists being interviewed choose Fort Knox as their modus operandi. I’d like to give a big fat  BRAVO to two [...]

RadioPotato’s monthly installment of April’s Top 5 music picks are here…albeit, a few days late as it is May 5th.   April found me in a music frenzy of firsts.  Ranging from interviewing Greg Laswell, witnessing Gareth Asher’s new CD launch at Eddie’s Attic, Amos Lee live, JazzFest in New Orleans where I got to [...]

“No one follows someone who sits on the sidelines.  Never.” -Bob Lefsetz I woke up this morning to find this phrase in my e-mail inbox, courtesy of Bob Lefsetz e-mail subscription.  Popular musical ranter, Bob Lefsetz’ blog was recommended to me by social media/music business mastermind, Tony Caporale.  This particular phrase hit home.  Let me explain why… [...]

Hallelujah! Today is an amazing day! Easter Sunday, 2010. I should be going to Church this morning, but having been corrupted by an overzealous Christ Converter a few years back, I’m still struggling to find my way back to the House of Prayer. In the meantime, I do hear the divine every day as a [...]

After analyzing my site statistics, I noticed that my Countdown or “Top” lists get the most amount of site traffic.  Since I’m not too proud to go for the short and dirty to get more people to the site, I thought I’d start a Top 5 campaign of the best music for each month.  Even [...]

I can’t say I’ve often wondered what Darth Vader’s dreams sound like – but after marinating on indie-pop band Slow Runner’s tagline for their new EP Ghost Rendition announcement video, (Ghost Rendition: It Sounds Like Darth Vader’s Dreams, I’m thinking  maybe Darth Vader’s musical tastes lean toward the ”lyrical pop music shot out into space“ variety. Paste Magazine honored Slow Runner as one [...]

My girlfriends and I have often sat around and discussed the inner-complexities of our failed relationships and we noticed they have a very common theme.  They go something like this:  ”It started out GREAT!  He was so perfect and sweet to me!  And then I don’t know what happened.  He became disconnected and a total [...]

He may look like a little British hobbit, but DAMN, Jamie Cullum puts on an electrifying performance! I’ve been a fan of Jamie Cullum for many years now.  Evidently, my nomination for the highly esteemed Chozen Award has left me pretty cocky.  I decided I would send Jamie a Facebook e-mail earlier this week.  Maybe his career aspirations included being [...]

Music trivia and useless thought-provoking musical “what-if” scenarios reign supreme in the Rizk family.  Not too long ago, I embarked on a road trip from Atlanta to Charleston with my brother. Another futile musical debate was imminent. This trip’s burning question?  What is YOUR definitive artist for each decade? Not THE definitive artist, although that’s debatable too…but YOURS!  Here’s [...]

Q: When you think of John Mayer, do you think Musician or do you think Celebrity? Discuss.