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Interview: Bram van Splunteren – Filmmaker and Journalist
Bram van Splunteren reflects upon his passion for filmmaking, early radio resistance to hip-hop music, and the vital support received from Def Jam publicist Bill Adler.
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Interview: Dr. Roscoe Brown – Tuskegee Airman and Squadron Commander
Dr. Roscoe Brown reflects upon his Air Force experience, life under “Jim Crow,” and the value of education.
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Interview: Haley Reinhart – Singer and Songwriter
Haley Reinhart reflects upon her upbringing in a “house of rock,” the catharsis she found in slam poetry, and the value of risk-taking.
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Who Wants to Skinny-Dip in Mister Frank’s Ocean?
What entertainers say has become infinitely more important and more of a story than what they actually do.
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Interview: Roger M. Bobb – Filmmaker and CEO of Bobbcat Films
Roger M. Bobb reflects upon the influence of Spike Lee, the founding of Bobbcat Films, and lessons learned working under Woody Allen and Tyler Perry.
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Interview: Emeli Sande – Singer and Songwriter
Emeli Sandé reflects upon life as a medical student, the “science” behind music-making, and her emotional attachment to “Heaven.”
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Interview: Antwan “Big Boi” Patton – Hip Hop Icon and Renaissance Man
Date of Interview: 12/04/2012 Over the past two decades, Antwan “Big Boi” Patton has received commercial success and critical acclaim for speaking on wax – and in the streets – about social and...
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“R&B Love Letters” featured in Gil Robertson anthology
Where Did Our Love Go is the third anthology edited by Gil Robertson IV that examines critical issues affecting the quality of African American life. My contribution to this effort is “R&B Love...
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Interview: Allen Stone – Singer, Songwriter and Producer
Date of Interview: 03/01/2013 © 2013 Clayton Perry The music of Allen Stone pulsates with new millennium blues and reverberates with Gospel-infused fervor. On his self-titled debut, the rough, jagged...
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Interview: Ted Gioia – Musician, Author and Jazz Critic
Date of Interview: 03/27/2013 © 2013 Clayton Perry Ted Gioia is a pianist, music historian, and one of the founders of the jazz studies program at Stanford Univeristy. The New York Times has named two...
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