Four Strings and the Truth

Four Strings and the Truth

By Sandy SmallensMusicMusic Interviews
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Four Strings and the Truth episodes

  • Fingers of Fury (Road) with Kira Roessler (Black Flag, dos, AwkWard)

    Providing the rhythmic glue for Black Flag's mid-80s heyday was just a starting point for bassist/songwriter/singer Kira Roessler. Now, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning dialogue editor (that's half an EGOT!) based in LA, Kira still finds time - in 30-minute increments - to lay down intricate, dueling bass lines with her sometime bandmate (and ex-husband) Mike Watt in dos, while also releasing her first solo album in 2021, the aptly titled KIRA. Ms. Roessler bristles with insight and self-deprecating humor in this long awaited chat.

    KIRA (https://kittenrobotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kira) (solo album)

    Black Flag (https://www.blackflagband.com/)

    Dos (https://dossanpedro.bandcamp.com/album/justamente-tres)

    AwkWard (https://bassawkward.bandcamp.com/album/in-progress)

    Buy yourself a custom Kira bass (https://www.garzguitars.com/basses) from Garz guitars

    50 min
  • Feeding the Animal with Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics, Coriky)

    Beneath Joe Lally's low-key demeanor beats the heart of an omnivorous low-ender, a restless composer, performer and, most recently, teacher. In an expansive conversation, the man whose bass lines launched 10,000 bands takes us through his musical upbringing, touching on the origins and status of DC hardcore standard-bearers Fugazi, his later-in-life embrace of musical theory and his ongoing creative partnership with his various bandmates, including Coriky and The Messthetics, who have just released a new album (https://open.spotify.com/album/3hewGriGKlgvZGvnZgR85A?si=XIm3FmajTV-spJzVYVsQQQ) featuring saxophonist James Brandon Lewis.

    Fugazi (https://dischord.com/band/fugazi)

    The Messthetics (https://dischord.com/band/messthetics)

    Coriky (https://dischord.com/band/coriky)

    Joe's solo releases (https://dischord.com/band/joe-lally)

    Book a lesson with Joe on Instagram (@JoeLally898) or Facebook (https://facebook.com/joe.lally.585)

    54 min

About Four Strings and the Truth

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"Four Strings and the Truth: The Bassists Who Changed Music" features intimate conversations with players who have changed the course of the music that came after them, and continue to do so. We'll uncover their four-string mindset - their influences, approach, artistic practice, and how they go about practicing, playing, composing songs, being in a band and living their lives.