“I’m down to start March 1st, but I have an official South By Southwest show, and I’d like to go to it.” “You have an official South By Southwest Show?” “Yeah” “Take the whole week, man.  That’s ridiculous.” That was the exchange Ryan Davis, who performs as Kadesh Flow, had with his employer when they … Continue reading "Magic City Music Cast 1.05: Kadesh Flow"

“I don’t know that we ever legitimately realized there was time for it.” “There’s no time.” “It’s like when you have an itch… do you ask yourself, ‘Hey when am I going to scratch this itch?’  No, you just scratch it.  I think that was the case with us.” These are the responses I get … Continue reading "Magic City Music Cast 1.04: MRYGLD"

“I think it’s irrefutable that I’ve definitely taken elements of older, past, bygone decades of music… I like to take a lot from multiple decades and try to see if it fits together.  I think a lot of people are doing that now, and that is the thing that makes it modern.” That’s what Early … Continue reading "Magic City Music Cast 1.03: Early James & the Latest"

If you know me, you know I’m a big fan of the music scene in Birmingham.  But what you may not have known is that I’m also really passionate about the underground street magician scene going on in Nashville.  That’s why today I’m launching my newest podcast, the Music City Magic Cast.  I’ve realized that … Continue reading "Introducing the Music City Magic Cast"

“Recording music is really strange.  A lot of times, what you’re doing in a room just doesn’t translate to what’s happening in your ear, when you’re listening to it later… I think the coolest thing about this record is that when I hear it and I listen to it it sounds like us, which seems … Continue reading "Magic City Music Cast 1.02: Belle Adair’s Reed Watson"

“Especially with this folk-style record, you don’t want it to be over produced.  You want it to sound like people hanging out on a front porch, singing together.”  That’s the way B. Snipes describes his new record, My Mountain Home, out this month.  I sat down with the Birmingham singer-songwriter to talk about the significance of … Continue reading "Magic City Music Cast 1.01: A Conversation with B. Snipes"

Introducing the Magic City Music Cast, my new podcast where I interview artists playing shows in and around Birmingham.