• Ashkelon Sain, Trance to the Sun - sonic alchemist Ashkelon Sain and ethereal vocalist Ingrid Blue discuss their Contemporary Goth group Trance to the Sun and its strong ties to the early, Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd sound.
      

• Saint Low - Mary Lorson is a smoky chanteuse offering dark and melancholy songs Tricks for Dawn. In this chat, Lorson goes over this project her past with label projects such as Madder Rose and Saint Low as well as other current project, like film music.
      

• Zak Sally - In this interview bandmember Zak Sally discusses this album and the music of Low. Recalling Spacemen 3 filtered and ready for easy consumption, Low is melodic slowcore, of an incredibly focused nature. They are probably the only quiescent reflective rock band that draws such adjectives as "intense…" Low themselves helped records two albums with Jessica Bailiff... (read more)
      

• Scanner, Robin Rimbuad, Eclectic minimalist, aka Scanner, talks from England about his album 'Wave of Light by Wave of Light,' musical influences, upcoming American tour and more.
           

• Scarlet Life / Preston Klik - Chicago techno and dance producer Preston Klik and members of Scarlet Life
      

• Gordon Scaeffer, a.k.a. DJ Free, involves the music of many original cultures in creating relaxing music ideal for yoga, massage, etc. In this interviews he discusses uniting that appreciation of aboriginal peoples with the desire to create serene compositions.
      

• Irmin Schmidt - In this 13 December 2005 interview Irmin Schmidt discusses Can as modern art, Masters of Confusion, the upcoming DVD release and what he feels his greatest artistic accomplishment has been, up to this point.
      

• Andy Schneider  is an indie funk rock artist that plays a mean baritone guitar and creates music similar to Beck and Texas' All-Star Dub Team.
      

• Barry Schrader - This 25 February 2007 chat with Barry Schrader covers his '60s and '70s innovations with early Buchla models and the animal kingdom input of a bird ("Fallen Sparrow") and a musical pot-bellied pig ("Duke's Tune").   (Barry Schrader has generously made his albums Available as a Member Premium (In Limited Quantities) for your Membership Support of this series - Click Here >>>)
       

• Lisbeth Scott - Here Outsight interviews Lisbeth Scott. Lisbeth is soloist/co-lyricist for music from and inspired by “The Passion Of The Christ”. This chat is prior to her multi-media tour of late 2004. The Passion of the Christ soundtrack, widely acclaimed for its haunting power, climbed to #17 on Billboard’s Top 200 in just two weeks. The soundtrack hit #1 on both the Soundtrack and Christian charts. The powerful score to The Passion of the Christ score was recorded in London, mixing Lisbeth Scott’s vocals with an 80-piece orchestra and choir. Lisbeth Scott will have her new solo album, Passionate Voice in stores on Sarathan through WORD distribution in-store November 23. The CD features new songs inspired by her work on The Passion of the Christ.
      

• Screaming Halibut - This 27 Nov 2005 interview with Gord Zajac covers the inception in Sept. 2005 creation of the  Screaming Halibut comedy engine, it's goals and ideals. Screaming Halibut is a hilarious regular feature of the Outisght Radio Hours on Sundays between 3p and 5p Sundays (Eastern Time). The flurry of cartoonish sketch comedy in ten minutes is like Monty Python and classic Saturday Night Live, only full of more surprises and twists.
      

• Timothy Sellers of Artichoke discusses in this Spring 2005 interview the new opus "26 Scientists, Volume One Anning-Malthus". Scientisits popular (Einstein) and obscure (Mary Anning) are feted on this energetic folk pop celebration of scientist biographies. In an Outsight first, Sellers performs on acoustic guitar a song scheduled for Volume Two.
      

• Semiautomatic - Wolfcentric (5 Rue Christine Records) is an infectious blend of rugged beats and deconstructed hard rock. The electro-punk album from the Brooklyn group has a timely social commentary in the terrorism-affected "This Place Does not Exist" and the tongue-in-cheek call for a Marion Barry presidency "Marion Barry". Two standout dub tracks feature Ari Up of The Slits: "Stushpuss" and "Execution". In this interview, both Akiko Carver and Ropstyle from Semiautomatic talk about the album.
      

• Septimania, Jonathan Thomas: Jonathan Thomas returns in this 8 October 2006 interview to catch us up on what is the latest with Septimania and who The Coachmen are/were. Listen to hear ancient Roman history and the architecture of music that is zany and creative.
       

• Septimania, Jonathan Thomas: Septimania is Jonathan Thomas & friends including Rick Brown (V-Effect-Run On), Angel Dean, Chris Nelson (The Scene is Now) and various members of the Amoebic Ensemble - which Jonathan was a member of. Thomas plays mostly kitchenware percussion and keyboards and put together this eclectic CD. Instrumentation ranges from pedal steel ot contrabassoon and bazouki to musical saw. In this interview, Jonathan discusses the genesis of the project as well as future plans.
       

• Steve Severin - Former Banshee turned electronic composer
      

• Billy Sheehan - In this interview on St. Patrick's Day, 2002, the rocker of Irish descent discusses his lineage from arena rock (Talas, Mr. Big) to contemporary jazz-fusion in Niacin. Past and future projects season this conversation with the hard working bassist just after the release of "Time Crunch" (Magna Carta).
       

• Billy Sheehan - Bassist  (Niacin, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth)
   

• Mike Shine of The Act is out to deliver self-fulfilling individualism to the world through theatre and rock-n-roll at New York City all-ages shows. Hear him explain this path to global domination.
      

• Shuffle Demons - Richard Underhill  -  This impetus for this interview (June 6, 2005) with Richard Underhill of The Shuffle Demons was the release of "Greatest Hits" (Stubby Records), compiling music by the jazz combo from 1986 to 1993. Richard and myself discuss the cosmic and comical jazz found on these tracks and more.
       

• Sillies, Ben Waugh of The Sillies delivers an overview of the Detroit punk band's history. That lengthy tale is also highlighted on the retrospective America's Most Wanton (Scooch Pooch). Waugh also discusses the group's upcoming West Coast tour and the other touring members of the group that, literally, brought punk rock to Detroit through their live show series at Bookies.
     

• (Silverman)  Martin Williams talks about his group Silverman. After a frustrating tenure in Britpop project Nilon Bombers (that was not without its successes), Martin discovered vocalist Anna Dennis. Her freshness combined with his experience result in captivating post-trip hop melodic electro-pop released to the world on Speed of Life Part 2 (UlgyMan).
      

• John Sinclair - This 20 May 2007 interview is with White Panther John Sinclair, author and former manager of the legendary Detroit rock band the MC5. I spoke with him at his home in Amsterdam after promote the 35th Anniversary Edition of his book GUITAR ARMY published by Process Media. GUITAR ARMY was re-released on May Day (May 1,) 2007. We speak of John's involvement with the MC5, his own musical projects (Total Energy Records, John Sinclair's Blues Scholars), music performances, readings, signings and other events.
      

• Dan Sinker, publisher of Punk Planet magazine, on the book 'We Owe You Nothing - Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews.'
       

• Sister Carol - Hip-hop/reggae artist
       

• Elena Skye - of Demolition String Band shortly after the release of Pulling Up Atlantis (Okra-Tone_ talks about Rollins Band drummer Sim Cain's awesome shuffle beat, how "Like a Prayer" is natural country song and her past affection for wigs.
       

• The Slow Poisoners -  Andrew Poisoner of The Slow Poisoners talks about the perils and pluses of merging theater and nostalgia in an underground rock band.
      

• Gideon Smith talks about how after toiling in the North Carolina scene led to a magical trip to Memphis's Sun Studios to record the kernel that became "Southern Gentlemen" (Small Stone) by Gideon Smith and the Dixie Damned.
       

• Kenny Smith - In this 28 January 2007 interview, Midwest soul legend Kenny Smith is generous with his time and memory. Shake It Records just issued the first ever career retrospective (1965-1973) from Kenny Smith. "One More Day" showcases Smith as a “One-Man Brill Building”: writing, performing & producing his own compositions. Included in this collection are the classic “Lord, What’s Happening To Your People” & “Go For Yourself”, as well as ultra-rare “Skunkie”, the title track “One More Day” as well as a few unreleased sides. Kenny Smith tells us the story behind some of these songs, what the era was like and what his plans are for the future.  Kenny Smith feature >>>
      

• Neal Smith was the drummer for the original Alice Cooper Group. In this 29 October 2006 interview he discussed a recent jam with a 2006 version of the Billion Dollar Babies and looks forward to a mid-December one-show reunion of the original Alice Cooper Group in Phoenix. Smith discusses the early Alice Cooper albums and his solo album, "Platinum God" as well as hinting at the onset of an earthy solo work that promises to hold some of the envelope-pushing themes of the early Alice Cooper albums.
      

• The Snakes live on a parallel plane between the past and the future. Deriving influences as diverse as the Velvet Underground, mid-sixties electric Dylan, and psychedelia, they have navigated a path that is uniquely their own. Consisting of members Lenny Pops (guitar & vocals, ex-Brian Jonestown Massacre), Chris Camacho (bass, ex-Bloom), Dan Joewright (drums), Deonna Boman (guitar) and Gordon Bowen (keyboards). Anton Newcombe is executive producer for their latest release on Bomp! /Committee to Keep Music Evil and in this interview with Lenny Pops (and a few words with Deonna), the discussion covers not only the debut but the new direction of the planned follow-up.
      

• Snow Machine  - This spring 2005 interview is with Katharine McElroy. We trace how her piano pop Snow Machine project sprung from her previous work in Three Finger Cowboy and Nineteen Forty-Five as well as automobile cassette airings of Carpenters, Anne Murray, and Elton John tunes.
      

• Anna Söder of Aluminum Babe talks about the Swedish punk scene and being in a cross-Atlantic band. This is Anna's first interview ever!
      

• Steve Soto of The Adolescents - We celebrated the 25 years since release of "The Blue Album" by The Adolescents in a big way with plenty of related tunes and very good interview with bassist Steve Soto. Here is the interview, full of me being corrected, Steve telling great stories and the lowdown on 22 Jacks.
      

• Sounds of the Czars - Glen Armstrong is a songwriter/guitarist and theremin player for Sounds of the Czars. In this talk, Tom and Glen examine the music of the group. This includes the narrative focus of many of the songs and the imagery that draws upon or suggests film all from the hip, lounge-era aesthetic.
    

• Spanic Boys - The father and son rock and roll duo the Spanic Boys are considered to be among the founding artists such as Los Lobos, Steve Earle, the Blasters and others who helped to define the "Americana music" genre. "Their songs are not museum pieces, they are startling, infectious pieces of contemporary rock that show just how much can be accomplished with just two voices, two guitars and a crack rhythm section," said David Wild, Rolling Stone magazine. Celebrating their 20th anniversary of playing together professionally in 2006, Tom and Ian Spanic have appeared on many national TV shows including Saturday Night Live, Late Night With David Letterman and Late Night With Conan O'Brien, and their songs have been featured in numerous TV shows, movies, commercials and even video games.  In their 20 years playing together, the Spanic Boys have toured extensively in the U.S., Canada and Europe. In this interview, Ian recounts the band's career and where they are at with the release of their new CD.
      

• Stark Effect - "A 'mic in track' is a recording made on a PC using MusicMatch Jukebox, a music utility packaged with many new PC's that allows the user to record from the microphone input of the PC's sound card and save the recording in mp3 format. The default filename is 'mic in track' followed by a number.  If that user also happens to be running a peer-to-peer file-sharing program, and unwittingly shares the directory in which the mic in track is stored, then these personal recordings can be easily downloaded from the user's computer. The vast majority of them are either silent or uninteresting, but many are like Christmas presents giftwrapped in nondescript serial numbers. They represent unique examples of audio vérité."   In this interview, Stark Effect discusses the creations he has made using mic in track source material and future projects making them available on disc.
      

• Steel Pulse, David Hinds - (Steel Pulse)
      

• The Stepbrothers - In 2001 Mike Mariconda (Raunch Hands, Devil Dogs) decided after an 8-year absence from playing music that enough was enough. He joined with Sean “Sonny” Morales (Titz), Pat Pestorius (Stingers), Jeff Linton (Damn Times), and Matt Smith (White Heat) to be The Stepbrothers. The Stepbrothers full-length "Baby It's Over", recorded at Sweatbox Studios, and produced by Mike Mariconda, is another excellent rock and roll album from Licorice Tree Records. In this interview, Mike discusses the switching from being producer to being a production and that absolute lack of any connection between his previous group Raunch Hands and the '60s Epic comedy bluegrass ensemble of the same name.
      

• Stereoiffic, Jeff Mellin - helps run Stereoriffic Records along with being on the roster himself. In this chat, he discusses the recent releases from Miss Mary (Hey, Blue!) and Orange Nichole (s/t). Jeff discusses running a label born in Boston and now spread over the East Coast with a new LP project in England.
      

• Shawn Stern  - of seminal American punk band Youth Brigade and BYO records, a label that pioneered the indie scene and jump-started the swing revival
   

• Sabrina Stevenson - Are you hot for teacher? Sabrina Stevenson really is a third grade teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, but is also hot to take over the world fronting her dramatic post-punk rock band. In this chat, Sabrina enthusiastically discusses going from fan to musician and exciting ride of a band steadily gaining in popularity, the inimitable Third Grade Teacher.
      

• Stratospheerius  - Joe Deninzon is brining wild, expressive jazz guitar to underground clubs and laid-back cafes across American He bolsters his own great originals with covers of music from Zappa, Wayne Short and more. This interview comes from the road as Joe tours with his band Stratospheerius in support of The Adventures of Stratospheerius (D-Zone). 
      

• Rich Stremme / The Deacons  - In this interview from 4 December 2005 we meet Rich Stremme of Made in Brooklyn Records and Brooklyn punk rock act The Deacons. We discuss the label, the band and the DIY ethic. Also we hear about the fantastic acoustic punk compilation "Go Contrary, Go Sing" on Made in Brooklyn Records. This brilliant comp includes such punk notables as Joey Keithley (D.O.A.), Klaus Flouride and Cheetah Chrome doing it up unplugged.
           
• Smith Stuart - Heaven & Earth Band - Journeyman guitarist Smith Stuart and the veteran crew of Heaven And Earth Band are making music and making it happen. Hear how in this 10 September 2006 interview. Heaven & Earth, a blues based rock n roll band formed in 1996 by British guitarist Stuart Smith, has an album entitled Stuart Smith's Heaven & Earth which features some of rock's top vocalists such as Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora, Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow) and Glenn Hughes from Deep Purple. The group is classic rock reborn.
      

• Clyde Stubblefield marked the '60s and early '70's as the beat behind the biggest hits from James Brown. Still active, Stubblefield gives an enthusiastic chat on his involvement One Nation Under A Re-Groove (Magna Carta), an instrumental funk-rock album of music from Parliament and Funkadelic.
      

• SubArachnoid Space was formed in 1996, first as a trio, then almost immediately adding the second guitar role. Since then, the band has continued to explore the infinite variations of instrumental mind-expanding rock and drone. Melynda Jackson is that second guitar role and she explains in this interview that mysterious adjective "SubArachoid" as well as the view from inside of the group's neo-psychedelic instrumental rock.
      

• Sugar Shack guitar player Kyle G. Otis talking about the group's new album Spinning Wheels on Estrus. Sugar Shack's fourteen-track Spinning Wheels is a hot platter of rejuvenated, high energy garage rock. The Texas combo had this album produced by garage rock revival sound architect Tim Kerr. The sounds is that of the best of the early, primitive Rolling Stones with the out of control blues punk of today's groups ... (read more...)
      

• Kenyata Sullivan & Majestic Twelve's Searching for the Elvis Knob is premier indie pop with a variety of facets that feels not need for an edgy attitude or cutting-edge experimentation. In this interview Kenyata Sullivan (Wilmington, NC) discusses the album, which is gathered a ton of acclaim, as well as the long-lived WE Festival.
      

• Damo Suzuki, formerly of Can, discusses Damo Suzuki's Network just before heading out on his Never Ending Tour. The idea is to go from city to city and record improv jams with little preparation drawing on the musicians of the host city. CDs are for sale and MP3s available of past Network shows.

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• Danny Schechter - author of Falun Gong's Challenge to China; also talking about media reporting on the Sept. 11 terrorism aftermath and how mediachannel.org is his main currentl tool for creating an open-eyed, spin-free forum
        

• Aliza Sherman - "Original cybergirl Aliza Sherman discusses her empowering book Cybergrrl @ Work: Tips and Inspiration at Work (Penguin/Berkley) and the RV-based book tour that led to another book. Aliza also discusses her organization Webgrrls International and the other activities that led Newsweek to name her one of the most important Internet personalities."
      

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