Greetings, Friends of Music,

Thanks for coming, and for telling your friends about Puremusic and the artists inside our pages. Spreading the word is what keeps a lot of them alive and on the road, making the magic that is music.

This month we interview Richard Julian from NYC, a very bright light, and Norway’s Sondre Lerche, fresh from his great success as the music behind and within the Steve Carell movie Dan In Real Life; that’s a fascinating story. Chicagoan expat Jon Langford from The Mekons and The Waco Brothers talks to us about the many things he does so well, and the musical reunion of Steve Kimock and Billy Goodman on recent West Coast and European dates and on the Big Red Barn Sessions is the subject of our conversations with both artists.

The editor reviews a great pop folk group called The Weepies and a new Nashville artist to watch, Robby Hecht. Bill DeMain offers his thoughts on our second Welsh subject this month, Duffy, on her Rockferry release and a must-have Willie Nelson box set. Michael Ross waxes on Michael MacDonald and on Nick Bartsch’s Ronin. Katy Henriksen considers the latest from Tim Fite and Sweden’s Sarah Assbring, aka El Perro Del Mar. Jennifer Kelly looks into the Vetiver CD Thing Of The Past and There Were Wolves by The Accidental. Shotgun Thomas rounds out the reviews with the recent work of The Black Crowes and Transnormal Skiperoo from the singular Jim White.

And Finally, we bring you not 3, but all 5 Swan Dive video clips from the show they did for Puremusic.com Presents in 2006. Check out the genius of this duo accompanied on alto flute, chromatic harmonica and pedal steel by Jom Hoke. Our apologies for not being able to bring some of these as planned last issue.

We’re certainly enjoying Spring, and traveling a lot, and hope your time has been fruitful. Drop us a line, and keep up the good work.

All the best,

Frank Goodman

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