Tzvi Gluckin – Music Writing And More

Agents Of Change

Posted on September 18, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

Not long ago, guitar pedals were made by larger companies with the machinery, infrastructure, distribution networks, and resources to bring them to market. The big players were names you know—like Boss, MXR, Ibanez, Electro-Harmonix, [...] read more

Forgotten Heroes: Clarence White

Posted on August 6, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

In the mid 1960s, the Byrds were one of a handful of bands that defined the era. Built around tight vocal harmonies and Roger McGuinn’s jangly Rickenbacker 12-string, their chart-topping music incorporated elements of [...] read more

Wolfgang Muthspiel: The Man with Two Brains

Posted on July 16, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

In the early 1980s, Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel moved to Boston with something of a split musical identity. He went to the New England Conservatory and divided his time between jazz studies with legendary [...] read more

Kinga’s Feeling the “Crazy Notes”

Posted on June 1, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

“People usually call me a jazz musician, and that puts huge pressure on me. I feel stressed that people expect something from me, and I am still a work in progress,” says Polish bassist [...] read more

Big Thief’s Adventures in Alchemy

Posted on April 23, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

According to Adrianne Lenker, the principle songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist for the New York-based indie band, Big Thief, sometimes it’s important to sound bad. “What excites me the most is making my own road [...] read more

Kvelertak: “Don’t Underestimate the Bongo”

Posted on March 26, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

Norwegian metal titans Kvelertak are a band in transition. They have a new frontman, Ivar Nikolaisen, who replaced founding vocalist Erlend Hjelvik, and Håvard Takle Ohr took over on drums from the departed Kjetil [...] read more

Bumblefoot, Billy Sheehan, Sons of Apollo

Posted on February 11, 2020February 13, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

In 2017, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal and Billy Sheehan bowed to the inevitable and joined a supergroup. That wasn’t a first for either of them, but after decades of NAMM showcases, all-star house bands, prog [...] read more

The Wood Brothers’ Sonic Voodoo

Posted on January 23, 2020January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

The Wood Brothers, who are Oliver and Chris Wood on guitar and bass, respectively, along with Jano Rix on drums, are no strangers to serendipity, which was key to the recording of their latest [...] read more

Jon Madof Talks About Starting Chant Records, Festivals, And Why Rejection Is Better Than Silence

Posted on January 7, 2020January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

Jon Madof does things differently, which probably explains his decades-long association with composer/iconoclast, John Zorn. Madof’s bands have recorded for Zorn’s label, Tzadik Records, and his current project, Zion80, fuzes the cantorial melodies of Rabbi Shlomo [...] read more

Death by Audio

Posted on December 20, 2019January 30, 2020 By Tzvi Gluckin

The Death By Audio Fuzz War is one of the more aggressive, abrasive, and gnarly fuzz pedals known to man. It was embraced by artists like Ty Segall, John Dwyer (Oh Sees), Chad Ubovich (Meatbodies), Charles [...] read more