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By Paul Salfen The late afternoon sun spills over the emerald hills of upstate New York, painting Matisyahu’s home in a warm, amber glow. Outside, the GRAMMY-nominated artist talks introspectively about his new release, Ancient Child. Tomorrow, October 3, 2025, his eighth studio album, Ancient Child, will burst into the world—a 12-track tapestry of reggae’s
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Interview by Paul Salfen Kula Shaker, Photo by Ami Jay Kula Shaker has always existed in an alternate reality, a luminous anomaly in the midst of Britpop’s lad-culture swagger. Emerging in the mid-’90s with Sanskrit-laced lyrics, sitar-drenched feedback, and a mystical counter-narrative, they fused British psychedelia with Eastern mysticism in a way that felt less
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Interview by Paul Salfen In the sweltering heat of a Phoenix stage clocking in at 109 degrees, Lawrence Gowan—keyboardist, vocalist, and perpetual motion machine for the legendary rock outfit Styx—sweats it out with the kind of grin that says he's exactly where he belongs. It's been over 50 years since Styx first emerged from the
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Interview by Paul Salfen In the gritty streets of Oakland, California, where sirens wail and shadows hide secrets, Paul Alex Espinoza once chased justice as a detective. For years, he clocked 80 to 100-hour weeks, diving into narcotics cases, special victims investigations, and everything in between. "I did absolutely everything the department threw at me,"
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By Paul Salfen, AMFM Magazine Amidst sweltering heat advisories and casual chit-chat about Florida humidity and Texas asphalt waves, my conversation with rising urban country artist J. Michael Phillips and hip-hop heavyweight Yelawolf quickly dove into the raw, resilient heart of their collaborative album Whiskey & Roses. Released on July 11th via Yelawolf’s independent label
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