Part 1 of an interview with Ryan Scully and Josh Cohen
There has been a long gap since the last interview went up. Apologies to those who have been requesting more.
We'll kick off the next set with a really great one. The other parts will follow very soon.
The Morning 40 Federation are a band that has great resonance with a certain swath of New Orleans locals who see in them the embodiment of a certain set of life experiences that very definitely were in fast effect at one time in New Orleans and in a long gone era of a certain way that Bywater used to look. The reflections from that are still reverberating strongly and the mighty 40s continue on once in a while. As we find out here, they are still writing.
Ryan Scully is a fascinating music writer that I've been trying to catch up with for an interview since the 90s. Currently he is also fronting another interesting band, Scully and the Rough 7.
Josh Cohen is a saxophone player and writer for the 40s as well as being crafty in some other areas and, really quite philosophical.
These folks have amazing insight into the old problem of the correspondence between life and music and, of the folks I have interviewed, they have some of the most unexpectedly profound things to say on the subject.
Alex Mcmurray is often involved in what sometimes becomes a quite multi-layered discussion.
It all happens on the interviews page...
As always, it's also available as a podcast on itunes.