interviews
For some, being a comedian is a lifelong ambition, with dreams of headline performances, sold-out shows, and standing ovations. But for Esther Manito, comedy was just a way to get out of the house. Taking up a six-week writing course while on maternity leave, Esther thought it would be fun to do something creative. “I never intended to do stand-up, but I got bitten by the bug,” she remembers, leaving her teaching career to pursue comedy full-time during the pandemic. "People can see the impact that being a woman of a certain ethnicity – who’s also a mother – has and how you have to navigate yo...
The New Arab
Slash is all good with technology. But he’s seen the negative side of it creeping into how albums are made these days. “You’ve got a lot of bands that don’t even actually go to the studio to record a record,” he tells UCR. “I can name a dozen of them.” But he’s not naming names today. Instead, he’s celebrating the fact that Orgy of the Damned, his first blues album, recently made its debut at No. 1 on the blues album charts in both the U.S. and the U.K. It landed in the Top 10 in five other countries around the world. Even after all of his successes, this latest milestone caught him off guard....
Ultimate Classic Rock
On Oct. 11, the Offspring will celebrate the release of their latest studio album, Supercharged. Ahead of that day, longtime guitarist Noodles joined Loudwire Nights to discuss the record and reflect on the band’s last 40 years. “I wonder where all the time went,” Noodles admitted to Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong. “I don’t feel 40 years older than I did back then, you know? I haven’t matured much, I’ll tell you that.” As far as Supercharged goes, Noodles is ready for fans to hear it. “I want to get the rest of it out. This is always a really nervous time, a frustrating time in a lot of ...
Loudwire
Back in the 70s part of takin’ care of business for Bachman-Turner Overdrive meant performing underneath a large steel replica of the band’s gear-shaped logo, with flashing lights — a visual gimmick as heavy as the opening chords of “Not Fragile” or “Four Wheel Drive.” The quartet used the prop throughout its arena-filling heyday, when it had three albums in the Top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart (BTO II, Not Fragile, Four Wheel Drive) and “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” lodged at No. 1. “that thing weighed tons,” Randy Bachman tells UCR. It was tonnage. It was built on one-inch plywood all bolted...
Ultimate Classic Rock
What are your earliest memories of food? For chef Ayesha Kalaji, she recalls sitting at her grandmother’s kitchen table eating shish barak surrounded by jars of bright pink pickles. “I’ve always adored food – there are pictures of me when I was younger with my head in a mixing bowl,” she remembers. These days, you’ll find Ayesha serving grilled Nabulsi cheese with Persian black lime honey at Queen of Cups, her Glastonbury restaurant that serves unique and delicious dishes taking influence from her Jordanian roots. From Iraqi pitas to black tahini and black cardamom ice cream, Queen of Cup’s go...
The New Arab
“It was like a completely new thing,” Melvins singer Buzz Osborne tells Full Metal Jackie on her weekly radio show about the band’s Tarantula Heart album, adding “It’s very odd.” Indeed, Osborne did come up with a very unique approach to recording the band’s latest record. revealing that two of the band’s members for this album were surprised when they heard the final album. He details how it all went down in the chat below. Osborne also delves into what passes the muster for him when it comes to creating their new music, details what’s on the horizon for both himself and Melvins and he also t...
Loudwire
Country music is in the DNA of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ catalog. Decades ago, before the Heartbreakers even existed in their full form, Petty was playing country songs in what he would later describe as “real redneck country” Floridian bars, trying to earn a living as a burgeoning performer. “[The crowd was] always kind of weirded out by us because we had long hair, playing country music,” Petty said in 2005’s *[Conversations With Tom Petty](https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-Tom-Petty-Paul-Zollo/dp/1787601625). “And that was completely unheard of in those days.”* Petty’s country inf...
Ultimate Classic Rock
“It was when I turned 15, because I picked up the guitar on my birthday. It was that summer.” Slash joined Chuck Armstrong on Monday’s Loudwire Nights (June 17) to celebrate the recent release of his latest solo album, Orgy of the Damned. In addition to discussing that record, he also opened up about how he fell in love with rock — and the guitar — in the first place. “I had been going to music festivals, I was really into a lot of records and a lot of music,” he recalled. “At that time it was all a huge new discovery thing for me. All these new bands and all these records that I hadn’t heard ...
Loudwire
Hamada Shaqoura is a well-known food blogger from Gaza who has garnered attention for his efforts to provide cooked meals, mostly from aid packages, to displaced children amid the ongoing war. His work exemplifies the power of community-driven initiatives and the impact of leveraging social media to raise awareness and mobilise support amid the Israeli war on Gaza. "Each meal prepared from an aid package tells a story of hope and determination. By sharing these stories, I want to humanise our struggle and keep the plight of Gaza in the global consciousness" Hamada built his online reputation a...
The New Arab
Palestinian-American chef and third-generation exile Marcelle G. Afram's pop-up catering business Shababi has been making waves in Washington D.C. Through Shababi, which translates to "my youth" in the Palestinian dialect, Marcelle hopes to showcase the Arab-American hospitality with which he was raised. Marcelle sat down with The New Arab to discuss his role in the culinary industry, its connection to his identity, and how both have developed since October 7. "It was the embodiment of Palestine's spirit, expressed in many iterations" Raised by his parents and grandparents with a love and curi...
The New Arab
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