Author: Jason M. Burns

Jason M. Burns has been successfully telling stories in the comic book industry for the last 15 years as a content creator, writer, and editor. In addition, his resume includes two original novels and multiple film and television projects in Hollywood. When not writing in his spiral notebooks, he can be found outside getting his tattoo-covered arms dirty where he spends the warmer months hybridizing daylilies and tending to his koi pond. He currently live in Massachusetts with his wife, two children, and a pair of rescue dogs with unnecessarily silly names, Gabriella Von Gooey III and Bark W. Grizwold.

Interview: Lilly Hiatt and Her Old Friend Music

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021Jason M. Burns1

photo by Keith Smith photo by Glenn Cook Like bears emerging from a particularly long winter, music fans have been waking from their pandemic hibernation, returning to the clubs to support their favorite artists. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but musicians are just as eager to be surrounded by the same vibes, and not […]

Interview: Dar Williams and the Desire Path

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021Jason M. Burns4

It has been six years since Dar Williams released an album, but writing the songs for what would eventually become I’ll Meet You Here – available October 1 on BMG’s Renew Records – did not feel like a daunting task. After nearly a decade of running Writing a Song That Matters, a retreat for those […]

Interview: Buffalo Nichols Brings Us His Rough Draft

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021Jason M. Burns1

Carl “Buffalo” Nichols may be building a name for himself as a blues artist who combines folk-inspired storytelling with some of the slickest riff making you’ve ever heard, but the Milwaukee raised musician is hoping to transcend genres. Believing that such labels as confining to the creative freedom he is searching for within himself, Nichols […]

Interview: Taylor Kingman of TK and The Holy Know-Nothings

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021Jason M. Burns0

Taylor Kingman of TK and The Holy Know-Nothings There are still three months left to the year, but already the latest album from Portland’s TK & The Holy Know-Nothings is sitting comfortably atop my Best Of 2021 list. Chock-full of tracks that lift you up only to bring you down in the most gratifying of […]

Interview: Sarah McQuaid Takes Us to Church

September 27, 2021September 27, 2021Jason M. Burns1

Sarah McQuaid Takes Us to Church — Interview Recorded without an audience in the medieval Church of St. Buryan, Sarah McQuaid’s latest album, The St. Buryan Sessions (due October 15), has a spirit to it that is as emotionally exquisite as the 15th-century space it was born in. With the COVID-19 pandemic raging around the […]

Interview: James McMurtry and the Impact of Musical Mileage

September 24, 2021September 23, 2021Jason M. Burns1

When it comes to interviews, James McMurtry is a man of few words, which is just as well because as fans of his immersive songwriting, we much prefer that he use them to expand upon his impressive catalog of music. After a long wait – seven years to be exact – the celebrated storyteller has […]

Interview: Jeshua Marshall of Larry and His Flask

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021Jason M. Burns1

With his first solo album Shoot The Moon now available to the masses, Larry and His Flask founding member Jeshua Marshall is bringing his Americana-meets-ska hybrid sound to a speaker near you. Produced by Todd Rosenberg of the Mad Caddies, the record is a twisting mixture of flavors served up in a deliciously edible cone, […]

Interview: AJ Lee and Blue Summit — “I’ll Come Back”

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021Jason M. Burns0

Embracing their acoustic roots, AJ Lee and Blue Summit shed their electric instruments for their latest album, I’ll Come Back, which was released on August 20. Hoping to capture the live sound that fans have come to love about the Bay Area band, they unplugged their amps when they stepped into the studio and turned […]

Interview: Karen Jonas — “Summer Songs”

August 31, 2021August 30, 2021Jason M. Burns0

The dog days may be drawing to a close but the sun and sand live on in Karen Jonas’ latest EP, Summer Songs, which was released on August 20 alongside “Gumballs,” a collection of the singer-songwriter’s poetry. Co-produced by E.P. Jackson, Summer Songs features an Americana take on Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer,” which […]

Interview: Matthew Fowler — “The Grief We Gave Our Mother”

August 24, 2021August 25, 2021Jason M. Burns0

Growing up can be a lot of fun, but it can also be extremely stressful. By the time you reach adulthood, you start to realize the hell you put your parents through, even when you didn’t intentionally set out to do so. For singer-songwriter Matthew Fowler, that awareness was the kind of universal connection that […]