(Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.)
Earlier this year I asked Roadside Graves‘ John Gleason and Jeremy Benson to wax a bit about one of their favorite songwriters, Roger Miller, as the Graves music is nothing if not story [...]

Last week AD cut a session with Kris Kristofferson at a studio here in Los Angeles — we also had the opportunity to interview the troubadour/actor/activist. Below Kristofferson speaks on his new LP, Nicaragua, old friends, and what exactly did happen with that National Guard helicopter on Johnny Cash’s lawn. Stay tuned for the AD [...]

(Sevens, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.)
In 1995, through an unusual series of connections involving Coretta Scott King, my mother and high colonics, I got to attend the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day memorial at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King pastored. It’s a somewhat [...]