Parlour to Parlour is back! Michael Fortes sets the scene for the 2011 return of Popdose’s video interview and live performance series.
Parlour to Parlour
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Michael Fortes catches up with the stars of Parlour to Parlour’s 14th episode, The New Up, as they release a new EP and prepare for another national tour.
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There’s a new Parson Red Heads EP on the way and a summer tour about to begin, as Michael Fortes gives his latest report on the Parlour to Parlour Class of 2009.
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In today’s Class of ’09 update, Michael Fortes reports the latest developments with the subjects of Parlour to Parlour Episode 3, instrumental duo Silian Rail.
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Where are they now? While we wait for the next round of Parlour to Parlour video interviews, Michael Fortes catches up with last year’s Parlour to Parlour subjects, starting with an exciting development in the world of The Brother Kite.
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Michael Fortes closes the book on Parlour to Parlour in 2009 with a look back at the year-long journey and a show of thanks to all who lent a hand along the way.
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Michael Fortes concludes the Parlour to Parlour journey with a family reunion and some metal shredding in, of all places, the south of France!
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Michael Fortes brings the Parlour to Parlour journey back home to the Bay Area for a visit with Steve Taylor, a piano-toting blue-eyed soul busker from Oakland.
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Michael Fortes uncovers a power pop goldmine in Seattle when he finally meets The Tripwires’ John Ramberg in Episode 23 of Parlour to Parlour.
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My original intent in returning to Seattle, after spending some time there with the Purrs, was to interview a band I had seen in 2008 that had left a lasting…
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It was the need to present an acoustic side of Eli and Mary Chartkoff’s music that caused the Cobra Lilies to form. And the band from which they came, the…
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As we enter the home stretch of the Parlour to Parlour journey, the artists preceding some of these final episodes became important to me not just for musical enjoyment, but…
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What’s taking the Brother Kite so long to finish their next album? Michael Fortes finds out in a visit to the band’s Mason, NH studio in Episode 19 of Parlour to Parlour.
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In Episode 18 of Parlour to Parlour, Michael Fortes chats up Bill Spooner, former singer/guitarist and co-founder of the legendary San Francisco band The Tubes.
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Michael Fortes heads to northern California for this week’s edition of Parlour to Parlour, where he catches up with former Stratford 4 frontman Chris Streng.
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I knew that the Spring Heeled Jacks Original Swinging Jass Band’s debut album, The Dicky Comstock Show, was going to be good. The band’s bassist/arranger (and a very good friend…
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Michael Fortes scores a last-minute interview in Portland with Norfolk & Western — and totally blows it — in this week’s episode of Parlour to Parlour.
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What exactly is a “pleasure pad”? Michael Fortes finds out with San Francisco band The New Up in this week’s episode of Parlour to Parlour.
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Singer songwriter Lila Nelson takes Michael Fortes to some of the most intimate places in her home… and ends up doing some Parlour to Parlour filming herself!
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As a member of Chris Robley’s band the Fear of Heights, keyboardist/vocalist Rachel Taylor Brown had already endeared herself to me with her warmth and unique charm. Then I heard…
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Michael Fortes learns how Julian Lennon inspired one of his favorite Chris Robley songs, and presents a brand new one, as Parlour to Parlour heads to Portland.
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Episode 10 marks a couple of big firsts for me. This was the occasion of my first visit to Seattle, which was surprisingly sunny and blue-sky laden in spite of…
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How can Michael Fortes refuse a beer in the afternoon and still call Parlour to Parlour’s visit with Le Switch’s Aaron Kyle a “true rock n’ roll day”? Your call.
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Michael Fortes drops in on husky-voiced singer/songwriter Angela Correa, a/k/a Correatown, as Parlour to Parlour continues its swing through L.A.
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This week’s episode of Parlour to Parlour captures some of the excitement in the air as the energetic L.A. band The Happy Hollows were preparing for an appearance at Austin’s South by Southwest festival and feverishly working on recordings for their debut full-length album, Spells.
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Michael Fortes concludes his visit with the Parson Red Heads in L.A. with a tour of their blissfully communal pad and an unexpected run-in with the LAPD.
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Michael Fortes takes the Parlour to Parlour adventure down to L.A. as he reveals some drunken shenanigans in Oxnard with our favorite band of harmonious folk rockers, the Parson Red Heads.
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Michael Fortes wraps up the first leg of his visits to Bay Area indie bands in a jovial session with the guys from The Aimless Never Miss.
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Immediately after I had wrapped the Daniel James interview (which you undoubtedly watched last week) on February 15, the second part of the day began as I made my way to the train to cross the San Francisco Bay into Oakland. My appointment was at a practice space, which turned out to be a more convenient location for everyone than an apartment. Awaiting me there were Robin Landy and Eric Kuhn, the instrumental indie rock duo known as Silian Rail. I had met them on an assignment for Performer Magazine that, due to the company’s restructuring, was never published. I hope this episode can make up for it.
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Michael Fortes drops in on Daniel James from the San Francisco-based trio Leopold and his Fiction as the Parlour to Parlour journey continues to cover the Bay Area.