A few days ago Sabrina has written about the current Pledgemusic campaign of Garland Jeffreys. Now we talk to Garland himself about this project and his experience with music crowdfunding so far and the upcoming album … 50K MUSIC: You’ve just started a Pledgemusic campaign to fund your upcoming album. What made you think about crowdfunding? Garland: A few people had suggested it to us, and we have artist friends who’d had successful campaigns – James Maddock, Willie Nile and Jesse Malin – and we decided the time was right to make the move. Benji and Mike are great at…
From June, 2013
Alex Highton: “Just Keep On Keeping On”
Alex Highton has toured the Continent in April this year and played gigs in Germany, Holland and Belgium. I talked to him about the tour and his new plans for an upcoming album… 50K MUSIC: One month ago you’ve returned from your Germany/Netherlands/Belgium tour. I guess it’s good to be back home, isn’t it? Alex: It’s great to be home. I missed my family. 50K MUSIC: Please tell us something about the tour. Where has it led you to? Alex: I went all over. I had some crazy journeys in between dates. From Berlin to Wuppertal took me 10 hours!…