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Articles by Phil Walton

About Phil Walton
Phil grew up in the UK and loved listening to and playing music from a young age. He moved from the UK to Chicago in 2011, falling in love with the city and its music scene. He enjoys nothing better than spending time with musicians, whether it be watching them perform, talking to them for the website or reading their autobiographies.
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Interview with Drew Dixon, Volunteer for Musicians On Call

October 8, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Drew Dixon, Volunteer for Musicians On Call
As we reached Nashville, we were lucky enough to speak to Drew Dixon about his music and his experience of volunteering for Musicians on Call.
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Interview with Leilani Kilgore

October 2, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Leilani Kilgore
Here’s a new one in our “Artists on Independent Venues” interviews. Today it’s the turn of the super-talented songwriter and killer guitarist Leilani Kilgore.
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Interview with Ed Snodderly, Owner of The Down Home

October 1, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Ed Snodderly, Owner of The Down Home
For our latest independent venue interview, we stopped off in Johnson City, Tennessee to talk with Ed Snodderly about his venue, The Down Home.
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Interview with Johnny Anton, Owner of The Token Lounge

September 27, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Johnny Anton, Owner of The Token Lounge
For the next installment in our series of interviews with independent venue owners, we spoke with Johnny Anton about his venue, The Token Lounge in […]
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Interview with Patrick Droney

September 26, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Patrick Droney
We were lucky enough to get the chance to sit down with Patrick Droney to chat about his new album, Subtitles for Feelings.
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Interview with Kathy Blackman, Owner of Grog Shop

September 25, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Kathy Blackman, Owner of Grog Shop
In the first of our interviews with independent venue owners, we sat down with Kathy Blackman to talk about her venue, Grog Shop, in Cleveland.
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Interview with Davy Knowles

September 21, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Davy Knowles
It’s time for another of our “Artists on Independent Venues” interviews. Today it’s the turn of Davy Knowles, the amazing Manx songwriter and guitarist!
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Interview with Will Johnson

August 26, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Will Johnson
Next up in our interview series which we’ll call Artists on Independent Venues,” is the great Will Johnson, singer-songwriter and frontman of Centro-matic.
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Interview with Jay Burgess of The Pollies

August 26, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Jay Burgess of The Pollies
Jay Burgess from The Pollies is first up in our new interview series in which we are asking artists for their thoughts on independent venues.
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Interview with Ben Jaffe

August 2, 2023 Phil Walton Comments Off on Interview with Ben Jaffe
Ben Jaffe stopped in for an always enjoyable catch up during which we discussed his new album, the writing process, and touring with Kacey Musgraves. […]

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