great guitar player. We did several gigs with him over the years at different places, including the Cork Jazz Festival. But we did a gig with him in the Guinness Spot one night at the Belfast Festival at Queens. Three numbers into the concert, he threw me a solo. Which got...
at Royal Albert Hall, "Saturday Night Live," or any given award show — is so impressive. Is that process something that you have in mind when you're writing and recording in the studio? It's really important to me as a performer; I want it to be fresh and exciting. And also 'cau...
I was a nervous wreck leading up to that meeting. I hoped the publisher would instantly recognize that my songs were destined to be GRAMMY-winning hits, and I would be offered a contract on the spot. Getting a “yes” represented a one-way ticket out of tedious temp...
“The rhapsody surprised me by its Spanish character…But how could I explain the subtly authentic Hispanic quality of our musician, knowing, by his own admission, that he had but neighboring relations with our country, being born near its frontier? I rapidly solved the problem: Ravel’s Spain...