Transcending The Blues: Read Our Interview With Legendary Record Producer Daniel Lanois On Motorcyles, Rock N' Roll and His Ongoing Exploration Of Inventing New Sounds →

Daniel Lanois lives and breathes music in a very literal sense. As a true audiophile, he seems to be marinating in centuries of sound waves, honing in on some of historyโ€™s most visceral musical compositions. Itโ€™s as though he pulls rhythms directly from the ground and resonant frequencies from the stratosphere. This description may seem over the top, and while it comes from a place of genuine reverence, I can say that over the 3 hours that we spent together, I witnessed this phenomenon with my very own eyes and ears. When he tells a story, it doesnโ€™t suffice to tell it in words. His life story wouldnโ€™t make sense unless he sang it to you, played it for you, and punctuated it with his signature, โ€œyea, man.โ€ Which is why I had to compile all of these bits in an audio file to give you a real feel for who he is and how he communicates. Itโ€™s really quite elevating. Click here to read the full interview. 

Drugs N' Hymns

Rocco DeLuca performs with his 1931 National guitar at the AUTRE ISSUE 002 release party at Dilettante in Los Angeles. DeLuca's album Drugs N' Hymns album, which dropped last week, is definitely one of those best of a decade kind of records - its that incredible. Pick it up here and read our interview with DeLuca in our current issue. Photograph by Oliver Maxwell Kupper