The Dyeing Merchants - A friendly drink before the end.

March 17, 2013 by Blake Morneau in Interviews

I had never heard of the Dyeing Merchants before my editor at FEEDBACK asked me if I was into doing an interview with the band to write a piece on them for the newly launched magazine. With my tenuous relationship with local music needing a shot in the arm, I willingly dove head first into their last record, Tempest Roar. I sat down them in November 2012 at a local pub for a chat about the beginnings of their band, their disappearing bass-player problem and exotic mammals running their soundboards.

Unfortunately they will play their last show on April 11, 2013 at the Copper Owl here in Victoria. I'm glad I got the chance to meet them and get to know their music before they called it quits! Enjoy!

The Lytics - Winnipeg Hip-Hop Heavyweights

March 17, 2013 by Blake Morneau in Interviews

The Lytics blew my face off at the 2010 installment of the Rifflandia festival and when I found out they were returning to Victoria in October 2012 I jumped at the chance to talk with them. After a stellar, but poorly attended show at Felicita's we sat down in the basement of the Martlet office for a late night about their latest record They Told Me, being from Winnipeg and a surprising love of James Taylor.

Charles Bradley - The Screaming Eagle of Soul

March 17, 2013 by Blake Morneau in Interviews

This was the second interview I'd ever conducted. Despite some early complications, we got everything on track and it holds up to this day as one of the most emotional conversations I've had. This interview took place in August, 2011 as Bradley was gathering steam from the release of his debut record, No Time For Dreaming. The only one of my interviews to ever be published in full, it first appeared on the Martlet.