Kenner

I must say, dear readers…this was a very interesting interview to conduct.  After researching and learning about Kenner…I came out of it all with my questions in hand, but also left with two stunning impressions of how this band operated.  The first…after watching numerous videos in their catalog…was that this band has an extreme sense […]Read More

West My Friend

By now we can assume if you’ve been following our work here from sleepingbagstudios, that you’re well-familiar with the name West My Friend and the sounds of their beautiful indie-folk music. We’ve had the extreme pleasure of getting to know this incredibly talented band of four from Vancouver Island over these past two years and you […]Read More

The Last Surrealist

Courage is actually a supremely rare trait to HEAR in music. Not only is the audible-quality that makes up that feeling hard to find – but to be able to discuss the tougher events with these incredible lyricists and storytellers can prove to be even more difficult even in the most comfortable situations. That’s not the […]Read More

Masato Chiwa

Despite having sent out numerous written interviews in 2014 – it’s been a while since we’ve had one returned with answers back to us! Believe me, I can assure you from the callouses on the tips of my typing-fingers – these interviews still go out all the time…but we all know I ramble on so much […]Read More

Rabbi Danielle Upbin

This was a complete privilege. In an interview that discusses everything from music, to politics, to religion – I was completely inspired to talk to Rabbi Danielle Upbin about her new album Reveal The Light and anything else that came to my mind. No topic was off-limits and I was every bit as free as I […]Read More

Grenouer

I have always long maintained since starting this project with sleepingbagstudios back in 2012 that one of THE coolest aspects of what we doing is being able to talk with people from so far away & in different parts of the world entirely. Another one of THE coolest things about that though, is being able to […]Read More

No Longer The Hero

We all experience times throughout our creativity and personal lives where we feel like we didn’t quite hit the mark. Sometimes, in the process and pursuit of the art we love we can let people down, even let ourselves down at times. But we bounce back, if only to a more realistic vision of ourselves and our […]Read More

Sprightly Moans

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good SPRIGHT! Let’s face it – Christmas music isn’t always “all that.” There are often too many bells and certainly not enough ROCK. You might even argue that over time the holiday season itself has become more about presents than it has been about presence…so let’s change that up […]Read More

Ahimsa

People sure can RULE in a completely awesome way sometimes. Meeting humble independent musicians like Ben here from the project Ahimsa really shows you can make quality music and never have to have an ego about it. It also makes me wish for them all to retain their independent inherit goodness and never “grow-up” into the cold […]Read More

Mitchell Bay

Mitchell Bay Communication. That’s the heart of all rap music isn’t it? What started as an underground common thread to a few has been now longstanding within the mainstream but that element of communication and shout-outs to the masses remains. Meet Mitchell Bay – rap artist from BC, Canada and focused wordsmith; not only in his music – […]Read More