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<b>Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Review Percival Everett’s New Novel <i>James,</i> Winner of the National Book Award For Fiction</b>

Pamela Skjolsvik and Tandy Culpepper Review Percival Everett’s New Novel James, Winner of the National Book Award For Fiction

UncategorizedMarch 24, 2025by Tandy Culpepper

Starting with this episode of The Hollywood Beat, I’m beginning an ongoing series of book reviews interspersed with author interviews with Dallas, Texas, librarian Pamela…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP <i>Ride or Die</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer-Songwriter James Robert Webb About His New Single and EP Ride or Die

UncategorizedJuly 24, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Country music singer-songwriter James Robert Webb is a man on the rise. In 2022 Nashville’s Music Row Magazine named him Country Breakout Awards’ Independent Artist…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter Susannah B About Music, Motherhood, Her New Album <i>POV</i> & More</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter Susannah B About Music, Motherhood, Her New Album POV & More

UncategorizedJuly 21, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

She’s the daughter of a renowned Broadway composer and lyricist and the mother of two grown children, but now, at long last, singer-songwriter Susannah B…

<b>Tandy CulpepperTalks With Country Music Singer-Songwriter Dionya Marie About Her Latest Single, <i>Miss You So Mad</i></b>

Tandy CulpepperTalks With Country Music Singer-Songwriter Dionya Marie About Her Latest Single, Miss You So Mad

UncategorizedMay 12, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

She’s as versatile a singer-songwriter as you are ever likely to meet. Dionya Marie has drawn comparisons both to Shania Twain and to Karen Carpenter….

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks to Louisa Hall & Annie Nardolilli of GRIEFCAT About Their New Album, <i>Late Stage Capitalism</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks to Louisa Hall & Annie Nardolilli of GRIEFCAT About Their New Album, Late Stage Capitalism

UncategorizedApril 21, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

In 2019, that halcyon year before we found ourselves seeking shelter from the storm known as covid, musicians of every stripe were putting the finishing…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks  With Singer-Songwriter Leo Sawikin About His Upcoming Album And Tour</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter Leo Sawikin About His Upcoming Album And Tour

UncategorizedApril 20, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Singer-songwriter Leo Sawikin, like many other emerging recording artists, is busy making up for lost time. He wrote the material for his first album, Row…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Brian K. Pagels about his Duo Brian K & The Parkway’s Debut Album, <i>Killing the Bear</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Brian K. Pagels about his Duo Brian K & The Parkway’s Debut Album, Killing the Bear

UncategorizedMarch 29, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Brian K. Pagels is one half (along with partner Stephen Russ) of the musical duo, Brian K. & The Parkway. He and Russ formed the…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter John Ondrasik About His STUNNING New Music Video <i>OK</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter John Ondrasik About His STUNNING New Music Video OK

Newsmakers, UncategorizedMarch 20, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

John Ondrasik, known by his stage name Five for Fighting, rose to fame with the 2002 Grammy-nominated single Superman (It’s Not Easy). The song charted…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer James Robert Webb About His New Single & EP<i>Ride or Die</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Music Singer James Robert Webb About His New Single & EPRide or Die

UncategorizedFebruary 20, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Country music singer-songwriter James Robert Webb is a man on the rise. In 2022 Nashville’s Music Row Magazine named him Country Breakout Awards’ Independent Artist…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks with Singer-Songwriter Lauren Calve about her Debut Long-form Album, <i>Shift</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks with Singer-Songwriter Lauren Calve about her Debut Long-form Album, Shift

UncategorizedSeptember 21, 2023by Tandy Culpepper

 Recently I had the opportunity to interview the D.C. based singer-songwriter Lauren Calve. By her own wry admission, she’s something of a late bloomer. In…

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