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<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 to Susan Bartz Herrick about Her Gripping Mother-Son Memoir, <i>Slow Dancing with the Devil</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks to Susan Bartz Herrick about Her Gripping Mother-Son Memoir, Slow Dancing with the Devil

BooksMarch 31, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Book Review: Slow Dancing with the Devil: A Son’s Substance Use Disorder, A Mother’s Anguish by Susan Bartz Herrick Reviewed by Tandy Culpepper In Slow…

<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 Provocative New Music Video <i>OK</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks With Singer-Songwriter John Ondrasik About His Provocative 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 Susannah B About Music, Motherhood, Her New Album <i>POV </i></b>

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

UncategorizedFebruary 20, 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 Culpepper Talks to Singer-Songwriter Lauren Calve about Her New Album <i>Shift</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks to Singer-Songwriter Lauren Calve about Her New Album Shift

UncategorizedFebruary 20, 2024by 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…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Singer Dionya Marie About Single <i>Miss You So Mad</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks To Country Singer Dionya Marie About Single Miss You So Mad

UncategorizedFebruary 20, 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 Filmmakers Dana Richie & Francesco Lucarelli about Their Post-Pandemic Documentary <i>Unlocked</i></b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks to Filmmakers Dana Richie & Francesco Lucarelli about Their Post-Pandemic Documentary Unlocked

FilmFebruary 16, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

Covid-19 infections exploded across the globe in 2020. By the end of the year, statistics were staggering. In the United States alone, estimates put the…

<b>Tandy Culpepper Talks Volcanoes & Earthquakes with Geologist & Volcanologist Jess Phoenix</b>

Tandy Culpepper Talks Volcanoes & Earthquakes with Geologist & Volcanologist Jess Phoenix

Books, NewsmakersJanuary 8, 2024by Tandy Culpepper

  Jess Phoenix wears many hats. The history undergrad major took a geology class on a lark and found herself instantly hooked. Soon enough, she…

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