{"id":4413,"date":"2013-05-06T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?page_id=4413"},"modified":"2022-01-09T19:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T00:45:20","slug":"reviews-and-interviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/reviews-and-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Archive: Articles and Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Recent Press<\/strong><br \/>\nHere are links to interviews with Michael and reviews of his music:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Santa Cruz Good Times:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goodtimes.sc\/santa-cruz-arts-entertainment\/michael-gaither-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Gaither\u2019s Pandemic Gig Helped Local Music Fans Through Lockdown<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 6\/23\/21<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;See You On the Other Side&#8221; wins the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatamericansong.com\/winners.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great American Song Contest<\/a> in the Singer\/Songwriter category &#8211; 3\/1\/21<\/li>\n<li>KSCO Radio: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/highway-17-is-a-killer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Highway 17 Is a Killer&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; 3\/22\/21<\/li>\n<li>The Santa Cruz Guitar Company:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3rz692xPd7M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coffee Break video podcast <\/a>&#8211; 1\/20\/21<\/li>\n<li>Santa Cruz Good Times: <a href=\"http:\/\/goodtimes.sc\/santa-cruz-arts-entertainment\/santa-cruz-music\/love-your-local-santa-cruz-band\/michael-gaither-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Love Your Local Band: Michael Gaither<\/a> &#8211; 1\/31\/19<\/li>\n<li>Watsonville Register Pajaronian: <a href=\"https:\/\/register-pajaronian.com\/article\/michael-gaither-and-his-new-best-friends-to-perform-at-jansen-music?fbclid=IwAR153RRvsRkU9FtaqVje3zmJwU9jDoDBZsrBnZQ7-VdZR5cOkcgVoOhj5Q4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Gaither and His New Best Friends to perform at Jansen Music<\/a> &#8211; 1\/25\/19<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kccaferadio.com\/michael-gaither-enjoys-good-karma-with-his-latest-album\">KC Cafe Radio Interview: \u201cMichael Gaither enjoys good karma with his latest album\u201d<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 2\/7\/2018<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobeandteardrops.com\/2017\/11\/michael-gaither-hey-karma.html\">Adobe and Teardrops Review<\/a> &#8211; 11\/2017<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bucketlistmusicreviews.com\/michael-gaither-hey-karma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Gaither &#8211; &#8220;Hey Karma&#8221;<\/a> (Bucketlist Music Reviews) &#8211; 6\/15\/2017<\/li>\n<li>Starsafire Blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/starsafire.starrayz.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/a-musical-companion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Musical Companion<\/a> &#8211; 5\/13\/2017<\/li>\n<li>Register Pajaronian:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/register-pajaronian.com\/article\/layoffs-zombies-and-sarcasm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zombies, Layoffs and Sarcasm<\/a> &#8211; 5\/9\/2017<\/li>\n<li>Monterey County Weekly: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereycountyweekly.com\/entertainment\/music\/a-packed-musical-weekend-at-bay-of-pines\/article_747d9a98-d85b-11e6-a005-dfc0eb823019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Packed Musical Weekend at Bay of Pines<\/a> &#8211; 1\/12\/2017<\/li>\n<li>Redding Record Searchlight: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redding.com\/entertainment\/local\/Saturdays-Songwriter-Showcase-features-Dyar-Foster-and-Gaither-396089831.html\">Saturday\u2019s Songwriter Showcase features Dyar, Foster and Gaither<\/a> &#8211; 10\/5\/2016<\/li>\n<li>Grateful Dread Public Radio:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gdprnashville.org\/?p=795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Video from Michael Gaither: Highway 17<\/a> &#8211; 2\/17\/2016<\/li>\n<li>KION 5\/46: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kion546.com\/news\/santa-cruz-county\/highway-17-commuters-follow-jobs-over-hill\/67059163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Highway 17 Commuters Follow Jobs Over the Hill<\/a> &#8211; 3\/4\/2016<\/li>\n<li>Monterey County Weekly: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montereycountyweekly.com\/entertainment\/music\/michael-gaither-and-the-rayburn-brothers-bring-americana-roots-to\/article_3159fd8c-a1d1-11e4-acee-4318c81b270d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Gaither and the Rayburn Brothers bring Americana roots to Moss Landing<\/a> &#8211; 1\/22\/2015<\/li>\n<li>Santa Cruz Good Times: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtweekly.com\/index.php\/santa-cruz-area-music\/love-your-local-santa-cruz-band\/4954-michael-gaither.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Love Your Local Band&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; 7\/25\/2013<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Jensen Online-Express: <a href=\"http:\/\/ljo-express.blogspot.com\/2013_06_01_archive.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Drive-In, He Said&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; 6\/2013<\/li>\n<li>Maverick Country (UK): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/cd-review-startlite-reviewed-from-the-uks-maverick-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221; Review<\/a> &#8211; 3\/2013<\/li>\n<li>Country Jukebox (Munich, Germany): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/cd-review-this-just-in-from-germany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221; Review<\/a> &#8211; 12\/2012<\/li>\n<li>Register Pajaronian: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.register-pajaronian.com\/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&amp;story_id=13772&amp;page=72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corralitos Series Returns on Saturday<\/a> &#8211; 1\/19\/2013<\/li>\n<li>Watsonville Patch: <a href=\"http:\/\/watsonville.patch.com\/articles\/hometown-artist-has-cd-release-party-at-the-fairgrounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hometown Artist Has CD-Release Party at the Fairgrounds<\/a> &#8211; 8\/2012<\/li>\n<li>Monterey Bay Area News: <a href=\"http:\/\/montereybayareanews.com\/telling-stories-to-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telling Stories to Music<\/a> &#8211; 7\/26\/2012<\/li>\n<li>Register Pajaronian: Small-Town Vibes at the Starlite Drive-In (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/reg-paj\/page1.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page one<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/reg-paj\/page2.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page two<\/a>) &#8211; 11\/2012<\/li>\n<li>City on a Hill Press: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityonahillpress.com\/2011\/11\/03\/storytelling-and-music-attract-wide-audience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Storytelling and Music Attract Wide Audience<\/a> &#8211; 11\/2011<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kccaferadio.com\/michael-gaithers-songs-and-stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; Airs Weekends on KC Cafe Radio<\/a> &#8211; 3\/1\/2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Past Articles<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/press\/reviews.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interviews and reviews (2006 &#8211; 2010)<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 75%;\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"3\" \/>\n<p><strong>Radio Interviews<\/strong><br \/>\nClick the links below to listen to interviews and live performances by Michael on a number of radio stations. Like something you hear? Click on the song titles to purchase and download them from iTunes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KPIG Radio 107.5 FM (Freedom CA) &#8211; 2\/2013<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/music\/misc_audio\/radio\/KPIG_PSB_interview_031713.mp3\">Click to listen (time = 14:37)<\/a><br \/>\nA visit and performance on &#8220;Please Stand By&#8221; with host &#8220;Sleepy&#8221; John Sandige. Live takes on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/starlite-drive-in-saturday\/id537770461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/starlite-drive-in-saturday\/id537770461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Waltzes When She Runs&#8221;<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/starlite-drive-in-saturday\/id537770461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Tell Me Where It Hurts&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Somervalley FM (Bath, UK) &#8211; 10\/2012<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories122.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to listen (time = 17:45)<\/a><br \/>\nInterview with DJ Ray James of England&#8217;s Somervalley FM, including background of what led to the new CD, &#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>KVMR 89.5 FM (Grass Valley CA) &#8211; 3\/11<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/music\/misc_audio\/kvmr_030511.mp3\">Click to listen (time = 14:33)<\/a><br \/>\nLive on &#8220;Rockin&#8217; and Stompin'&#8221; with Wesley Robertson. Includes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/starlite-drive-in-saturday\/id537770461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Tell Me Where It Hurts&#8221;<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/spotted-mule-and-other-tales\/id178242375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Old-Tyme Heaven&#8221;<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/starlite-drive-in-saturday\/id537770461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Charlie and Chloe&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>KPIG Radio 107.5 FM (Freedom CA) &#8211; 2\/2010<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/music\/misc_audio\/radio\/KPIG_022809.mp3\">Click to listen (time = 19:23)<\/a><br \/>\nAnother set on &#8220;Please Stand By&#8221; with &#8220;Sleepy&#8221; John Sandige. Discussion of our &#8220;Stories and Story Songs&#8221; collaboration with storyteller Erica Lann-Clark. Includes the songs <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/dogspeed\/id302151602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Where&#8217;d the Time Go?&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/dogspeed\/id302151602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Roselle&#8221;<\/a> and a cover of Warren Zevon&#8217;s &#8220;My Ride&#8217;s Here&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>KKUP 91.5 FM (Cupertino CA) &#8211; 1\/2010<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/music\/misc_audio\/radio\/KKUP_011510.mp3\">Click to listen (time = 45:04)<\/a><br \/>\nInterview on &#8220;Friday Folk Off&#8221; with David Stafford. Includes the songs <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/dogspeed\/id302151602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Gettin&#8217; to My Glory Days&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/spotted-mule-and-other-tales\/id178242375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Highway 17&#8221;<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/dogspeed\/id302151602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Roselle&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>KSCO 1080 AM (Santa Cruz CA) &#8211; 10\/2009<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/michaelgaither.com\/music\/misc_audio\/radio\/KSCO_101409.mp3\">Click to listen (time = 14:37)<\/a><br \/>\nLive on &#8220;Good Morning Monterey Bay with Rosemary Chalmers. Includes <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/dogspeed\/id302151602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Roselle&#8221;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/spotted-mule-and-other-tales\/id178242375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Highway 17&#8221;<\/a>, and a cover of Van Morrison&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/dogspeed\/id302151602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Tupelo Honey&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 75%;\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"3\" \/>\n<p><strong>Additional Music Highlights<\/strong><br \/>\nHere are a few odds and ends that describe other places Michael&#8217;s music has landed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Featured Artist of the Month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musictalks.xyz\/single-post\/2017\/05\/26\/Michael-Gaither-I-Was-Never-Going-To-Write-What-Some-People-Consider-Normal-Songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musictalks.xyz<\/a>&#8221; (June 2017)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Starlite Drive-In Saturday Night&#8221; featured as KPIG Radio&#8217;s &#8220;CD of the Week&#8221; on &#8220;Fresh Pork Chops&#8221; (Week of August 6th, 2012)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;I Miss My Town&#8221; and &#8220;High and Lonesome&#8221; included on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imuzic.com\/redeem-download-cards\/songwriters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imuzic.com&#8217;s<\/a> 2011 Singer and Songwriter\u00a0Compilation\u00a0(July 2011)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Good God Man How Big a Car Do You Need?&#8221; \u00a0played on NPR&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartalk.com\/ct\/searchMusic.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Car Talk&#8221;<\/a> with &#8220;Click &#8216;n&#8217; Clack&#8221; (August 2009)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Unconditionally&#8221; \u00a0written\/recorded for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/michaelgaithermusic#p\/a\/f\/1\/avmF0WIe9rY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Animal Friends Rescue Project<\/a> (December 2008)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Entertaining an Angel&#8221; \u00a0finalist in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/philperetz\/blog\/288617238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indie Artists Alliance &#8220;Songwriters and Storytellers&#8221;<\/a> contest (July 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Freviews-and-interviews%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Press Here are links to interviews with Michael and reviews of his music: Santa Cruz Good Times:\u00a0Michael Gaither\u2019s Pandemic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4413"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8430,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4413\/revisions\/8430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}