Features / Series: The Greatest Story Ever Told

A brief but englightening chat with an artist who reveals an interesting or unexpected story from their career

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GSET: Nahko and Medicine for the People

Music / The Greatest Story Ever Told • September 25, 2016

Nahko Bear is a multi-instrumental, multi-talented, musician born in Portland, Oregon. Nahko’s songs are categorized as world fusion, and while those words are generally a meaningless catch-all for anything slightly outside Western music, for the singer and his collective Medicine for the People, the term applies. Nahko is of Apache, … Read more

Medictation

Music / The Greatest Story Ever Told • April 3, 2016

Leatherface never achieved the success they deserved. In the late '80s and early '90s, the UK punk band created a sound - marked by gravely vocals, killer riffs, and an underlining pop sensibility - that earned them a cult following in Britain. While the band never broke North America, they … Read more

The Greatest Story Ever Told: Felix Hagan

Music / The Greatest Story Ever Told • April 2, 2017

Felix Hagan & the Family play grandiose pop songs tinged with hints of musical theatre, classic rock, and jazz. Hagan's shows have been described as a whirlwind of show-off nonsense (in a good way!) with Hagan playing ringleader to a seven-piece backing band of highly theatrical, immaculately dressed, misfits. The … Read more

The Greatest Story Ever Told: Frank Turner

Music / The Greatest Story Ever Told • December 21, 2015

Earlier this year folk-punk troubadour Frank Turner released his sixth studio album, Positive Songs for Negative People. Recorded in Nashville with producer Butch Walker, the record is an attempt to capture the live sound of Frank and his band The Sleeping Souls while covering themes of longing, friendship, and resilience. … Read more