Anil Prasad
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Anil Prasad created Innerviews, one of the Internet's first online music magazines. It initially launched in 1994.
, rock, jazz
, world music, hip-hop and avant-garde artists. The free magazine remains a mainstay of the online music journalism
world with more than 350,000 visitors to its website monthly. The magazine is also acclaimed by many musicians for its in-depth approach that enables artists to speak at length about topics that matter to them without the constraints of advertising-based editorial requirements.
and Bass Player
magazines.
, David Sylvian, Miroslav Tadic, Talking Heads, Richard Thompson, David Torn, Ralph Towner, Miroslav Vitous, Victor Wooten, and Yes.
Innerviews
Innerviews focuses on eclecticEclecticism in music
Eclecticism is used to describe a composer's conscious use of styles alien to his nature, or from one or more historical styles. The term is also used pejoratively to describe music whose composer, thought to be lacking originality, appears to have freely drawn on other models .-Sources:* Kennedy,...
, rock, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, world music, hip-hop and avant-garde artists. The free magazine remains a mainstay of the online music journalism
Music journalism
Music journalism is criticism and reportage about music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as 'classical music'. This aspect of music journalism, today often referred to as music criticism , comprises the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of...
world with more than 350,000 visitors to its website monthly. The magazine is also acclaimed by many musicians for its in-depth approach that enables artists to speak at length about topics that matter to them without the constraints of advertising-based editorial requirements.
Work
In addition, Prasad is regularly featured in the pages of Guitar PlayerGuitar Player
Guitar Player is a popular magazine for guitarists founded in 1967. It contains articles, interviews, reviews and lessons of an eclectic collection of artists, genres and products. It has been in print since the late 1960s and during the 1980s, under editor Tom Wheeler, the publication was...
and Bass Player
Bass Player
Bass player can refer to:*Bass Player , an album by Rhombus*Bass Player , a magazine for bassists*Bassist, or bass player, a musician who plays the bass guitar...
magazines.
Interviews
Innerviews features Prasad's interviews with artists including Will Ackerman, Afro Celt Sound System, Tori Amos, Ian Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Animal Logic, Joseph Arthur, Asian Dub Foundation, Adrian Belew, Pierre Bensusan, Jeff Berlin, Luka Bloom, Alain Caron, Sheila Chandra, Michel Cusson, Al Di Meola, Eels, Fairport Convention, Larry Fast, Béla Fleck, Rory Gallagher, Fareed Haque, Michael Hedges, Jonas Hellborg, Allan Holdsworth, Dave Holland, Steve Howe, Karsh Kale, Mick Karn, Mike Keneally, Leo Kottke, Bill Laswell, Tony Levin, Massive Attack, Loreena McKennitt, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Russell Mills, Steve Morse, No-Man, Orbital, Jean-Luc Ponty, Porcupine Tree, Trevor Rabin, William Shatner, Dave SwarbrickDave Swarbrick
Dave Swarbrick is an English folk musician and singer-songwriter. He has been described by Ashley Hutchings as 'the most influential [British] fiddle player bar none' and his style has been copied or developed by almost every British, and many World folk violin players that have followed him...
, David Sylvian, Miroslav Tadic, Talking Heads, Richard Thompson, David Torn, Ralph Towner, Miroslav Vitous, Victor Wooten, and Yes.