Neufutur Magazine recently interviewed the musical madman, Ed Roman. That interview is now posted on their website. Here’s a brief excerpt:
Letters from High Latitudes is your latest album. How is it different from what you have recorded in the past?
A. In the past I have played a great deal of electric music from the pop, rock, funk side of things and in the last 5 years I have branched out into so many other genres of music that it’s hard to pinpoint one style or area of music to label me as. I have really explored my jazz roots and my eastern heritage with a lot of gypsy stylings. I have also branched out more into the folk and country world and have been really enjoying all of the new writing spaces that I’ve been finding.. It’s like finding a hidden chamber in an underground passage that shows you so much more…
What story or set of stories does the album tell?
A. The album stories are about questioning and asking important social, political and spiritual questions about the way we exist with ourselves, others and our ever changing human landscape. We tend to forget our history and not learn from the past with an alarming amount of forward force into a brave new world…
Read more: http://neufutur.com/2014/05/ed-roman-interview/#ixzz337ODLRih