Linda: It’s tough. There are a lot of places for up and coming rock bands for sure.

PCM: Do you get a sense of there being an artistic community in Philly?

Linda: Yeah. Maybe not the way it use to be it’s more fragmented now. It use to be that everybody knew everybody else.

PCM: That’s what I meant by artistic community.

Linda: Its more fragmented, like the way radio stations have gone. Now stations play this tiny segment of music and this station plays that tiny segment. It use to be with progressive radio you would hear some jazz some classical some of everything but now with play lists it’s much harder. I use to be played on WMMR all the time. Imagine that, a classical guitarist playing original music on the radio all the time. You never get that now.

PCM: Do you listen to a lot of music?

Linda: It might sound weird but I don’t. It messes up the sound track I have going on in my head.

PCM: Speaking of that, do you have favorite piece that you wrote?

Linda: I wouldn’t say favorite, but the one I identify the most with I would say is Wisteria.

It’s definitely the most romantic.

PCM: My favorites are Oh Susanna and Tommy Troller.

Linda: I was very proud of Oh Susanna when I write that one. Tommy Troller I am playing at this concert.

PCM: Well speaking of this concert you will be at the Tin Angel with Michael Kac. supporting the CD, Naked Under the Moon on August 17th.

Linda: Yes. We have been friends for a very long time and always played together. We finally decided after so many years to record together and that is the cd, Naked Under the Moon. It was produced by Craig Anderton and it was a great experience.

PCM: Do you get nervous before you perform and regret every decision you’ve make in your life that has put in that moment.

Linda: Absolutely! I want the stage to open up and swallow me to the bosom of the Earth but once I start playing that changes.