CoffeeShop Blues
“One of the earliest bands I reviewed for Country Music News
International was Milagro Saints. They were probably the reason
why I kept on writing reviews. Stephen David Ineson is the singer,
songwriter, and acoustic rhythm guitar player. I’ve known a great
deal of people on the many travels throughout my life. So far, in
doing this I’ve made a great deal more acquaintances that I feel
rather blessed to be able to get to know. For an active, touring and
recording band you wouldn’t expect that any of the members would
have time to get in touch with you personally for liking their
Facebook page.
With Milagro Saints it was a lot different though. I was setting
up a new page because I wanted to separate music from short story
writers, reviewers, poetry groups, and publishing houses. I went into
that page and liked theirs. The new page I was setting up had a name
completely different than my own. Not even a day later, I received a,
thanks, from Stephen himself. Just from my different pages I know
how hard it is to keep up with this, and I am stuck at my house. I’m
not out selling books like I should be, and I’m definitely not
performing.
We communicated back and forth a bit and I explained that I
wrote a review about them (as well as, apologized for it because it
was one of the first reviews I did). Anyway, I asked if it’d be alright
if I asked him a few questions for a short interview. To my surprise
he agreed so I prepared my five questions. Here’s what I asked:
Question – I came across your band while writing reviews for a
Country Music News International. Everything I’ve read about
Milagro Saints seems to place you in a different category;
Americana Rock, Rugged Folk, Roots, Jam Band, etc.etc. I hate
to ask, but if you had to categorize your music what genre do you
believe it would fit with?
Stephen - Americana Roots Rock is our usual genre, although
that's big and wide selection of music.
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