Hawksley Workman pt 2
On Tegan & Sara, Serena Ryder, anorexia, full moons and more
More from the Hearts on Fire files. Part one of this interview is here.
I was one of the first to write about Hawksley Workman, back in 1999, in this review for Exclaim! magazine, comparing him to a “less overbearing Rufus Wainwright or a new wave power pop band fronted by Rheostatic Martin Tielli.” In 2000, I wrote about him again for Exclaim!, in an article headlined “Hawksley Workman takes his pants off,” in which he talks about his lyric “singing is about sexual confidence.”
Hawksley Workman plays the Danforth Music Hall this Thursday, November 9. Tickets here.
For paid subscribers only, in the second of two installments, Hawksley Workman and I talk about: writing love letters to a mermaid, blown covers, anorexia, full moons, working with Tegan & Sara, Serena Ryder, David Bowie’s heart attack and more. Here we go:
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