Musical madman, Ed Roman was recently interviewed by Eliza Gale, for Eliza’s website. Here’s a brief excerpt of that conversation:

Q: Who are some of your folk heroes?

A: Well I’d say Dylan is a big one.  I’m always amazed by the sorrowful intent in his writing and his incredible sense of honesty. Another huge folk icon to me was Richie Havens. The first time I saw Richie was on the film Woodstock. I know I fell in love with so much of the music from the film and era however Richie has the incredible spiritual fortitude and ability to be the music. His interpretations of covers like Black Bird reignite new passions in an already great number. I really love Michael Hedges. It’s a terrible shame he passed away so young. I saw him for the first time along with Leo Kotke  at Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto and I was gobsmacked.  That performance along with countless listening sessions really affected me as a young musician. I had never heard anybody do anything so unique as of that time.

Read the entire interview HERE, to find out more from the depths of Ed Roman’s soul and artistry.

Eliza Gale began her blogging career on the Los Angeles based site Curvewire.com where she interviewed Angelinos about their jobs and their dreams.