Review Fix Exclusive: Terra Lightfoot Talks New LP And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Terra Lightfoot discusses her new LP and video for “All Alone,” breaking down her creative influences and goals for 2017 along the way.

Review Fix: What makes this LP a special one?

Terra Lightfoot: This one was special because of the people I got to make it with. The producers (Gus van Go and Werner F.) really brought the best performances out of myself and the band, and we worked to create what we all felt was a great record — something I could be proud of when I’m old.

Review Fix: How is it different from your first release?

Terra Lightfoot: I love soul music, I love rock music, and I think this record is allowing the band and I to put on a pretty wild show when we play. The songs allow for us to get a little bit crazy and I really enjoy that aspect of performing live.

Review Fix: What inspired “All Alone”?

Terra Lightfoot: “All Alone” was the first song I wrote without inspiration from personal experience. I was really happy in love at the time, and I decided I needed to figure out how to write from another place even though personally I was in a state of bliss. So I wrote a song from the perspective of a spurned lover in an empty old house.

Review Fix: Who are some musicians that inspire your style?

Terra Lightfoot: I have a great respect for music that has stood the test of time. Right now I’m pretty into Elizabeth Cotton, Lightnin’ Slim, I’m always into T. Rex. And on the festival circuit this past year, I ran into a lot of artists I loved watching – Matt Andersen, John Moreland, Frazey Ford, Basia Bulat, The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer… people who sing with a lot of soul.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Terra Lightfoot: If I can write about my own experiences and have other people understand or relate to that and get something from it, that’s my goal. I’m a pretty emotional person and became more attuned that way after I started to play music for a living, I realized that making emotional connections with people is basically what makes me tick.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2017?

Terra Lightfoot: Tour, tour, tour. More shows in the US and Canada, I’ll be going back to Europe for more live dates, and hopefully heading to Australia as well. I love the road.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Terra Lightfoot: I’m going on a trip to Memphis and Nashville to do some songwriting, then celebrating holidays with my family… and then spending some quality alone time in nature preparing for a busy 2017.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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