Blake Lewis on Ben Gibbard, American Idol and Heartbreak on Vinyl

Earlier this week I sat down and chatted with American Idol Season Six runner-up Blake Lewis. It was the release date of his second record “Heartbreak On Vinyl” and we talked about his new dancefloor-friendly album, his friendships with members of the local hip hop community, his tour plans, how he almost lost his voice (the guy was bleeding from his vocal chords) and more.

Full disclosure, I worked with Blake at Circuit City about 10 years ago where we sold home audio equipment (“I went from selling home audio to selling my own audio,” Blake told me.). There is passing reference to our speaker-slinging days throughout the interview. Below are both parts of the interview

Blake Lewis interview part 2 by ear_candy

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Travis Hay is a music journalist who has spent the past 20 years documenting and enjoying Seattle's music scene. He's written for various outlets including MSN Music, the Seattle-Post Intelligencer, Seattle Weekly, Pearl Jam's Ten Club, Crosscut.com and others.

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