Music

As we find out in the first of a two-part interview, the overlapping worlds of music and food most certainly predates a Tumblr dedicated to the topic. It predates the guy who invented Tumblr being born. Ken Friedman, a former music executive and partner in The Spotted Pig and The Breslin, has been at the center of this world for the past three decades. 

There’s beat boxing, uni harvesting and the snipping of wild edible flowers. There’s drumming, airplane rides and some heavy flourishes of so-called molecular gastronomy. A newly released documentary (and companion book and album) called Mugaritz B.S.O. is most certainly an ambitious project from Andoni Luis Aduriz of San Sebastian restaurant Mugaritz — and a collaboration with musician Felipe Ugarte.

In 2012, we had a big music/food crossover year, with a hit-and-miss new music and food fest (The Great GoogaMooga); a big FR field trip to the Live Music Capital of Austin, Texas; a cookbook release party for Zak Pelaccio with a psychedelic freakout performance by Woods. And, we talked to some of the best musical artists in the world about food. Here, we round up 15 of the most memorable musician interviews of 2012, featuring Lupe Fiasco, Boys Noize, John Darnielle, Sammy Hagar, Thee Oh Sees, Twin Shadow and more!