Matthew Caws: The Evan Toth Interview, 1/6/24

As Mr. Aristotle once said, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts." Surely this is true in many ways and in several different groups, but it's especially true of a band. When each on of those parts is uniquely strong and notable, then the entire group becomes something extraordinary. That's what makes the idea of a musical supergroup so delectable; take several strong musicians, put their ideas and creativity together and see what happens.
Salt is a Paris-based collaborative music project led by French guitarist and songwriter Stéphane Schück. The core of the group was formed in the 1980s with Benoit Lautridou (drums) and Fred Quentin (bass). Their collaborations with others began in 2000. Their newest incarnation was formed in 2022 and features Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), Juliana Hatfield, Matthew Sweet, Peter Holsapple (the dB’s), Richard Lloyd (Television), Mitch Easter (early REM albums producer and Let’s Active), Anton Barbeau, The dB's rhythm section (Gene Holder and Will Rigby), Susan Cowsill, Pat Sansone (Wilco), and newcomer Faith Jones. The collection was produced and guided by Chris Stamey. Together, they created an album simply titled, Life.

[@Kenny49ERS]

This was a very pleasant interview. I can think of worse things to do on January 6th

[@evantoth]

That's a wonderful and appreciated compliment.