Freda Love Smith
John Strohm (Blake Babies) Revisits the Insecurity, Neurosis, and Big Dreams of Sunburn
On what it was like to be a “college rock” band on the verge in 1990.
Freda Love Smith and Juliana Hatfield Got Matching Quarantine Haircuts
The Blake Babies bandmates reflect on going grey and growing older.
The Van From Hell
John Strohm waxes nostalgic about the "demonic" 1970s Chevy cargo van that carried Blake Babies across America.
Freda Love Smith (the Blake Babies) Plans to March for ‘I Am Women’ Everywhere
The drummer/chef will be in Washington, DC, with provisions for the masses.
How Robbie Fulks Helped Me Find Heterotopia
Freda Love Smith talks Fulks’ Upland Stories and how it wrapped around her life.
How Is a Song Like a Time Machine?
Freda Love Smith exclusively premieres an early Blake Babies demo — and more than a few ’88 memories.
Freda Love Smith (Blake Babies, Antenna) Talks Eating on Tour
Musicians don’t care about your kegs of beer. What they’d like is a good meal.
An Excerpt from the Memoir and Cookbook Red Velvet Underground by Freda Love Smith (the Blake Babies, Antenna)
In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, Red Velvet Underground, the author recalls indie touring in the late '80s. Bonus: a pie recipe!







