After a 12-year hiatus, cosmic country-pop pioneers Beachwood Sparks have returned with a new Chris Robinson-produced album, Across the River of Stars. Andy French, founder of the music website Raven Sings the Blues, caught up with bassist Brent Rademaker for a freewheeling conversation about the band's resurrection, their creative process, and the cosmic forces that shaped their latest opus.

Color Green’s deeply mellow vibe embodies the very essence of Stoned Americana music. With influences ranging from JJ Cale, the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead to extended instrumental covers of 60s songs and hours-long recordings of thunder and rain on a tin roof, band mates Noah Kohll and Corey Madden are into some crazy shit. Keith Hadad of Record Crates United sat down with the boys for a rambling, wide-ranging, far-out chat.