live shows Archive
01 Dec 2017
Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival: Local Focus, Careful Growth
Now in its 10th year, the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (October 12-14) is a world-class event spanning 7 venues and three days. But the festival grew from modest beginnings. BEMF […]
23 Nov 2017
Woods & Wilds Festival 2017
Note: Happy Thanksgiving! This is my 2,500th post since the launch of Musoscribe in 2009. — bk Storytelling plays an important part in the ongoing struggle to protect the environment. […]
17 Nov 2017
Evil Note Lab: Pushing the Boundaries of Live Musical Improvisation
Ableton Live is computer software that allows musicians real-time interactivity with sequences of notes, sounds and textures. While the software is often used as a creative studio tool, in the […]
11 Nov 2017
All Go West Fest: Keeping Asheville Weird
In recent years, Asheville has lost two of its long-running annual music festivals. From 1979 until 2013, Bele Chere drew an increasing number of tourists to Asheville for a popular […]
31 Oct 2017
Peggy Ratusz and Paula Hanke: Celebrating Women Who Make Music History
Note: See the update at the end of the story. — bk Peggy Ratusz and Paula Hanke are among the most well-known musical performers in Asheville; both have played on […]
28 Aug 2017
Marshall Crenshaw Sets Aside Recording to Focus on Live Dates, Film Project
Marshall Crenshaw burst onto the national music scene in 1982 with his self-titled debut album and its irresistible single, “Someday, Someway.” Though both the album and single charted, Crenshaw’s brand […]
13 Jun 2017
Ian Anderson: System Latency and the Opportunities of Multimedia
British Progressive legends Jethro Tull have been around in one form or another for nearly half a century. From 1967 until now, the group’s mainstay has always been Ian Anderson: […]
23 May 2017
Teaming Up: Tommy Keene and Ivan Julian
Tommy Keene and Ivan Julian recently completed a dual solo tour; just ahead of that run, I spoke with Keene. It was the third time I had interviewed him since […]
18 Apr 2017
A Few Moments with Hans-Joachim Roedelius
German composer Hans-Joachim Roedelius is a synthesizer pioneer, and a leading light of ambient music. Yet acoustic piano is his instrument of choice, and he has little use for the […]
14 Mar 2017
Sxip Shirey’s Avant Groove
Note: An edited version of this feature appeared previously in Brooklyn Paper. — bk Described as an “electro-acoustic” artist, Brooklyn-based Sxip Shirey is tough to pin down musically. Read about […]