soul Archive
16 Mar 2017
Amy Black’s Latter-day FAME
Singer’s Muscle Shoals Revue honors music made at legendary Alabama studio Amy Black didn’t set out to showcase the music of Muscle Shoals, Alabama’s FAME Studios; things just worked out […]
10 Mar 2017
Album Review: Mushroom — Psychedelic Soul on Wax
File next to: Brian Auger’s Trinity, Can, David Byrne The four cuts on Psychedelic Soul on Wax are as different from another as can be, but then Mushroom has always […]
03 Mar 2017
Coffey Talk: A Chat with Guitar Legend Dennis Coffey (Part 2)
Continued from Part One … Dennis Coffey was part of a new venture, the Producer’s Workshop, led by legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson. As he recalls in Guitars, Bars and […]
02 Mar 2017
Coffey Talk: A Chat with Guitar Legend Dennis Coffey (Part 1)
The 2002 film Standing in the Shadows of Motown introduced viewers to The Funk Brothers. That name – originally coined by session drummer William “Benny” Benjamin – was retroactively applied […]
22 Feb 2017
Postmodern Jukebox: Breathing Old Life into New Classics
It’s one of those inspired ideas that leads listeners to wonder why someone hadn’t thought of it before: take modern-day hit songs, and recast them in the styles of yesteryear. […]
13 Feb 2017
New Albums from Larry, Tracey and Murali Coryell
There was a time in the late 1960s and early ’70s when it looked as if Larry Coryell would break out as the Next Big Thing. A fiendishly gifted guitarist […]
30 Jan 2017
The New Mastersounds: Funky Collaborators
The New Mastersounds have a long-standing and close relationship with music fans in Asheville. Founded in Leeds, England in 1999, the soul jazz / fusion / funk band played its […]
30 Dec 2016
Best of 2016: Interviews
In 2016 alone, I’ve interviewed more than 140 artists; that’s nearly half the number I interviewed in the decade prior to this year. I hope 2017 will be at least […]
29 Dec 2016
Best Music of 2016: Concerts
There’s a bit of overlap where my best albums and best concerts of 2016 are concerned. And there are some old favorites, too. John Mayall Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte NC March […]
10 Dec 2016
A Holiday Treat for Musoscribe Readers
‘Tis the season for … a bonus weekend post. I almost never post features or reviews on a Saturday, but these two titles warrant the exception. Plus, if I wait […]