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That Time Was Then…and Now Again

The dB’s are one of my favorite groups. So I was delighted when I recently learned that a digital-only album that Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple released last year during […]

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30 Days Out: February 2020 #2: Gordon Lightfoot, Marley Carroll, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Pinkest Floyd

Lots of great live music coming to Asheville, N.C. in the next 30 days. Below is merely a sampling from among the best: two local acts, two nationally touring artists. […]

Bianchi & Cofod

This is my original version of a feature written in 2018; the previously-published version included some editorial additions that were not part of my article as filed and that didn’t […]

What I’m Up to in Early 2019

Some quick dispatches regarding what’s brewing at Musoscribe World Headquarters… I recently signed with a literary agent, though for now I can’t reveal any details about the project in development. […]

Jon Anderson and ARW: Yes Indeed

A few months ago, I conducted separate interviews with Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson. Both conversations centered around the then-upcoming (and now current) ARW tour, featuring three ex-Yes musicians: Jon […]

Album Mini-review: The B-52’s — Live 8.24.1979

File next to: DEVO, the Go-Go’s Though they were unashamedly gimmicky, the B-52’s were also among the most refreshing of the so-called new wave groups. With a proudly tacky aesthetic […]

Album Mini-review: Claypool Lennon Delirium — Monolith of Phobos

File next to: A Saucerful of Secrets-era Pink Floyd, Primus, Plastic Ono Band Les Claypool‘s detractors point to his tendency toward being too clever by half, for making self-consciously “weird” […]

#TunesForTarrah: A Benefit for Tarrah Segal

It’s a rare day on which I write more than a single blog post for the Musoscribe blog. But this issue is important enough that I’m happy to make an […]

Seven Years!

This week marks the seven-year anniversary of the launch of my Musoscribe blog. I started it in June 2009, and by July I had settled into my once-a-day posting routine. […]