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John Fogerty’s Turn to Revisit Creedence (Part 3 of 3)

Continued from Part Two… Is it your hope that these new versions will be used for sync in film, television and the like? Perhaps even in place of the original […]

John Fogerty’s Turn to Revisit Creedence (Part 2 of 3)

Continued from Part One… You created the album Fogerty’s Factory in 2020, during the pandemic. That album was a rethink of the 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival album Cosmo’s Factory, made […]

John Fogerty’s Turn to Revisit Creedence (Part 1 of 3)

An edited version of this feature first appeared in Goldmine Magazine. Widely acclaimed as the Great American Singles Band – and recipient of countless other well-deserved kudos – Creedence Clearwater […]

Album Review: The Gregg Allman Band – One Night in DC: May 15, 1984

The Allman Brothers Band always stood far above its so-called peers in the Southern rock movement. Calling the ABB Southern rock does their legacy a disservice; the band was always […]

Ben Folds is ‘Capable of Anything’

Ben Folds has always enjoyed defying expectations. The band he led for many years, Ben Folds Five, was a trio, not a quintet. And while the Winston-Salem native is no […]

Music Blurbs Vol. 15

Toto Few bands have covered the wide stylistic range of Toto; fewer still have found commercial success doing so. Formed in 1977 by a coterie of top session players, Toto […]

Take Five: Pre-megastardom Gems from Hall and Oates

Daryl Hall and John Oates were among the biggest musical acts of the 1980s. With their trademark mix of soul, r&b and pop, the duo soared to the heights of […]

30 Days Out, October 2025 #1: Everything Yes, Reed Turchi, Joanne Shaw Taylor, The Beths

Jazz fusion, blues, a homecoming and rock from New Zealand. It’s all great, and it’s all coming to Asheville in the next 30 days. Buckle up! Artist: Everything Yes Venue: […]

Hundred Word Reviews, September 2025: Prog

It’s Hundred-worder time again here at Musoscribe World HQ. What’s on? Prog! Lotsa, lotsa prog. Mostly new, but one very noteworthy reissue. Markus Reuter – Truce <3 Markus Reuter is […]

Take Five: Tracks Illustrating Ben Folds’ Versatility

North Carolina-born pianist, singer and songwriter Ben Folds came on the national scene in the 1990s with his band Ben Folds Five (in fact a guitarless trio, not a quintet). […]