Author Archive
02 Jul 2012
Still Trimmed and Burning: A Talk with Hot Tuna’s Jorma Kaukonen (Part 1)
A band with a long and varied history, Hot Tuna – featuring former Jefferson Airplane members Jorma Kaukonen (guitar) and Jack Casady (bass) is embarking on a 2012 summer tour. […]
29 Jun 2012
Reviews: The Grip Weeds – Speed of Live (CD) and Live Vibes (DVD)
Here’s how it usually goes: when you hear that one of your favorite bands is releasing a live album – let’s say it’s called Speed of Live – and that […]
28 Jun 2012
A Conversation with The Avengers’ Penelope Houston, Part 2
Continued from Part One Houston has released fourteen albums, if one counts limited-edition sets, live albums and compilations. But she doesn’t approach her collections of new music with any sort […]
27 Jun 2012
A Conversation with The Avengers’ Penelope Houston, Part 1
One of the most notorious and legendary Sex Pistols gigs was their final date of their US tour. Onstage at San Francisco’s Winterland, they ran through a typically shambolic set, […]
26 Jun 2012
Album Reviews: Concord’s “Very Best Of” Jazz Collections, Part 2
The Very Best of John Coltrane (The Prestige Era) Concord puts a tight focus on John Coltrane‘s work for its The Very Best of John Coltrane, subtitling the set “The […]
25 Jun 2012
Album Reviews: Concord’s “Very Best Of” Jazz Collections, Part 1
The Very Best of Wes Montgomery Among rock fans, the phrase “tasteful playing” approaches the realm of fighting words. But when one realizes, as liner notes essayist Neil Tesser suggests […]
22 Jun 2012
Todd Rundgren – Rocking Out to the Personal and the Universal
Todd Rundgren turns 64 today. Here’s a feature/interview of mine from four years ago. — bk. When the character Forrest Gump compared life to a box of chocolates (“you never […]
21 Jun 2012
Album Review: The Sugarman 3 – What the World Needs Now
I first caught notice of the (for lack of a better term) boogaloo revival a scant few years ago when I first heard The New Mastersounds. That group’s instrumental attack […]
20 Jun 2012
Musoscribe at Three
It’s been just about three years since I started this blog. So on this occasion, I’m taking the opportunity to look back, and to look forward a bit as well. […]
19 Jun 2012
That Time is Now: A Conversation with The dB’s Peter Holsapple (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: I’ve been a fan of the dB‘s for a very long time, but I have to tell you that I think this new album […]