Author Archive
06 Jan 2012
Album Review: Allen Clapp & His Orchestra – Mixed Greens
You know that old saying: “If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it.” Or something like that. By all available evidence, this axiom holds true in […]
05 Jan 2012
Album Review: Roy Brown – Good Rockin’ Man
In recent decades, proper credit has finally (and belatedly) been given to some of rock and R&B’s earliest and overlooked performers. For many years the narrative went that the fathers […]
04 Jan 2012
Album Review: Stew and the Negro Problem – Making It
By most standards, Making It from Stew and the Negro Problem is a slightly strange affair. To begin with, any band with a name like that is asking for a […]
03 Jan 2012
Album Review: Morgan Ågren / Henry Kaiser/ Trey Gunn – Invisible Rays
Where a CD featuring Trey Gunn is concerned, one both knows and does not know what to expect. The former King Crimson touch guitarist is renowned for making crushingly heavy […]
02 Jan 2012
Album Review: Various Artists – Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
The Numero Group has quickly developed a well-earned reputation for unearthing fascinating archival material. Jazz, soul, R&B, disco, psych…you name it, Numero has scoured old unreleased session tapes to bring […]
30 Dec 2011
Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business: Why So Much Music You Hear Sucks
This is a reprint of a feature/interview I wrote in 2007 for a now-defunct magazine. But Hank Bordowitz’s book remains relevant, and it’s a great read besides. — bk “A […]
29 Dec 2011
Musoscribe’s 2012 Preview
Lots of interesting material going into 2012. Here’s a quick preview of just some of what’s on deck for coverage in the Musoscribe blog in early 2012: Album Reviews […]
28 Dec 2011
Album Review: Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall
In my occasional Blast from the Past blog entries, I take a quick look at notable reissues from notable recording artists — some you’ll recognize; some you probably missed. All […]
27 Dec 2011
Album Review: Yes – In the Present: Live in Lyon
In some ways, Yes can be said to have ushered in the live album era of the 1970s. At the height of their fame, the group released Yessongs, a lavish […]
26 Dec 2011
Best of 2011: Interviews
Jack Casady – It’s funny how this one came about: in summer 2011 I saw that Jorma Kaukonen would be playing a November show at Asheville’s Grey Eagle, so I […]