Author Archive
09 Dec 2011
Book Review: Jerry Lee Lewis, Lost and Found
In the 21st century, it’s a bit of a challenge for a writer – even a very good one – to write a book about one of rock’n’roll’s early leaders. […]
08 Dec 2011
Album Review: Apteka – Gargoyle Days
It’s difficult to know what one’s in for, listening to the opening strains of the first (and title) track on Apteka‘s Gargoyle Days. Washes of heavily treated (reverb, distortion) guitars […]
07 Dec 2011
Album Review: The Franco Proietti Morph-tet – Like the Shore is to the Ocean
Combining not-traditionally-related styles is pretty much the thing to do in the 21st century. But doing it well, that’s a completely different story. One can’t simply toss assorted genres into […]
06 Dec 2011
Album Review: Mikal Cronin
When a record opens with wordless vocal harmonies, the first place my mind goes is to “Our Prayer” from the Beach Boys‘ SMiLE. But on Mikal Cronin‘s self-titled album, he’s […]
05 Dec 2011
Album Review: Meyerman – Who Do You Think You Are?
I’ve pretty well decided that powerpop is that sort of thing one either “gets” or doesn’t get. The oft-maligned subgenre isn’t likely to win over many new converts, despite the […]
02 Dec 2011
The Bill Wyman Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Since you’ve been doing the Rhythm Kings for a long time now, I’m sure it’s well established. But when you started, when you first […]
01 Dec 2011
The Bill Wyman Interview, Part One
In November 2011 Proper American Records released a 5CD compilation of music by the Rhythm Kings, a loose aggregation of players led by former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. Similar […]
30 Nov 2011
Hundred-word Reviews, Part Two
Four more hundred-word reviews… Dodd Ferrelle – Hide the World I favorably reviewed Dodd Ferrelle’s Lonely Parades about a year and a half ago, and of course that led to […]
29 Nov 2011
Hundred-word Reviews, Part One
Quite a few worthy CDs have piled up on my desk in recent days. Since Musoscribe is a one-person operation, it’s simply not practical to provide in-depth coverage of everything […]
28 Nov 2011
Bootleg Bin: Spooky Sings the Hits
Here’s a little gem that has been tucked away in my collection for more than two decades. About ten years ago or so, I was cleaning out some old files […]