Author Archive
05 Sep 2011
CD Review: Warm in the Wake – American Prehistoric
File this one under Music You Probably Missed. This album found its way onto my desk in 2007 (pre-blog and pre-musoscribe.com days), and I reviewed it for a print magazine. […]
02 Sep 2011
In Search of Sly Stone, Part Two
Continued from Part One, in which Ann Wilson and Johnny Winter discussed their roles in the new sort-of-tribute album from Sly Stone. Ray Manzarek “I used to play in a […]
01 Sep 2011
In Search of Sly Stone, Part One
In late June of this year, I received an electronic press release from one of my favorite music publicists. The message heralded an upcoming CD release from Sly Stone, an […]
31 Aug 2011
CD Review: Ben Craven – Great & Terrible Potions
The sound of a heavy door creaking open…deliberate footsteps across a wood floor…the sound of an antique clock being wound. Those form the opening to Ben Craven’s “Diabolique,” the opening […]
30 Aug 2011
CD Review: The Blasters – Live 1986
Over the years, rootsy rock has had its moments on the cultural landscape. Every so often, it seems – typically when rock or pop music veers more than usual toward […]
29 Aug 2011
CD Review: The Residents – Meet the Residents
How to discern between worthless noise, a Dada in-joke, a piss-take on avant garde noodlings and a landmark work of enduring value? When the subject is Meet the Residents, it’s […]
26 Aug 2011
Hot Tuna: Forty Years On, Still Going Steady (Part Two)
Continued from Part One The bridging of styles between rock, blues and country is something that Hot Tuna has been about since the very beginning. Nobody called it Americana in […]
25 Aug 2011
Hot Tuna: Forty Years On, Still Going Steady (Part One)
When lifelong friends Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen founded Hot Tuna in 1969, it looked to many observers as if the band was a busman’s holiday, a way for the […]
24 Aug 2011
CD Review: Jean-Luc Ponty Experience – Open Strings
To fans whose interest in this violinist falls anywhere short of the label hardcore, Jean-Luc Ponty is best known as either (a) the guy who worked with Frank Zappa in […]
23 Aug 2011
CD Review: Fall on Your Sword – Another Earth (OST)
When a filmmaker chooses a single artist to provide soundtrack music, he/she is taking a big risk. This approach stands in direct contrast to the tried-and-true method (popular in the […]