Author Archive
20 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 1 of 3)
NOTE: This feature was originally commissioned by a print magazine in 2022, never to appear. After three years on that merry-go-round I’ve decided instead to publish it here on Musoscribe. […]
19 Nov 2024
Album Review: Canned Heat – Finyl Vinyl
Canned Heat began as a group in 1965. The Los Angeles-based blues band quickly became renowned for its deep, encyclopedic understanding of (and appreciation for) the blues. Alan Wilson and […]
18 Nov 2024
Album Review: David Gilmour — Luck and Strange
Releasing his first studio album in nearly nine years, guitarist David Gilmour continues his creatively fruitful journey beyond Pink Floyd. While Gilmour made his name as a member of that […]
17 Nov 2024
Music Blurbs, Vol. 2
More of my capsule commentaries. Crowded House New Zealand guitarist, singer and songwriter Neil Finn launched Crowded House in 1987, out of the ashes of his previous group, Split Enz. […]
16 Nov 2024
Take Five: Great Judas Priest Tracks
Formed in Birmingham, England in 1969, heavy metal heroes Judas Priest released their debut album, Rocka Rolla in September 1974. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut, […]
15 Nov 2024
30 Days Out, Nov. 2024 #2: Jim Lauderdale, Rock N Roll Rewind, John Doyle & Mick McAuley, Patterson Hood
Some beloved sons of the South populate the musical landscape in Asheville over the coming 30 days. An adopted local (via Ireland) and some Asheville-based acts upholding the rock ‘n’ […]
14 Nov 2024
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill: Bassist for the High Priests of Metal (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Some bands find success with an album and spend the rest of their careers making that record over and over again. Judas Priest has been consistent; […]
13 Nov 2024
Judas Priest’s Ian Hill: Bassist for the High Priests of Metal (Part 1 of 2)
Judas Priest roared out of industrial Birmingham, England in the early 1970s. Once the group found its footing – bringing on powerful, operatic and charismatic lead singer Rob Halford – […]
12 Nov 2024
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: The Blues Never Goes Out of Style (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part One… Did you road-test any of that material before you recorded it? No, I don’t do that. I’m not really a fan of doing that. I don’t […]
11 Nov 2024
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: The Blues Never Goes Out of Style (Part 1 of 2)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd has a keen sense of musical history. Truly inspired by some of the blues greats, the self-taught guitarist applied what he learned. And he combined that knowledge […]