book Archive
09 Mar 2015
Book Review: Who Did it First?
Have you ever wandered into (or been drawn into) a conversation with a trivia master? Not to make outsized claims, but by some measures, I’m one of those guys. Many […]
23 Jan 2015
Book Review: The Clash — The Only Band That Mattered
One of the exciting – and at the same time exceedingly frustrating – qualities of modern media is the disappearance of what we might call the gatekeeper. Time was, if […]
12 Jan 2015
Book Review: British Invasion
I’ve read countless books about The Beatles, about their fellow British Invasion (aka Beat Era) acts, and about the sixties from both musical and socio-cultural points of view. To say […]
23 Dec 2014
Best of 2014: Books
Musoscribe isn’t strictly a music features, interviews and reviews blogzine; because I am constantly reading at least one book – and because as often as not, it’s a music-related book […]
08 Dec 2014
Book Review: 108 Rock Star Guitars
There have certainly been rock-related coffee table books before; a list of some of the best and most notable ones includes The Beatles Anthology. And among ones that focus more […]
03 Dec 2014
Book Review: Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin
It’s often unfortunate when a writer with an axe to grind pens the history of one of music’s great historical figures. It borders on tragic when such a work – […]
24 Nov 2014
Book Review: Who Killed Mister Moonlight?
David J (Haskins) came to fame as a member of goth-rockers Bauhaus, and went on to success with Love and Rockets, solo releases and sideman duties with such greats as […]
29 Oct 2014
Book Review: Vinyl Lives On
Florida-based author/journalist James Goss digs his vinyl. Though he never writes about his own interests or collection, his abiding fascination with the medium of vinyl records shines through loud and […]
23 Oct 2014
Book Review: Wounds to Bind
The 1960s music scene was populated with people who – if they survived – have tales to tell. First-hand witnesses to (or participants in) the social and cultural upheavals that […]
14 Oct 2014
Book Review: The Next Elvis
There have been countless books written about Elvis Presley and/or the early years of Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But a new book by someone who was there (for a […]