new release Archive
08 Apr 2018
Album Review: Ryan Hutchens – The Last Ten Years
It’s interesting to learn than an artist is moved to creativity by spending time in Columbia, South Carolina. I know that every place has its charms – even Houston, Texas, […]
07 Apr 2018
Album Review: Stax Singles Vol. 4: Rarities & the Best of the Rest
Beginning in the early 1990s, the labels owning the Stax/Volt catalog set about releasing impressive box sets of classic material from the venerated yet ultimately troubled Memphis record label. 1991 […]
05 Apr 2018
Air Supply: Still in Love
Air Supply was one of the biggest-selling acts of the 1980s. With a long string of smash hits – a staggering ten consecutive Top 40 singles – the Australia-based band […]
04 Apr 2018
Album Review: Hannah Kaminer — Heavy Magnolias
Hannah Kaminer’s career as a performing musical artist only began in 2014 when she took part in the Brown Bag Songwriting competition. The Asheville singer-guitarist earned a near-immediate return on […]
04 Apr 2018
EP Review: Paul Maged — The Glass River
Alterna-rocker Paul Maged has been making albums for more than a decade now; his latest is a six-song EP called The Glass River. The songs vary widely: opening track “Gunz […]
01 Apr 2018
Hundred-word Reviews: New Releases
There’s quite a massive stack of new (or at least new-when-I got-’em) releases here at Musoscribe World HQ. Time to review them. 6-String Drag – Top of the World (Schoolkids […]
28 Mar 2018
Brian’s Songs
In an unprecedented burst of creativity, New York City musician Brian MacWilliams wrote some 300 songs in the space of just a few years. Midway through that streak, he was […]
27 Mar 2018
Seven Jazz Archival/Reissue Releases
Monty Alexander – Here Comes the Sun (MPS) Jamaican pianist Alexander has a bright, flowing and lyrical approach to his instrument. Originally released in 1971, Here Comes the Sun was […]
26 Mar 2018
They Might Be Giants: Fans, Phones, Fun and Love
They Might Be Giants released their 20th album, I Like Fun, in January. The two-time Grammy-winning group from Brooklyn established its clever approach to rock ‘n’ roll long ago, as […]
22 Mar 2018
Album Review: Ryan Summers — ii
Picture this scene in your mind’s eye: a desolate, windswept landscape, mostly monochromatic and largely devoid of detail, yet with ominous pockets of darkness that suggest an unknown danger lurking […]