new release Archive
09 Jan 2023
Book Review: Pink Floyd: The Animals Tour – A Visual History
With both the recent 45th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd’s Animals and the reissue of that album in upgraded format, now is the perfect time to revisit the […]
04 Jan 2023
Album Review: Steve Hillage – The Glastonbury Experience: Live 1979
Steve Hillage is a beloved musician, and with good reason. His work with Khan, Arzachel, Uriel, Gong and System 7 has all been innovative, compelling and tuneful, with just the […]
30 Dec 2022
CCR’s Doug Clifford: Digging for the Gold
After a highly successful run, beloved rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival broke up in 1972. John Fogerty had been the group’s undisputed creative center of gravity: he wrote nearly all […]
29 Dec 2022
It Came from Asheville! WNC Garage Rock in the ’60s, Part Three: Orange Purple Marmalade
Orange, purple, pink and green In Western North Carolina, Orange Purple Marmalade was an especially groundbreaking band. The group featured Theresa Crouch (today, Theresa Justus) on drums and vocals, Terry […]
28 Dec 2022
It Came from Asheville! WNC Garage Rock in the ’60s, Part Three: The Ron-De-Voos
Trip of the imagination Music historians trace the origins of psychedelic folk (or “freak folk”) back to 1964, when The Holy Modal Rounders gigged around New York City’s Lower East […]
27 Dec 2022
It Came from Asheville! WNC Garage Rock in the ’60s, Part Two: The (Fabulous) Wunz
The Wunz and onlys As the first wave of teenage rock combos spread across the mid-’60s U.S., the craze wasn’t limited to major metropolitan areas. Even Asheville – then with […]
26 Dec 2022
It Came from Asheville! WNC Garage Rock in the ’60s, Part One: Introduction
The garage rock movement of the mid 1960s yielded a bumper crop of rock and roll bands. Inspired by British Invasion groups like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Kinks, […]
23 Dec 2022
Jack Starr’s Burning Starr: The Ongoing Wave of American Heavy Metal (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… But by 1984, a restless Starr had formed a new group, Burning Starr. “I was very lucky,” he says. “I was able to get a very […]
22 Dec 2022
Jack Starr’s Burning Starr: The Ongoing Wave of American Heavy Metal (Part One)
Guitar shredders are a dime a dozen these days. But the real guitar heroes are the ones who balance their musical artistry with finesse, melodicism and power. Jack Starr fits […]
16 Dec 2022
Musoscribe’s Best of 2022: New Releases
2022 has been another great year for new music. Even with everything else going on, I’ve reviewed nearly 120 new albums this year on Musoscribe. And in compiling my annual […]