new release Archive
29 Dec 2021
The PFM Bonus Interview, Part 1 of 3
Premiata Forneria Marconi (or PFM, which is easier to say and quicker to type) is the premier Italian progressive rock group. PFM was the first prog group from Italy to […]
28 Dec 2021
PFM Cooks Up a Pandemic-era Album
An edited version of this story appeared previously in Prog magazine. One of the most groundbreaking progressive groups of the 1970s, PFM is still making music of superb caliber today. […]
27 Dec 2021
Musoscribe’s Best of 2021: New Releases
Picking my favorite new releases for 2021 has been exceedingly difficult. I have no way of knowing to what degree (if any) the infernal and tragic pandemic had the silver-lining […]
26 Dec 2021
Album Review: Billy Bragg — The Million Things That Never Happened
Let nearly 40 years pass, and some things are almost certain to change. If your exposure to Billy Bragg commenced with his 1983 debut Life’s a Riot with Spy vs […]
23 Dec 2021
Book Review: Brian Atkinson — True Love Cast Out All Evil
Though he left this dimension a few years ago, Roky Erickson continues to fascinate and inspire. I was fortunate enough to see him more than a decade ago onstage at […]
22 Dec 2021
Book Review: ‘Beyond the Printed Page’ by Alan Niester
Niester has had a long career, writing for mainstream papers about music; that proud tradition is, sadly, one that no longer exists. Good luck finding a daily that covers live […]
20 Dec 2021
Album Review: Popol Vuh – Vol. 2: Acoustic & Ambient Spheres
In 2019, BMG put together a boxed set of five important albums by krautrock/ambient group Popol Vuh. The Essential Album Collection Vol. 1 featured vinyl re-pressings of Affenstunde (1970), 1972’s […]
19 Dec 2021
Album Review: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars – A Gift to Pops
People of a certain age (i.e. my age) may have early memories of Louis Armstrong singing “Hello, Dolly,” “Wonderful World” or the theme song from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, […]
18 Dec 2021
The Be Positives – Everything About the Be Positives
This Manchester outfit released its self-titled debut in 2019, and has continued in earnest on a creative path in the months since then. A single, “It’s Easy (If You Try)” […]
13 Dec 2021
Album Review: The Lord Baltimores
As a rule, when I receive CDRs in the mail, I don’t consider them for review on Musoscribe. (Why, you may ask? Simple: I receive so many submissions, there has […]