new release Archive
10 Sep 2021
Wind Up Happening: Musoscribe Meets LMNOP (Part 5 of 5)
Continued from Part Four… We’ve talked about the whole band concept. But with MIDI technology and everything, do you have any interest at all in doing solo gigs? Well, if […]
09 Sep 2021
Wind Up Happening: Musoscribe Meets LMNOP (Part 4 of 5)
Continued from Part Three… I’m not even suggesting that you should – it’s just an open question – but have you ever toyed with the idea of doing something completely […]
08 Sep 2021
Wind Up Happening: Musoscribe Meets LMNOP (Part 3 of 5)
Continued from Part Two… So, then you don’t record everything you write, or do you? Well, yes and no. I record what I call song snippets. I have a little […]
07 Sep 2021
Wind Up Happening: Musoscribe Meets LMNOP (Part 2 of 5)
Continued from Part One… Thrilled with my new discovery, I raced to my desktop, opened my email app and dashed off a quick note to said publicist. I feverishly typed […]
06 Sep 2021
Wind Up Happening: Musoscribe Meets LMNOP (Part 1 of 5)
In one sense, LMNOP is as DIY and underground as it gets. Launched in the early 1980s in Atlanta, LMNOP was – and has remained – the vehicle for Stephen […]
04 Sep 2021
Album Review: Explorer Tapes
As someone who follows such things – and as such ought to know better – I nevertheless continue to be amazed whenever I learn about a promising act that recorded […]
03 Sep 2021
Album Review: John McLaughlin — Liberation Time
A deeply spiritual artist, John McLaughlin makes music that moves the mind, body and spirit. There’s certainly plenty of technical precision in his music, but with in it beats a […]
31 Aug 2021
Album Review: Alchemy Sound Project – Afrika Love
Jazz differs from rock in some important, fundamental ways. While there are exceptions, one is the manner in which jazz ensemble tend to be collectives of equals rather than stars […]
28 Aug 2021
Album Review: Etta James — The Montreux Years
Announced in March 2021, an archive of historically significant musical recordings is now beginning to be shared with the wider listening audience. Run by Claude Nobs, the highly regarded Montreux […]
27 Aug 2021
Album Review: Joe Jackson & Todd Rundgren featuring Ethel — State Theater New Jersey 2005
It was more than sixteen years ago that two of popular music’s most iconoclastic artists decided to work together (sort of). Todd Rundgren and Joe Jackson teamed up for a […]