rawk Archive
16 Jan 2025
Album Review: Mitch Woods – Mitch Woods’ Happy Hour
Brooklyn-born, Bay Area-based pianist, singer and bandleader Mitch Woods has been making music for more than four decades. With his band the Rocket 88s, he has served up album after […]
15 Jan 2025
30 Days Out, Jan. 2024 #2: Angela Easterling, Alice Cooper, Al Stewart, Hub New Music
A typically eclectic assortment of music highlights the remainder of January and the first half of February here in Western North Carolina. Here we go! Artist: Angela Easterling Venue: Highland […]
06 Jan 2025
Album Review: DB Edmunds — Everybody Knows by Now
DB Edmunds released his debut solo EP, Life’s Wild Ride in 2022. That set was the first new music I had heard from the North Carolina multi-instrumentalist since his days […]
03 Jan 2025
Boxed Set Review: Skin Yard — Select
The grunge movements wa – if not a breath of fresh air, then – a break from the slick, spandex-clad, teased-hair lite metal of the ‘90s. Along with a resurgent […]
01 Jan 2025
Album Review: Johnny Bragg – Let Me Dream On
A bonus post to ring in the New Year — bk. One of the most historically significant vocal groups of the 1950s and beyond, the Prisonaires recorded the original version […]
01 Jan 2025
30 Days Out, Jan. 2025 #1: Chuck Brodsky, Heavy Mountain Fest, Coverfest IV, Hiss Golden Messenger
This edition of 30 Days Out marks the 11-year anniversary of the twice-monthly article (which in its early years ran in our local altweekly). Doubling down on the local/regional emphasis, […]
23 Dec 2024
Musoscribe’s Best of 2024: Reissue/archival
From my perspective, 2024 has been another great year for reissues and archival releases. I’ve reviewed nearly 60 of ’em since January 1. Among those, there are five titles that […]
18 Dec 2024
The Pineapple Thief: Remaining Open to Change
Progressive quartet The Pineapple Thief has been busy. The group from Southwest England released It Leads to This, its 15th studio album in February. Led by guitarist and songwriter Bruce […]
17 Dec 2024
Mark Webber is With Pulp, Are you?
This feature appeared previously in SPIN. Mark Webber’s musical and life journey has taken some unusual turns. Growing up in the north of England, he became an ardent fan of […]
16 Dec 2024
Concert Review: David Gilmour – Madison Square Garden, November 8
As David Gilmour pointed out to me in our interview — and as he no doubt did in every other interview he held to promote Luck and Strange – it […]