rawk Archive
15 Dec 2024
30 Days Out, December 2024 #2: Asheville Symphony w/Direct From Sweden, Free Flow, Nora Brown, Dirty Logic
Pop, funk, Americana and whatever it is that Steely Dan does: those are the highlights of live music in the coming 30 days here in Asheville. Artist: Asheville Symphony with […]
13 Dec 2024
Album Review: Trees Speak – Timefold
As I’ve observed before, Tucson, Arizona isn’t the first place one would look for krautrock. But in 2024, it may well be the best place. As Trees Speak, Daniel Martin […]
07 Dec 2024
Album Review: Afterimage – Faces to Hide
“Post-punk” is one of those labels – epithets, one might even say – created by music journalist to describe a type of music, but ultimately (as some or other playwright […]
30 Nov 2024
Hundred-word (Rock) Reviews, November 2024
Five more capsule reviews. Please note that every one of these album deserves not only fulsome praise, but a much longer, more in-depth review that I’m giving here. Suffice to […]
29 Nov 2024
Warren Haynes: Day of Reckoning
When Warren Haynes began gearing up for press availability to promote his latest album, he had no idea what lay ahead. The disastrous impact of Hurricane Helene on his hometown […]
22 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 3 of 3)
Continued from Part Two… Easter initially liked what he knew of the I.R.S. business model. “I liked it from a practical standpoint,” he says. “But I had a very cavalier […]
21 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 2 of 3)
Continued from Part One… Easter looks back at that period – now thought of as the dawn of “college rock” or alternative rock – as a musically freewheeling time when […]
20 Nov 2024
Edge of the World: Let’s Active at 40 (Part 1 of 3)
NOTE: This feature was originally commissioned by a print magazine in 2022, never to appear. After three years on that merry-go-round I’ve decided instead to publish it here on Musoscribe. […]
18 Nov 2024
Album Review: David Gilmour — Luck and Strange
Releasing his first studio album in nearly nine years, guitarist David Gilmour continues his creatively fruitful journey beyond Pink Floyd. While Gilmour made his name as a member of that […]
15 Nov 2024
30 Days Out, Nov. 2024 #2: Jim Lauderdale, Rock N Roll Rewind, John Doyle & Mick McAuley, Patterson Hood
Some beloved sons of the South populate the musical landscape in Asheville over the coming 30 days. An adopted local (via Ireland) and some Asheville-based acts upholding the rock ‘n’ […]