rawk Archive
16 Oct 2024
Shinedown: Hot Sauces and Sizzling Rock (Part 1 of 2)
Launched 23 years ago in Jacksonville, Florida, Shinedown makes its own brand of passionate, high-energy alt-rock. With seven albums to its credit (2022’s Planet Zero is the latest), Shinedown is […]
06 Oct 2024
CANCELLED – Preview: Music Movie Mondays Presents ‘BOOM!’
UPDATE: Due to the natural disaster in Asheville, this event is cancelled. Grail Movie House was gutted by the recent devastating floods. Once the long and slow process of recovery […]
04 Oct 2024
Audio Bonus: My David Gilmour Interview
If you haven’t read my Spin feature on David Gilmour, allow me to recommend it. As a bonus, I’ve prepared an edited audio excerpt of part of our conversation. David […]
02 Oct 2024
Time Well Spent: The Fray Return From a Five-Year Hiatus
This feature appeared previously in SPIN. Early ‘00s hitmakers turn the page and begin a new chapter In the short space of just a few years, Denver-based pop-rock group the […]
01 Oct 2024
30 Days Out, October 2024 #1: King Garbage, Richard Lloyd, Matthew Sweet, New Mastersounds
IMPORTANT NOTE: In light of the disaster in Western NC, please check with the venues. Some or all of these shows may be cancelled. WOW. That’s a succinct summation of […]
30 Sep 2024
David Gilmour: The Right Place to Be Sure
This feature first appeared in SPIN. A personal note: not only was this interview a bucket list item for me, its appearance here marks entry #5000 on Musoscribe. That represents […]
21 Sep 2024
Take Five: Jim Gordon
The life story of Jim Gordon is a tragic one; convicted of a brutal murder, he would spend the second half of his life in prison. After years dealing unsuccessfully […]
15 Sep 2024
30 Days Out, Sept. 2024 #2: Battle of the Bands, The dB’s, Kaleo, Sunday Jam
The next 30 days are extra-special musicwise here in WNC. Indie rock heroes The dB’s have reunited for select shows, and Asheville is on that list! Icelandic rockers Kaleo make […]
08 Sep 2024
Album Review: Sparkle*jets U.K. – Box of Letters
Despite their name, Sparkle*jets U.K. are from Southern California, not Leeds, Hull or Manchester. With that bit of housekeeping out of the way, let’s consider the latest release from the […]
07 Sep 2024
Album Review: The Courettes – Hold On, We’re Comin’
Older readers may recall the time when Natalie Cole recorded a duet with her father, Nat “King” Cole. The event was somewhat controversial, as Nat had at that point been […]