Evolfo's Rafferty Swink and Matt Gibbs on 'Of Love,' the collective improvisational process behind it, and why a seven-piece Brooklyn band decided Spotify wasn't worth the compromise.

The Roxy Music guitarist discusses his memoir 'Revolución to Roxy,' his lifelong immersion in Latin music and culture, the family secrets unearthed along the way, and a career built in close collaboration with everyone from Brian Eno to Enrique Bunbury.

Min Xiao-Fen last set foot in Ukraine in 1988 as part of a cultural exchange with the Nanjing Chinese Traditional Orchestra, and 'Boundless,' her new duo album with bandura master Julian Kytasty, closes a loop nearly four decades in the making.

From his first encounter with 'Explorations' to writing liner notes for 'Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings,' the jazz historian discusses how Evans, LaFaro, and Motian transform...

Robert Callender's debut 'Rainbow' merged jazz, poetry, and Indian classical music in 1968, then largely disappeared. Archivist Chaim O'Brien-Blumenthal explains how a 2023 concert recording became the start of the artist's rediscovery.

Music writer Bill Kopp's new book 'What's the Big Idea' examines 30 concept albums across six decades, from Frank Zappa to Apples In Stereo, William Shatner to Ghostface Killah, arguing that the format remains vital in an era of streaming and shortened attention spans.

Hard rock and heavy metal has gone through many phases. It has gone in and out of fashion, and endured the so-called “hair metal” era of the ‘80s. But for true believers, the style has never lost its ...

As acclaimed music journalist and critic J.D. Considine emphasizes in his liner notes for Lights on a Satellite: Live at the Left Bank, “people were more likely to have heard of [Sun Ra] that they wer...

With founding drummer back in the fold, progressive metal heroes return for 16th studio album One of prog-metal’s most acclaimed groups has returned to its roots – and its most celebrated lineup – fo...

Launched in Louisiana and with connections to Memphis, the Elephant 6 Collective is thought of as a kind of follow-on from the Athens, Georgia musical community that brought forth the B-52’s, R.E.M., ...

Los Tigres del Norte are about more than music. “We represent all the paisanos who came along into the U.S.,” says guitarist Luis Hernández.

The recent interest in so-called “yacht rock” – brought about thanks to a new HBO documentary on the subject – has brought the names of several bands from the ‘70s back into the public consciousness. ...

Busking has a long, storied and often proud history. The practice of performing music in public spaces – ostensibly for free, presumably for tips – has been part of the fabric of music since time imme...

Outside of classical and Celtic music, the harp isn’t widely heard. But in the hands of Asheville native Mary Lattimore, the massive, stringed acoustic instrument has become the centerpiece of a body ...

Everybody has their favorite new releases of each year; here are mine. This year I reviewed nearly 120 new releases. As per usual, the list reflects my particular interests, so you won’t find any main...

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 stand out above the re...

A lightly edited version of this feature – with a different title – appeared previously in SPIN. In the 1880s, a yacht sank off South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope. The few survivors resorted to canniba...

Let’s start with the bad, getting it out of the way since there’s very little of it. The cover art for Jon Anderson's latest album is at best uninspired. And as amazingly talented as they are, his ban...

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 attitude about it.” He says ...

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 the possibilities were open-ende...

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. Sincere tha...

Canned Heat began as a group in 1965. The Los Angeles-based blues band quickly became renowned for its deep, encyclopedic understanding of (and appreciation for) the blues. Alan Wilson and Bob “The Be...

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 group – effe...

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’ roll tradition r...

In the history of rock and pop, it's rare that a producer becomes a “rock star.” Certain names have become prominent fixtures in the audio part of pop culture: Phil Spector and George Martin are among...

Continued from Part One... Some bands find success with an album and spend the rest of their careers making that record over and over again. Judas Priest has been consistent; you always seemed to be ...

Judas Priest roared out of industrial Birmingham, England in the early 1970s. Once the group found its footing – bringing on powerful, operatic and charismatic lead singer Rob Halford – Judas Priest’s...