Month: August 2017
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PAN HARMONIA begins their 18th season on Sunday, Sept. 10th with a beautiful classical guitar & flute recital at the Greenville Center For The Creative Arts.
The Gallant Guitar, a sensory delight, opens Pan Harmonia’s 18th season this September, with captivating performances across the region.Venture on a sonic journey, as the dynamicity of the guitar brings to life the vast ranges of JS Bach, Manuel de Falla, and Astor Piazzolla.
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JERRY DOUGLAS BAND makes their expanded and beautific recorded debut on Jerry’s dynamite new album, “What If,” out on CD & LP NOW!
It’s hard to believe that finally, after over 40 years in the biz, after working with everyone from Paul Simon, James Taylor and Guy Clark to Elvis Costello, Derek Trucks and Dan Auerbach, not to mention virtually everyone in bluegrass from JD Crowe to Alison Krauss, and after releasing a dazzling catalog of solo projects,…
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NEW RELEASES 8/25: IRON & WINE, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, AESOP ROCK, FILTHY FRIENDS, LILLY HIATT, and some Gene-tastic ECM love from JOHN POTTER!
“Queens of the Stone Age” always sounded like the best glam-band name ever, and while Josh Homme’s free-ranging heavy rock hypnotists were never quite that, they come as close as ever on Villains. “I was born in the desert May 17, in ’73” Homme declares on the opener, “Feet Don’t Fail Me” – which is…
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IRON & WINE returns with a new album, BEAST EPIC, and a special message from Sam Beam!
“I must confess that I’ve always shied away from album introductions citing the usual ‘dancing to architecture’ cop out,” says Iron & Wine singer, songwriter and producer Sam Beam. “Speaking to their own work is uncomfortable for many artists, but I’ve made a new album called Beast Epic which is important to me and I…
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TYLER CHILDERS’ debut album Purgatory is simultaneously modern and as ancient; a powerful release co-produced by STURGILL SIMPSON. Catch him at the NEIGHBORHOOD THEATRE in Charlotte on Sept. 20th with COLTER WALL!
Like many great Southern storytellers, singer-songwriter Tyler Childers has fallen in love with a place. The people, landmarks and legendary moments from his childhood home of Lawrence County, Kentucky
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NEW RELEASES, 8/18: JERRY DOUGLAS BAND (Oh Yeah!), INTERPOL, RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, SHELBY LYNNE/ALLISON MOORER, UNKLE & more!
Ray Wylie Hubbard is an iconoclast of the highest order. Early on, Jerry Jeff Walker recorded his song “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother”, which was enough to give him lifetime membership in the outlaw country club. Not much later, he was associated with “progressive country”, particularly for his early years with his band the…
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DAVID RAWLINGS loses the machine and whips out POOR DAVID’S ALMANACK on his new album, out NOW from ACONY RECORDS on CD & vinyl LP!
For Poor David’s Almanack, Rawlings leaves the Dave Rawlings Machine moniker behind and serves up a wry mixture of acoustic and electric music rich in ageless American vernacular. The album of ten new songs was captured by studio wizards Ken Scott (Beatles, David Bowie) and Matt Andrews on analog tape during a week of sessions…
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NEW RELEASES, 8/11: DAVID RAWLINGS returns with his new almanack, RICHARD THOMPSON’s second volume of acoustic classics, plus WILL HOGE, GUIDED BY VOICES & more!
David Rawlings has made a career out of a sort of unassuming generosity. Though he’s led his own band, the Dave Rawlings Machine, he’s spent much of his adult life supporting the work of bigger names like Old Crow Medicine Show, Bright Eyes and Ryan Adams, who covered Rawlings’ song “To Be Young (Is To…
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The wit, wisdom, soul and perseverance of SHERMAN HOLMES, of the legendary HOLMES BROS., shines on his new album THE RICHMOND SESSIONS.
Sherman Holmes’ solo debut The Richmond Sessions can’t help being a milestone: It’s the esteemed singer and bassist’s first recording since the passing of his brother and musical partners, Wendell Holmes and Popsy Dixon, both in 2015. But his solo debut, dedicated to the memories of Wendell and Popsy, is no somber affair. The blend…
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A bit late to the game on this one, but we’re getting “Heavy Meta” with RON GALLO on his great new album, courtesy of NEW WEST RECORDS!
Ron Gallo got his musical start during his eight-year stint as leader of the Philadelphia combo Toy Soldiers. The band began as a guitar/drums duo, evolving into a sprawling 12-piece and eventually settling into a more manageable quintet before calling it quits in 2014. Most of the songs on HEAVY META were written in a…