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Trumpeter TERELL STAFFORD is ferocious, gentle, swingin’ and deep in the pocket on his new album, “FORGIVE & FORGET,” out now!
Veteran trumpeter Terell Stafford delivers the second installment of saxophonist Herb Harris‘s dynamic “Jazz Masters Unlimited” series production, with the unveiling of Forgive and Forget, providing a forum for Stafford’s talents and improvisational skills. Showcasing a repertoire penned and arranged by Harris, the trumpeter surrounds himself with a formidable quintet that makes his performance here…
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THE SPINNING JENNY has announced some shows that we’re thrilled about, including appearances by THE HONEYCUTTERS this Friday and JIM LAUDERDALE on MAY 4th!
“The Honeycutters, an Asheville, NC-based original country roots band… Led by songwriter Amanda Anne Platt, The Honeycutters include Tal Taylor on mandolin, Rick Cooper on bass, Josh Milligan on drums, and Matt Smith rounds out the band on pedal steel, electric guitar, and dobro to create a sound that carries just as well across the…
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NEW RELEASES 3/3: BELA FLECK, GRANDADDY, MINUS THE BEAR, BOMBADIL, DANKO JONES, IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE, DANIEL HOPE & more!
Béla Fleck is the world’s premier banjo player, a 16-time Grammy Award winner nominated in more categories than any other musician, a genre-busting collaborator, a film producer and a composer. Foremost, though, he is a dad. The impact of fatherhood on Béla is reflected in Juno Concerto, named for his firstborn son with fellow folk…
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Take a walk around the neighborhood as part of the NORTH MAIN COOP CRAWL on April 22nd, then head over to Horizon and do some RECORD STORE DAY shopping!
Edible Upcountry magazine and Gather Events have teamed to create the North Main Coop Crawl, a walking tour of chicken coops in the North Main neighborhood. Stroll around and check out the latest and greatest in chicken accommodations, and enjoy some craft beer, food trucks and workshops located at Community Tap. And why not stop…
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Less then two weeks til the BIG EARS experimental and avant-garde music festival, March 24-26, in Knoxville TN. ROBYN HITCHCOCK! JOHANN JOHANNSSON! CARLA BLEY, JOAN SHELLEY! Lordy!
A brief word from festival co-founder and artistic director Ashley Capps: As always, we thank all of you for your amazing support and enthusiasm for our ever-expanding festival. What began as a modest passion project has steadily grown into a remarkable, internationally recognized celebration of music, art and creativity. Your passion and engagement has made…
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Hope Nicholls and Aaron Pitkin from Fetchin’ Bones return with a rockin’ dose of hillbilly funk as IT’S SNAKES!
It’s Snakes features the husband and wife team of Hope Nicholls and Aaron Pitkin from Fetchin Bones, Sugarsmack and Snagglepuss plus long time collaborators Darrin Gray (Snagglepuss) and Greg Walsh (Aqualads). Fetchin Bones and the dynamic idiosyncratic married-couple power-team of vocalist Hope Nicholls and guitarist Aaron Pitkin should be on any list of great North…
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The soulful roots-rocker RANDALL BRAMBLETT returns to Greenville on May 26th with a show at DR. MAC ARNOLD’S BLUES RESTAURANT!
Randall Bramblett’s distinguished body of work is defined by a triple threat career as an acclaimed solo artist, an in-demand songwriter and a first call sideman. Among the artists who’ve recorded and performed Bramblett’s songs are Bettye LaVette, Hot Tuna, Delbert McClinton and most notably, Bonnie Raitt, who opened her 2014 Grammy winner, Slipstream, with…
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NEW RELEASES 2/24: OLD 97’s, RHIANNON GIDDENS, WESLEY STACE (aka JOHN WESLEY HARDING), BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE and more!
It’s an interesting week here at New Releases central. We’ve got a potpourri of new stuff that ranges all over the map, genre-wise, from the return of Old 97’s to Wesley Stace’s return to his true name, to a double-album of weirdness from The Brian Jonestown Massacre to some serious loveliness from Rhiannon Giddens. There’s…
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Classical piano master and musical alchemist LANG LANG makes his PEACE CENTER debut on February 27th! YES!
CALL 864-467-3000 OR VISIT www.peacecenter.org FOR DETAILS & INFO! If one word applies to Lang Lang, to the musician, to the man, to his worldview, to those who come into contact with him, it is “inspiration”. It resounds like a musical motif through his life and career. He inspires millions with his open-hearted, emotive playing,…
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ODDISEE takes us on another epic hip-hop journey with “The Iceberg,” out now on CD. It’s a social, personal and political work that seeks some answers within the chaos.
The prolific MC, producer and musician Oddisee’s new album, ”The Iceberg,” is a plea for humanity to dig deeper in search of understanding and common ground. ”The Iceberg” is a distillation of stereotypical tropes in hip-hop and beyond, 12 tracks about money, sex, politics, race and religion that appear superficial until his multi-dimensional lyrics unfurl…