Archive for the Feature Category

RECORD STORE DAY 2016 rocked as it has never rocked before, thanks to YOU, with a little help from PEARL JAM & ROSANNE CASH! Much love and appreciation to all who helped make April 16th a rousing success! We couldn’t have made it to 40 years without you!

On April 15, 2016 / Calendar, Feature, Feature, Gene Speak, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster, Recent Interest

ok, its now 4 days or so since the EPIC love-fest that was ‪#‎RSD16‬ here at our humble down south record store and i wanted to make a way too brief but intensely heartfelt LOUD THANK YOU shout out to everyone near and far who stopped in here, shopped, wished us well or just social […]

Record Store Week: THE MATT FLINNER TRIO! Sizzlin’ string-jazz-grass and roots TOMORROW in The Bohemian Café at 5pm!

On March 18, 2016 / Cafe Events, Calendar, Events - Concerts at Horizon, The Bohemian Cafe, the Upstate and beyond., Feature, Feature, Feature, Horizon Events, News & Releases - Latest & Greatest, Uncategorized

Led by one of the most respected mandolinists in today’s acoustic scene, Matt Flinner and his trio partners, Ethan Ballenger (guitar) and Eric Thorin (bass), are sonically founded in bluegrass, jazz, classical and American acoustic music. Over the past decade, the Matt Flinner Trio has been on the cutting edge of the 21st century string band […]

Alligator Records’ new tribute album, GOD DON’T NEVER CHANGE: THE SONGS OF BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON is amazing. Some of our favorite artists, including Lucinda Williams, Tom Waits, Luther Dickinson and Derek Trucks pay homage to a legendary bluesman.

On February 25, 2016 / Feature, Gene Speak, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster

If you can judge a person by the company they keep, then the late, legendary bluesman Blind Willie Johnson must have been quite a guy. At least, that’s what Alligator Records’ new tribute album, “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson” tells us. After all, how many other musicians could bring TOM […]

SUN RA & HIS ARKESTRA and GILLES PETERSON collaborate through space and time on this 2-LP collection, “In The Orbit Of Ra.” Get lost in the endless universe of Ra’s one-of-a-kind mind as Peterson compiles his favorite moments from the galactic-jazz bandleader.

On February 10, 2016 / Feature, Feature, Feature, Gene Speak, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster

“I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is because the Master-Creator of the Universe is making me do it. I am of another dimension. I am on this planet because people need me.” — Sun Ra.

yes! RANDALL BRAMBLETT returns for an in-store show, just in time for our 40th anniversary!

On October 16, 2015 / Cafe Events, Events - Concerts at Horizon, The Bohemian Cafe, the Upstate and beyond., Feature, Feature, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster, Horizon Events

Saying that RANDALL BRAMBLETT will be playing his 2nd “solo” show at Horizon is a bit misleading. A solo show is some guy playing an acoustic guitar; the brilliant Randall Bramblett can switch between sax, jazz-inflected keyboards and acoustic/electric guitar, all while belting out his thoughtful, perceptive lyrics in that distinctive, raspy howl. “I have loved Georgia native RANDALL BRAMBLETT’s work […]

JAMES MCMURTRY (and you our wonderful friends and neighbors) rocked our world last Sunday!!

On August 3, 2015 / Cafe Events, Events - Concerts at Horizon, The Bohemian Cafe, the Upstate and beyond., Feature, Feature, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster, Horizon Events, News & Releases - Latest & Greatest

JAMES MCMURTRY brought the house down on Sunday. It was all beyond amazing: His killer full band (that would be the Heartless Bastards; Tim Holt, Daren Hess and the incredible Cornbread), his amazing new stuff from Complicated Game, his epic closing expanded bayou chooglin’ long version of “Choctaw Bingo,” his patience while he signed many CD’s and […]

Horizon Records & The Bohemian Café present LAURIE ANTONIOLI

On July 24, 2015 / Cafe Events, Events - Concerts at Horizon, The Bohemian Cafe, the Upstate and beyond., Feature, Feature, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster, Horizon Events, News & Releases - Latest & Greatest

By any definition of the term, singer, songwriter, musician, and producer LAURIE ANTONIOLI is a Big Deal. She’s toured with saxophonist Joe Henderson, collaborated with pianist George Cables, and has served both as Professor of the Vocal Department at KUG University’s Jazz Institute in Austria and as director of the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley. Imagine […]

The 2015 SWANNANOA CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL wraps up at the Fine Arts Center on Monday, Aug. 3rd!

On June 5, 2015 / Events - Concerts at Horizon, The Bohemian Cafe, the Upstate and beyond., Feature, Feature, Local Scene

For the first time in 45 years, the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival is coming to Greenville. Each Monday from July 6 through August 3, the Fine Arts Center will be hosting five spectacular concerts. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Founded in 1970, The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival is the premier chamber music festival of The Carolinas. This year, […]

RECORD STORE DAY 2015 – we rocked, we had big fun! until next year …

On March 17, 2015 / Events - Concerts at Horizon, The Bohemian Cafe, the Upstate and beyond., Feature, Feature, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster, Horizon Events

another Record Store Day has come, blown our minds & gone – we want to shout out to everyone who came out all weekend to show Horizon the big love. Jason Isbell rocked the Bohemian & turned out one of the biggest crowds we’ve seen. We sold lots but there’s still a whole let left […]

ROBYN HITCHCOCK brings The Man Upstairs into Horizon February 15 at 2pm.

On February 8, 2015 / Events - Concerts at Horizon, The Bohemian Cafe, the Upstate and beyond., Feature, Feature, Genespeak - The Cranky Dubmaster, Horizon Events

Join the event hell yes; a Horizon Sunday afternoon in-store from our favorite surrealist sci-fi indie rock folk psyche icon. Mr. Hitchcock presents a brief free concert to share tunes from his latest opus The Man Upstairs. we absolutely love this latest of his dozens of astounding records. Do not miss this. Gene will be […]