Category: Feature
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Longtime Carolina favorite sons & Horizon-friendly arena warriors THE AVETT BROTHERS have returned with a new album, TRUE SADNESS! They’re playing Bon Secours Wellness Arena on SATURDAY, OCT. 29th! Tickets on-sale NOW!
They’re headed back. We’re glad. THE AVETT BROTHERS have built a following starting from their earliest, modest old-timey/punky releases to the globe-trotting Madison Square Garden-level post-modern folk-pop-roots-punk-type rock icon status they’ve now earned. See them light up the arena in downtown Greenville on October 29th with songs from their new album True Sadness, out now…
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The RECORD FAIR was a blast! People browsin’, buyin’, sellin’ and diggin’ music all day long! The vinyl flowed freely while we rocked our store-wide sale concurrently, right around the corner! Thank you!
The 2016 Record Fair on SATURDAY MAY 7th was a smashing success, and we thank you! The Sears Center and our humble Stone Ave. abode were packed solid with music lovers all day! Thanks to the Sears Center at McPherson Park, Ocha Tea, the amazing DJ’s Tavo & King Harold, and all those who came out to…
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RECORD STORE DAY LEFTOVERS ABOUND! Still some amazing stuff in-stock by SUPERCHUNK, MUDDY WATERS, LESTER YOUNG, J DILLA, EMMYLOU HARRIS, MILES DAVIS & many more! Come browse through the RSD vinyl goodness!
Kinda slim pickins in the New Release dept. this week, probably due to the massive, lovely chaos of Record Store Day, so we thought we’d let you know about some RSD goodies we’ve still got in stock on vinyl LP! SUPERCHUNK, Tossing Seeds (Singles 1989-91) A special Record Store Day reissue of the first full…
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The incomparable ROSANNE CASH, FOUR-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER, masterful singer, songwriter and author, played the Peace Center last Friday, gave us chills, and then dropped by to shop on Record Store Day!
We knew that Rosanne Cash was going to put on an excellent show. We knew that we were going to hear some amazing songs. What we didn’t expect was for her to announce from the Peace Center stage that she’d be paying us a visit the next morning on Record Store Day. Our collective hearts…
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PEARL JAM at the BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA on Record Store Day. How could we NOT expect them to stop by your friendly neighborhood record store and do some shopping? Then Eddie Vedder did something we DIDN’T expect, in front of about 16,000 people.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Matt Cameron dropped by over Record Store Day weekend to indulge their music-geek tendencies, and we were floored. Mike & merch. Mike rockin’ the Horizon tee at the show: McCready & Berger surveying the vinyl goodness. Martin N’ Matt Cameron Eddie Vedder saluted us from the stage at the Bon…
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Grammy-nominee JOSH ROSENTHAL, owner and founder of seven-time Grammy nominated label Tompkins Square Records, rocked our musical world.
Grab a copy of the ultimate record collectors book. JOSH ROSENTHAL’s Record Store Of The Mind is in stock and we have signed copies and a free CD for ya that goes along with it courtesy of Josh’s visit here this week. yeah, signed versions + free CD is while they last! Right, Gene? Our…
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Record Store Week: Horizon welcomes THE MATT FLINNER TRIO! Sizzlin’ mandolin-slingin’ string-bending jazz-grass and roots TODAY in The Bohemian Café at 5pm!
Led by one of the most respected mandolinists in today’s acoustic scene, Matt Flinner and his trio partners, Ethan Ballinger (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…
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Record Store Week: THE MATT FLINNER TRIO! Sizzlin’ string-jazz-grass and roots TOMORROW in The Bohemian Café at 5pm!
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…
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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.
“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.
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yes! RANDALL BRAMBLETT returns for an in-store show, just in time for our 40th anniversary!
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…