STURGULL SIMPSON raids his own catalog for a bluegrass album, “CUTTIN’ GRASS, VOL 1. (THE BUTCHER SHOPPE SESSIONS) out NOW on 2xLP and CD!
20 new versions of songs cherry-picked from Simpson's career, reimagined by an intergenerational band of bluegrass legendsRead More »
DAVID BALL, WALTER HYATT & CHAMP HOOD, yes, UNCLE WALT’S BAND, ride again on one hell of a live recording from 1982: Recorded Live At Waterloo Ice House, out NOW!!
For most of us fans of CHAMP HOOD, WALTER HYATT and DAVID BALL, aka UNCLE WALT'S BAND, weRead More »
Our own JB “the Indicator” aka John Byce picks the best of releases from a tumultuous 2020. Here’s how it works: John chooses his top ten, he rates’em, we stock em, you’ll like em!
To call 2020 an odd year wouldRead More »
HORIZON RECORDS is open for in-store shopping. But we need you to wear a mask, use hand sanitizer, socially distance and help us all stay safe by following our new rules.
In order to keep ourselves and our customers safe, we've put some new rules in place forRead More »
Long live the drone, thanks to these three releases by interconnected experimental musicians WILLIAM TYLER, MARY LATTIMORE and NORTH AMERICANS, all in-stock now!
Horizon is all about boundary-stretching, beautifully weird music, and there are three new albumsRead More »
SUFJAN STEVENS’ new album, THE ASCENSION, is out NOW, and it’s just like the ones that everybody loves! Except it’s completely different.
If you are a fan of the hushed vocals, finger-styled guitar and emotionally exposed nature of Carrie & Lowell, well, we’re in the right ballpark.Read More »
Keepin Record Store Day normal in pandemic-land is no joke. But our RSD Drop2 event was low-key, safe, and busy, and we thank you. We’ve still got some ltd. edition releases in-stock!
Greetings Music fans, It was a lovely Drop2. Much gratitude to all who wandered byRead More »
Yup, the first RSD Drop was a little mellower than usual for us, but we DO have some sweet limited-edition RSD items in-stock now! Drop by and check’em out!
Yeah, well, we kinda "sat out" this year's first Record Store Day "Drop" event, but we'll let you in on a little secret: We've got limited quantities of some choice items from the RSD release listRead More »
MOLLY TUTTLE’s “…but I’d rather be with you” is a dazzling journey through some of her personal favorites by artists like The National, FKA Twigs, The Rolling Stones & more.
The multi-talented singer-songwriter and instrumentalist taught herself how to use Pro Tools to record and engineer ten much-loved songsRead More »
Alt-rock icon PJ HARVEY kicks off a series of reissues with her stunning debut album “DRY,” plus a standalone collection of “DRY-Demos,” available on vinyl for the first time!
Last May, PJ HARVEY announced a comprehensive reissue campaignRead More »
MARGO PRICE’s new album, That’s How Rumors Get Started, is FINALLY upon us! It’s a stunning collection of road songs, psychedelic rock and sparkling pop produced by STURGILL SIMPSON.
Brimming with poignant reflections on motherhood and sharp prose debunking the mythology of rockRead More »
THE JAYHAWKS new album XOXO transcends Americana, Roots Rock, or Alt-Country with classic songwriting and a new level of collaboration. It’s in-stock NOW on vinyl LP and CD!
For many people, THE JAYHAWKS were one of the initial gateway drugs to the Americana andRead More »
KHRUANGBIN’s new album “MORDECHAI” takes their futuristic psychedelic world-funk back home to Houston, TX. We’ve got it in-stock now at HORIZON and in our webstore!
KHRUANGBIN has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages like East Asian surf-rock,Read More »
NEIL YOUNG’s “lost” 1975 album ‘HOMEGROWN’ is finally here, 45 years after it was completed. Pick it up on LP or CD at HORIZON, or get it at our webstore!
NEIL YOUNG is an artist in every sense of the word, a man who follows his muse wherever it takes him.Read More »
Aw yeah, the GOAT RODEO, a supergroup featuring YO-YO MA, CHRIS THILE, STUART DUNCAN and EDGAR MEYER, rides again with a new album, “NOT OUR FIRST GOAT RODEO!”
The boys are back in town with a new release, OUT NOW on LP and CD, and it's even more brilliantRead More »
A wealth of material from His Royal Badness, PRINCE, is HERE at Horizon Records for curbside pickup and in our webstore. Check out these gems on CD or colored vinyl!
The legendarily prolific rock/soul/funk/pop genius PRINCE is gone, but his music is not forgotten.Read More »
JASON ISBELL has released his new album “REUNIONS” to indie record stores a WEEK BEFORE its national release date; It’s here on LP, CD and limited-edition “Dreamsicle” vinyl!
You heard right, people: REUNIONS, the new album by JASON ISBELL is HERE. We've got it on CD, LP and limited-edition "Dreamsicle" vinyl LP.Read More »
Songwriter extraordinaire and instrumental master DARRELL SCOTT pays tribute to a fellow musical giant with “Sings the Blues of Hank Williams,” available now on LP & CD!
Sings The Blues Of Hank Williams is in-stock at Horizon on LP and CD, available for curbside pickupRead More »
ZACHARY HUGHES takes on an Olympian task: Performing the complete BEETHOVEN PIANO SONATAS at the GREENVILLE UU FELLOWSHIP throughout 2020!
The year 2020 marks LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN’s 250th birthday, and in celebration of this landmark, Julliard-trained pianist ZACHARY HUGHES will perform all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatasRead More »
MOLLY TUTTLE, a Horizon favorite, is bringing her guitar wizardry, gorgeous voice and insightful songwriting to THE SPINNING JENNY TONIGHT!!
This top-notch flatpicker, incisive songwriter and fast-rising star of Americana music will be playing at one of our favorite venues, THE SPINNING JENNY in Greer. The show is on FRIDAY, MARCH 6th,Read More »
Local experimental music hero AARON J. BURKE plays a solo set of tunes from his haunting new prog-folk album, Corvine: Columns & Verses at Horizon TONIGHT at 7 p.m.!
Drop by for a free performance from an artist who is redefining "Americana" on his own terms, with a brief opening set by REUBEN KNIGHTS, a great guitarist and another one of the Upstate's innovative playersRead More »
1970 turns 50 this year, so HORIZON is celebrating the musical miracle that of that incredible year, with all sorts of classic featured favorites on new and pre-loved LP and CD!
Mr. Gene sez: Déjà vu all over again; what a concept. 1970 was a good year for a lot of amazing records we are still digging and are still selling on vinyl LP and CD so we’ve set up a swank theme display up front so you too can flash back to that halcyon year […]Read More »
Let us sum up the new album THE PROFESSIONALS for you: Beats by MADLIB. Raps by OH NO. Real. Rap. Sh*t. Check it out NOW on vinyl LP and CD at HORIZON RECORDS!
MADLIB is one of the most highly regarded and influential hip-hop producers (and occasional rappers) of our time, a man whose distinctive and stylized sound on classic tracksRead More »
JB “the Indicator” aka John Byce picks the best of 2019’s hefty crop of new releases. Here’s how it works: John chooses his top twenty-ish, he rates’em, we stock em, you’ll like em!
JB knows. As an avid music collector, a bodacious drummer (currently behind the kit for the Excons), a true connoisseur of sonic wonderment trends in modern rock and related musicRead More »
1969 turned 50 last year, so HORIZON is celebrating the musical miracle that of that incredible year, with all sorts of 50th anniversary reissues, featured favorites & more!
Déjà vu all over again; what a concept. 1969 was a good year for a lot of amazing records we are still digging and are still selling on vinyl LP and CD so we’ve set up a swank theme display up frontRead More »
RSD BLACK FRIDAY has come and gone, but we’ve still got some cool limited-edition LPs in-stock. Come get’em while they last!
We're not done celebrating yet, y'all. Our RECORD STORE DAY BLACK FRIDAY 2019 event may be TECHNICALLY over, but we're still rockin' with some awesome RSD releases; so get down here and pick'em up while they last!Read More »
JOAN SHELLEY’s new album, “Like The River Loves The Sea,” is twelve songs of sorely needed soothing wisdom in a chaotic world.
As ever, Shelley is making quiet, intimate music — music that carries a delicate sense of atmosphere. There’s real chemistry in the way Shelley and her collaborators interact — in the way Elkington and Salsburg’s guitars intertwine with Shelley’s, say, or in the way Oldham’s silk-sandpaper creak backs her voice up on a couple of choruses.Read More »
September is AMERICANA MUSIC MONTH at Horizon Records! Come by and check out our Americana display!
Ever since Horizon Records opened our doors back in 1975, we've been dealing heavily in Americana music, even though we didn't know it at the time. The term itself didn't exist til much later, but we were already spreading the word,Read More »
THE 2019 GREENVILLE RECORD FAIR is over, but we’ve still got plenty of new and pre-loved vinyl here to check out at HORIZON RECORDS. Drop on by and get your vinyl fix!
The 2019 RECORD FAIR was a barn-burner for sure, and we hope you dug through the crates and found yourself some good deals and good tunes. And our STOREWIDE SALE was hoppin' as well, so what's not to love? See you next year!Read More »
Well, hell, the in-store show from Upstate psychedelic-folk-rockers BROTHER OLIVER has come and gone. But the good news is that we’ve got their new album in stock now!
Somewhere down at the crossroads of psychedelic rock and melodic folk lies Brother Oliver, happily working both genres into their musical brew.Read More »
The NATIONAL RESERVE let some stripped-down rock n’ soul loose for a brief in-store show at HORIZON RECORDS TODAY before their RADIO ROOM show; what a blast!
We want to thank the guys from THE NATIONAL RESERVE for sending a small contingent of their group down to Horizon earlier todayRead More »
Thanks to The NATHAN BOWLES TRIO for their fantastic in-store show at Horizon Records!
We enjoyed ourselves immensely at today’s in-store show, experiencing unique, inspiring, genre-blurring music, courtesy of NATHAN BOWLES, CASEY TOLL and REX MCMURRY. A good time was had by all, some ears were opened, toes were tappin’, it was all good. If you missed it, we have Nathan & Co.’s new album PLAINLY MISTAKEN in-stock on vinyl LP & CD.Read More »
*repeat repeat is about to break big with their incredible new surf-rock-meets-folk-pop album “Glazed!”
On Glazed, *repeat repeat deliver a batch of songs entirely true to the album’s title: sugary and sticky and impossibly shiny, all glistening harmonies and candy-coated hooks. But beneath the gloss lies something more jarring and jagged, a raw vitality generated by the Nashville band’s buzzy rhythmsRead More »
FLYING LOTUS’ new album FLAMAGRA is a genre-bending and ambitious yet cohesive full-length from the astro-futurist himself.
The first thing that hits is the funk. Ellison's more upbeat productions have always had a squelchy, roly-poly quality, but thick wah-wahs and clavinet gives the beginning of Flamagra the feel of mid-'70s Stevie Wonder. Boisterous jams with Anderson .Paak ("More") and George Clinton ("Burning Down The House") come off like Ellison struttingRead More »
ESPARANZA SPALDING casts 12 LITTLE SPELLS, a dynamic and experimental collection that explores the healing properties of art, in-stock NOW on CD and vinyl LP!
Each song is dedicated to a corresponding body part, which is weird but also delightful. On “Until The Next Full,” she sings, “Our eyeballs are hollow/but presently hold shape/around a gooey filling” is obviously dedicated to her eyes, as is the sultry “Thang” with its purring demand that you “sink into your hip,”Read More »
Greenville’s own MAC MCCLOUD has brought us “MY HEART IS SINKING,” six songs of sizzlin’ snappy blues, in-stock now on CD at Horizon Records
Mac has struck gold with a long-overdue new release from one of its own favorite sons. MAC MCCLOUD's deeply personal new solo effort, My Heart is Sinking is more than rocket science; it’s the blues. It's Mac's first album since 2002, and he sounds better than ever. What we got here is six songs split evenly between solo acoustic numbersRead More »
RECORD STORE DAY 2019 has come and gone, but we’re still celebrating the 12th anniversary of the event that changed indie-record-store history with plenty of special-edition RSD releases!
Well, Greenville and neighbors near and far, this has been (and is still rollin' steady) a real treat and a blessing of a Record Store Day ; so much love it's hard to process, so many nice peoples, a GREAT set from the awe inspiring Tyler Ramsey. Good food and vibe from The Bohemian Cafe, supa staff at team Horizon Records. We are so grateful. Rock on y'all.Read More »
Thanks to TYLER RAMSEY for stopping by on RECORD STORE DAY to play songs from For The Morning, his first album in seven years, and to help us ring in RSD 2019 in The Bohemian Cafe!
Our Record Store Day festivities got kicked up a notch with an in-store performance from TYLER RAMSEY, who regaled us with tunes from For The Morning, his first new album in seven years. The long-awaited new record, out now on CD and vinyl LP,Read More »
SETH WALKER wowed us with a full-band in-store show to celebrate the release of his groovy new album, “Are You Open?” Stop by and pick up a copy today!
“Are You Open?” Seth Walker sings on his transfixing new album of the same title. More than just a question, it’s a challenge, an invitation, a dare. “To me, being open means being vulnerable and exposed,” explains Walker, “but that’s where the little nuggets of creative gold come from.Read More »
FRANCES CONE brought the gorgeous dream-pop of their new album LATE RISER to HORIZON RECORDS for an FREE IN-STORE performance, Greenville showed up and loved it. All is well.
Thanks so much to FRANCES CONE for hanging around town after their sold-out show at The Radio Room last night to play a special in-store concert. We're serious fans of their new album, Late Riser, and it was great to hear those tunes in our humble abode.Read More »
Our happy-hour listening party to celebrate MANDOLIN ORANGE’s new album has come and gone, but TIDES OF A TEARDROP is still here on CD and vinyl LP!
HORIZON RECORDS was proud to host a PRE-RELEASE DAY LISTENING PARTY in celebration of MANDOLIN ORANGE's new CD/LP Tides Of A Teardrop om Thursday, Jan. 31st, and we were blown away by Greenville's response.Read More »
JB “the Indicator” aka John Byce picks the best of 2018’s hefty crop of new releases. Here’s how it works: John chooses his top ten-ish, he rates’em, we stock em, you’ll like em!
JB knows. As an avid music collector, a bodacious drummer, a true connoisseur of sonic wonderment trends in modern rock and related music each year The Indicator offers us his distillation of the year’s expansive releases dialed down to 10-sih must-haves.Read More »
Our friend JASON ISBELL and the almighty 400 UNIT have returned with a new live album documenting their sold-out six night stand at the legendary RYMAN AUDITORIUM.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's new Live From The Ryman is a bit of a well-deserved victory lap summation from a four-year period that vaulted the one of our favorite singers, songwriter, guitarist and bandleaders to Americana icon status.Read More »
THE MARCUS KING BAND is back with a new album, the DAVE-COBB-PRODUCED “CAROLINA CONFESSIONS”, out NOW and in-stock at Horizon on CD & vinyl LP!
At 22 years of age, Marcus King has been a bandleader for a decade. But the band’s daring, ambitious new album, Carolina Confessions, marks an artistic leap of another order.Read More »
CLOUD NOTHINGS bring the heaviness back to rock music (both literally and metaphorically) on their new album, LAST BUILDING BURNING!
“I wrote this because I feel like there aren’t too many rock bands doing this right now,” says frontman Dylan Baldi. “A lot of the popular bands with guitars are light. They sound good, but it’s missing the heaviness I like.” Last Building Burning is the product of eight days with producer Randall Dunn (Sunn O)))Read More »
WILLIAM ELLIOTT WHITMORE’s Kilonova is a collection of 10 cover songs from artists who have influenced his 15 plus-year career.
Each of the songs on William Elliott Whitmore's Bloodshot Records debut Kilonova offers a glimpse into how his attitude and aesthetic were formed, like a series of tattoos, scars, or other time-accumulated personal markings. Kilonova takes on a variety of musical heroes, both obvious and not, both well known and not, in a range of sonic forms.Read More »
FALL FOR GREENVILLE 2018 is here, and we’re pumped about this year’s live music (hello, JERRY DOUGLAS BAND!). Check out our breakdown right here.
FALL FOR GREENVILLE 2018 is here, with plenty of delights to offer. Three days of music, featuring JERRY DOUGLAS BAND, SON LITTLE, KING TUFF, SARAH SHOOK, AMERICAN AQUARIUM, RUBY VELLE & THE SOULPHONICS & more!Read More »
RADIO ROOM and THE SPINNING JENNY have awesome shows coming (including MICHELLE MALONE, LEE BAINS III, TOWN MOUNTAIN & THE BLACK LILLIES) and HORIZON’s got the vinyl (and CD’s) for them all!
Our buddies over at the RADIO ROOM and THE SPINNING JENNY are all over it lately, booking fantastic shows with some old friends and new favorites of Horizon Records.Read More »
MICHELLE MALONE returned to HORIZON RECORDS for a rockin’ full-band in-store show on RECORD FAIR WEEKEND, and we’re still blown away.
We were thrilled to have our friend Michelle Malone back in the house on Saturday for a full-tilt rock & roll show as we celebrated our Record Fair. Good to see that she's still as fiery a singer as ever, and still a badass guitar player.Read More »
Many thanks to T. HARDY MORRIS for bringing his neo-psychedelic garage country-rock to HORIZON RECORDS this afternoon, before he headed off to his full-band show at the RADIO ROOM!
T. Hardy Morris played a fantastic in-store set with us today, and we were blown away by the haunting chemistry between him and pedal-steel player Kiffy Meyers. Thank you all for coming out to this event, and as always, we love you.Read More »
KAMASI WASHINGTON continues to smash through the boundaries of jazz on his epic new album, HEAVEN & EARTH, over 2 hours of music on 2CDs or 4 vinyl LPs!
The long-awaited follow up to Washington’s debut The Epic, Heaven & Earth is comprised of two halves, which find Washington confronting quotidian realities with cosmic themes. A further investigation of Washington’s world building ideas,Read More »
Many thanks to AMERICAN AQUARIUM, THE RADIO ROOM, Mr. BJ BARHAM, NEW WEST RECORDS and of course, you, for helping us put on a great acoustic in-store sampling of the band’s new album, Things Change!
Tonight, BJ BARHAM played a brief and beautiful in-store solo acoustic preview of AMERICAN AQUARIUM's Radio Room show to a great crowd. Songs and stories were shared, copies of the band'sRead More »
The Upstate’s own NIEL BROOKS has released a mesmerizing new album, SEWN INTO THE SKY, in-stock now only on vinyl LP!
Who says you can't make a gorgeous "dark night of the soul" album that's largely without vocals? That's what our friend Niel Brooks has done with his new album, Sewn Into The Sky. With his intricate acoustic guitar playing and unerring sense of mood, the melodies unwind gently, moving down unexpectedRead More »
Damn right, BUDDY GUY’s new album, “THE BLUES IS ALIVE AND WELL” is a powerful dose of true blues from the last man standing.
The original pure blues light of the great Buddy Guy, the man with the quicksilver guitar skills and the soul-man's shout, shines a little brighter now, and that we should value his blistering new album, The Blues Is Alive And Well (out now on CD and vinyl LP) more than ever.Read More »
PAUL THORN’s MISSION TEMPLE FIREWORKS REVIVAL just left town, but we’re still diggin’ on the gospel-soaked album that inspired it, “Don’t Let The Devil Ride!”
We're blown away down to our socks by the new PAUL THORN album, Don't Let The Devil Ride, in-stock now on CD and available on vinyl May 11th. Already one of our favorite songwritersRead More »
THE WOOD BROTHERS stopped in to HORIZON RECORDS to play a show in celebration of RECORD STORE DAY (and their wonderful new album, “One Drop Of Truth”), and it was EPIC.
HORIZON RECORDS AND THE BOHEMIAN CAFE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OLIVER WOOD, CHRIS WOOD and JANO RIX for their dazzling in-store show today, and for their love and respect for RECORD STORE DAY in general. We were blown away by their performance, and their willingness to hop behind theRead More »
SON LITTLE is coming to the RADIO ROOM in Greenville on April 18th to spread a little sensual, souful R&B love from his latest album, NEW MAGIC. This is good!
Mr. Aaron Livingston, aka SON LITTLE, will grace the Upstate with his presence on Wednesday, April 18th! Shout it from the rooftops: SOUL AIN’T DEAD! And if a new generation of soul music pioneers is indeed coming over the horizon, Son Little has proved he has earned his place right there at front with the best of them.Read More »
SUPERCHUNK says to hell with aging gracefully and unleashes some serious socially conscious thunder on “What A Time To Be Alive,” out now on MERGE RECORDS!
After the shocking, and for many, demoralizing result of the 2016 election, “I didn’t buy the silver lining some were promoting that ‘well, at least art and music will be great now!’,” says Superchunk co-founder and frontman Mac McCaughan. “Obviously, any sane person would gladly trade four to eight yearsRead More »
Horizon fave BELLE ADAIR releases a dream-rock gem called TUSCUMBIA, in-stock now from SINGLE LOCK RECORDS, straight outta Alabama!
Combining mellow, atmospheric rock and swirling, retro power-pop, it’s more Big Star than Swampers, but it’s an ideal gateway into the blissed-out world of Belle Adair, a group that manages to make even worry and isolation sound inviting. Recorded at Muscle Shoals’ legendary FAME Studios with Wilco producer/engineer Tom Schick, Tuscumbia calls to mind everything from The Byrds to Teenage FanclubRead More »
The exciting and adventurous BROOKLYN RIDER have created another masterful collaboration with PHILIP GLASS, releasing his “String Quartets Nos. 6 & 7” on Orange Mountain Music.
It’s often said that the distilled essence of composers can be heard in their string quartets. And so it is with Glass, whose quartets here show a craftsman of considerable invention. String Quartet No. 6 begins as a bustling burst of dense energy, its second movement beautifully meandering, rich, and complex. The single-movement String Quartet No. 7 is almost Beethovenian in its restless questioning. Arranged for string quartet (with two violas), the Saxophone Quartet is warmly scored and yet shows Glass at his most forensic, with each bar stunningly sculpted.Read More »
Pianist, horn player, composer, and all-around musical disruptor DJANGO BATES brings back his Belovèd Trio with “The Study of Touch,” his ECM debut as a bandleader.
As the album notes for The Study of Touch indicate, Bates had little interest in adding another piano trio to the jazz world but while teaching at the Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Academy in 2005 he came into contact with bassist Petter Eldh and drummer Peter Bruun and the Belovèd Trio was born. Their two previous albums Beloved Bird (2010) and Confirmation (2012), both on the Lost Marble label,Read More »
SCOTT MCCAUGHEY gathers an all-star cast for the first-ever MINUS 5 Christmas album, Dear December, out now on Yep Roc Records!
“I wanted to evoke the classic Christmas album feeling without leaning too heavily on sweet baby Jesus and good ol’ Little St. Nick,” says McCaughey. “Yet I also wanted to curb my cynical tendencies as well. I feel we succeeded on both counts, and the results are a holiday record that should work for any and all.” The resulting album, Dear December, brings holiday cheer and a fresh batch of seasonal songs that include the generous talents ofRead More »
SWAG SATURDAY returned to Horizon, and Greenville helped us pay it FORWARD for food and warmth with donations for the TRIUNE MERCY CENTER while we gave away an assortment of vinyl, sampler CD’s, posters & more!
Horizon Records partnered with our pals at iongreenville and once again asked Greenville to join us and pay it FORWARD for Food and Warmth on Small Business Saturday! All day Saturday, Horizon Records celebrated Small Business Saturday and Greenville responded big time, bringing Food (non-perishables only), Warmth (need blankets, caps, gloves, socks) and of course deductible Cash or Checks, all in support of TRIUNE MERCY CENTER, who bring desperately needed assistance to those in need in the season of Thanksgiving and all year round. We're blown away by the amount of help, kindness and holiday generosity you brought through our doors. We thank you again.Read More »
What a great and respectful crowd for American Primitive Guitar master, GLENN JONES tonight. We thank you, and PETE NOLAN & ED YAZIJIAN for opening the show!
Whoever said that Greenville's music scene ain't gettin' it right wasn't in the cozy confines of Horizon Records tonight, when Glenn Jones sat down in front of a great crowd and conjured magic from his specially tuned guitars and banjo. And as an extra treat, Pete Nolan and Ed Yazijian treated us to some incredible free-form duo madness to get things started. Thank you, we love you, let's do it again soon.Read More »
BELA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN have returned with more beautiful dual-banjo virtuosity called ECHO IN THE VALLEY, out now on ROUNDER RECORDS!
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn, the king and queen of the banjo, have a musical partnership like no other. Béla Fleck is a fifteen-time Grammy Award winner who has taken the instrument across multiple genres, and Abigail Washburn a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player who re-radicalized it by combining it with Far East culture and sounds. The two met at a square dance, began collaborating musically and eventually fell in love. Over the years, they played together most visibly in the Sparrow Quartet alongside Ben Sollee and Casey Driessen and informally at a pickin’ party here, a benefit there, or occasionally popping up in each other’s solo shows. Fans of tradition-tweaking acoustic fare eagerly anticipated that Béla & Abigail would begin making music together as a duo.Read More »
Friend of HORIZON RECORDS and Newgrass vocalist extraordinaire JOHN COWAN returns to Asheville on SUNDAY, DEC. 10th, with Darin & Brooke Aldridge!
With his distinctive, rock-tinged tenor vocal and heart-thumping electric bass, John Cowan, along with fellow New Grass Revival band mates Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, and Curtis Burch, and later Bela Fleck and Pat Flynn, introduced a new generation of music fans to an explosive, experimental and ultimately, eponymous brand of bluegrass.Read More »
What do you get when you combine a master of the oud, ANOUAR BRAHEM, with three giants of jazz improvisation? A must-hear collection of unpredictable modal bliss called BLUE MAQAMS.
The Maqams of the title refers to the Arabic modal music system, rendered kind of blue by the jazz players. For Anouar Brahem and renowned bassist Dave Holland the album marks a reunion: they first collaborated 20 years ago on the very widely-acclaimed Thimar album. Brahem meets Jack DeJohnette for the first time here,Read More »
ANTIBALAS’ new album “Where The Gods Are In Peace” is an Afro-beat-punk-jazz-hip-hop politcally-charged broadside that takes aim at our contentious times.
Antibalas new studio album, Where The Gods Are In Peace, is an epic Afro-Western Trilogy searching for solace from American political opportunism, greed and vengeance. Through its battle cry of resistance against exploitation and displacement, Antibalas long-form compositions investigate oppression in 1800s America that eerily mirror the current state of the country.Read More »
THE TEXAS GENTLEMEN, a loose, steady-rollin’ collective of alt-country cowboys, bring us a fresh batch of the good stuff on their new album, TX Jelly, out now on NEW WEST RECORDS!
This Lone Star-bred collective takes its cues from some of the iconic acts of the past — the quicksilver brilliance of The Wrecking Crew and Bob Dylan’s one-time backers The Band are the most obvious examples. Bedford, who shares chief engineering and producing responsibilities at Dallas’ Modern Electric Sound Recorders, assembled The Texas Gentlemen as an all-purpose backing band for an eclectic array of singer-songwriters, including Leon Bridges, Nikki Lane, Jonathan Tyler and Paul Cauthen.Read More »
THE 2017 GREENVILLE RECORD FAIR was a huge success, and we had a packed house over at Horizon Records for our storewide sale. We thank you, we had a ball, and we love you!
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 2017 Record Fair on SATURDAY SEPT 16th was a smashing success, and we thank you!Read More »
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 wanted to take a moment to talk about why."Read More »
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, KentuckyRead More »
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 […]Read More »
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 Philadelphia bedroom over the course of a multi-year relationship with a woman experiencing heavy personal struggles.Read More »
The infectiously melodic, magically eccentric indie-rockers ELF POWER played a packed in-store on Friday before their full show at THE SPINNING JENNY, and the love was flowing. We thank you.
The opening track "Halloween Out Walking" combines minimal and beautiful folk rock arrangements with otherworldly Moog synthesizer gurglings to awe-inspiring effect. Other highlights include "Watery Shreds", a piano ballad that transforms itself into an explosive an unexpected distorted guitar drone freakout, sounding like an unlikely marriage ofRead More »
GOV’T MULE returns with some gnarly blues-psych-rock common sense on REVOLUTION COME, REVOLUTION GO.
“It was very poignant that we went into the studio in Austin, Texas, to begin recording on Election Day,” Grammy Award-winning vocalist and guitar legend Warren Haynes recalls of the November 2016 recording sessions. “Like most people, we really had no idea that the election was going to turn out the way it did. That changed everything – from a lyrical perspective. It’s not a political record, per se, but there are political connotations. There are also love songs, relationship songs, and songs about working together to make this a better planet.Read More »
It was fifty years ago today; that’s right, THE BEATLES’ epic, world-changing album, SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND. And now the band has created four different 50th anniversary reissues!
It was 50 years ago this June 1st when The Beatles' John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr astonished and delighted the world, ushering in the Summer of Love with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a groundbreaking masterwork that became popular music's most universally acclaimed album. To salute the occasion, The Beatles will release a suite of lavishly presented 'Sgt. Pepper' Anniversary Edition packages on May 26 (Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe). The album is newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell in stereo and 5.1 surround audio and expanded with early takes from the studio sessions, including no fewer than 34 previously unreleased recordings.Read More »
Expansive postmodern blues-rock n’ drone masters ENDLESS BOOGIE has returned with the much-anticipated follow-up to 2015’s life-changing Nothing For The Water with VIBE KILLER,a (sort-of) concept album.
Our story opens w/a jowly narrative enunciated by singer/guitarist Paul "Top Dollar" Major (as Aaron Burr) callin’ out all them sissy Dem-Rep blaggards, letting 'em know he's on his own path. Naturally what follows is some tasty sun zoom riffage a’tween TD 'n Jesper "The Governor" Eklow and the wily Dollar, backed solidly by the Marc Razo/Harry Druzd rhythm union. In fact, through the whole of this opus, Druzd effortlessly marshals through the sonic undertow while Razo rudders his bass like a brilliant pulse in a spasmodic vortex. Top Dollar, the aforementioned Herr Sween & The Governor gnash, morph, crystallize while the jams flow; it's 'Mirror Man' bum-rushin’ 'Pretties For You'. Before ya know it, we're at track 5 ('Back In '74') where the plot ostensibly takes us to a memory of Burr enterin’ college, but is surreptitiously more about the year Top Dollar gave up on Grand Funk in favor of Josefus. You're followin’ all of this, right?Read More »
PAUL WELLER’s new album KIND REVOLUTION is yet another effortless collection of Brit-rock from The Modfather.
On studio album number twelve (there have also been five official live sets), Weller slings out another ten examples of what he once coined “heavy soul.” His booming, instantly recognizable voice drives songs that run the gamut from the sweeping, Beach Boys inflected widescreen pop of “The Impossible Idea” to the retro folk/pop with somewhat cheesy horns of the strummy “Hopper” and the funky, string enhanced R&B/jazz “She Moves with the Fayre” that features guest trumpet from UK icon Robert Wyatt.Read More »
THE MASTERSONS new album TRANSIENT LULLABY takes the blur of the road and creates a “late-night music” follow-up to their acclaimed debut
Don't bother asking The Mastersons where they're from. Brooklyn, Austin, Los Angeles, Terlingua; they've called each home in just the last few years alone. If you really want to get to know this husband-and-wife duo, the better question to ask is where they're going. Perhaps more than any other band playing today, The Mastersons live on the road, perpetually in motion and always creating. Movement is their muse. On tour, in the unpredictable adventures and characters they cross,Read More »
SARAH JAROSZ & OLD SALT UNION both played amazing shows at Horizon Records in The Bohemian Café this week, and both shows were packed! We thank YOU, and we love you! Now let’s get ready for RECORD STORE DAY!
We’re still reeling from the two in-store shows we’ve had at Horizon in the Bohemian Café over the last few days. Both SARAH JAROSZ and OLD SALT UNION brought the acoustic-music thunder, and we were thrilled that they both had a packed house to play to. THANK YOU, GREENVILLE! Now let’s get ready for the chaos and surprises of RECORD STORE DAY 2017! Stay tuned for more info!Read More »
CHUCK PROPHET’s new album, BOBBY FULLER DIED FOR YOUR SINS, is out on YEP ROC RECORDS, is 13 songs of gritty California noir.
‘Bobby Fuller’ finds Chuck coming full circle. He cut the album to tape at Hyde Street Studio in San Francisco, which also happens to be the same studio where Prophet did his very first recording session, while still in high school. Chuck brought out his ’64 Stratocaster for the sessions, conjuring a sound that Jonathan Richman once described as “gasoline in the sand, like a motorcycle at a hot dog stand.” He’s backed by The Mission Express, a band featuring his wife Stephanie Finch (vocals, keyboards, guitar), Kevin White (bass), Vicente Rodriguez (drums, vocals) and James DePrato (guitar).Read More »
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 […]Read More »
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 […]Read More »
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 one of his songs. In the ’70s he was a member of the seminal jazz/rock group Sea Level and as a sideman has toured with Gregg Allman, Widespread Panic and Levon Helm. Steve Winwood was such a fan of Bramblett’s keyboard, sax and vocal performances that he made Bramblett his go-to tour mate for 16 years, including the ’94 Traffic reunion.Read More »
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 to expose the complexities of individuality and identity: How we see ourselves and how others see us. Deeply soulful, and shot through with jazz, go-go, gospel, thick r&b and hard beats, the album is a timely, poetic statement.Read More »
SUSTO’s second album is out now, and this time out, Justin Osborne & Co. are bringing big ideas, bigger sound and a lot more sonic experimentation.
Justin Osborne needed a break. He'd been writing music and making albums since he was 15, and by the age of 26, he felt like he was spinning his wheels. He knew he needed a change, so he ended his old band Sequoyah Prep School and moved to Cuba. He thought he might be doneRead More »
Unstoppable jazz guitarist extraordinaire JOHN ABERCROMBIE delights us yet again with his new CD “Up & Coming,” out now on ECM Records!
Guitarist John Abercrombie who has recorded as a leader for ECM since 1974 returns with a second album, Up & Coming, by his quartet featuring Marc Copland on piano, along with longtime rhythm partners Drew Gress and Joey Baron. Extolling 39 Steps, the group’s 2013 album, the Financial Times said: “The emphasis is on subtle intrigue, […]Read More »
The venerable ELVIN BISHOP returns with his BIG FUN TRIO on February 10th, courtesy of ALLIGATOR RECORDS!
Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio is among his very best musical ideas ever. The music is rootsy, spirited and soulful, performed by serious musicians hell-bent on having a good time. Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio features Bishop’s down-home delivery, deep blues picking and slide guitar playfully meshing with Welsh’s piano and guitar licks and Jordan’s soul singing and propulsive cajón playing. The album’s laid-back, front-porch vibe mixes four rollicking Bishop originals with three co-writes and five raucous, well-chosen covers of songs by Lightnin’ Hopkins, Fats Domino, Sunnyland Slim, Ted Taylor and Bobby Womack. And because one can never have too much fun, Bishop’s pals Kim Wilson, Charlie Musselwhite and Rick Estrin stop by the sessions, each adding his distinctive harmonica talent (and in Musselwhite’s case, vocals too) to a song. Listening to the proceedings, it’s easy to see why the Chicago Sun-Times enthusiastically declared, “It’s impossible not to like Bishop. He’s always singing something lowbrow and uplifting.”Read More »
Newgrass wizards THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS have returned with a new album, and they’re playing shows at The Orange Peel, the Georgia Theatre and the Visulite to celebrate!
The band is kicking off a major tour on January 12th, and they'll be playing The Orange Peel on Jan 13th, the Georgia Theatre on Jan. 14th and the Visulite Theatre on Jan. 26th! Click "Read More" for info! Laws of Gravity was recorded in Nashville with Billy Hume (Ludacris, Ying Yang Twins) in the co-producer’s chair. Band members Andy Hall (dobro), Andy Falco (guitar), Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), and Travis Book (upright bass) are showcased as writers, singers, and players on an all original set of honest songs with a fresh yet familiar bluegrass/Americana/progressive feel.Read More »
ANDERSON.PAAK & KNXWLEDGE have formed a duo called NX WORRIES, and they’ve released a new album of skewed hip-hop greatness called “YES LAWD!”, in-stock now!
As tempting as it may be to just let that exclamation suffice as your sole introduction to NxWorries, we should go a little deeper. The men at the heart of this LP — soul styler Anderson .Paak and loop beast Knxwledge — make an exceedingly clean pair, even as they deal almost entirely in the gritty: vocals that sound lived in for a couple of lifetimes; beats that kick up dust as they bump; and an 18-track set that plays like a mixtape merging skits, songs, and snippets into a package of fluid groove and rough-cut rap 'n' soul gems. You may have heard these two out in the world, on their own or sprinkling some of their musical gold dust on someone else's songs, but this is what happens when .Paak and Knx get home, lay back, light up, and let it go.Read More »
Hip-hop maestro DANNY BROWN’s incredible new album ATROCITY EXHIBITION comes out tomorrow on indie-store only neon pink vinyl! Viva #Vinyl Tuesday!
DANNY BROWN WILL PLAY THREE SHOWS THIS WEEK IN CHARLOTTE, CARRBORO & ASHEVILLE to celebrate his mind-bending new album. He'll be at The Underground (10/28), Cat's Cradle (10/29) and The Orange Peel (10/30). Click "Read More" for info on all three shows!Read More »
THE MARCUS KING BAND, ADIA VICTORIA & the KANSAS BIBLE COMPANY rocked FALL FOR GREENVILLE, THE BOHEMIAN CAFE and our collective worlds over the weekend, and we thank them, and YOU!
We had three amazing Fall For Greenville-adjacent performances at Horizon Records in The Bohemian Cafe this weekend, and we were three-for-three on awesome. ADIA VICTORIA kicked things off on Saturday at 2pm with a haunting, visceral set of gothic blues, then the glorious seven-piece ball of soul, funk, rock and marching-band madness that is the […]Read More »
TOMPKINS SQUARE RECORDS presents Imaginational Anthem Vol. 8 : The Private Press, out now on CD & 2xLP!
Tompkins Square label presents the 8th volume of Imaginational Anthem, the acclaimed series focusing on acoustic guitar, particularly in the American Primitive vein. Since 2005, the series has revived interest in old masters of the genre while also giving many folks their very first taste of artists like William Tyler, Steve Gunn, Chris Forsyth or Daniel Bachman.Read More »
JACK WHITE’s new compilation, ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS 1998-2016, is a fascinating look inside the mind of a prolific singer/songwriter/producer. Tasty!
‘Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016′ is the definitive Jack White songwriting collection, spanning his 20+ year career. It includes White’s acoustic-based recordings with the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and his acclaimed solo projects. The music included here is all-encompassing, highlighting White’s versatility, and the songs are presented with unique character in chronological order. As noted […]Read More »
BLOODSHOT RECORDS’ own LYDIA LOVELESS is back and keepin’ it “Real” on her new album.
“Lydia is the only singer/songwriter the power of whose music and voice consistently makes me cry.” – Richard Hell “She’s a master storyteller with a voice that goes down like honey and lyrics that bite like a hangover.” – Paste Magazine “Heir apparent of Loretta Lynn” – Twangville “Loveless has carved out an unmistakable voice as a […]Read More »
Listen to music…and read about it. Horizon offers an eclectic selection of books about music and music people.
As music-obsessed collectors, we like to feature a few select books about an eclectic batch of musicians, composers and sonic historians curated from New, Hardback, Paperback & Used. FOGGY MOUNTAIN TROUBADOUR: The Life And Music Of Curly Seckler by Penny Parsons With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out […]Read More »
PAUL SIMON is back with a heartfelt, funny and masterful album called STRANGER TO STRANGER, out now!
Paul Simon has released Stranger to Stranger, his 13th solo album, on Concord Records. Full of thrilling, imaginative textures, Stranger to Stranger conjures a vivid and vital new context to Simon’s well-established virtuosity as a singer and songwriter. The record, his first since 2011’s acclaimed So Beautiful or So What, ushers the listener into a brave new […]Read More »
The QUAKER CITY NIGHT HAWKS deliver the gritty, greasy rock n’ twang goods on their new album EL ASTRONAUTA, straight outta Fort Worth! Highly recommended for fans of ZZ Top & “Beggars Banquet!
“Good evening from Fort Worth, Texas.” Those are the first words of out Sam Anderson and David Matsler’s mouths on El Astronauta, The QUAKER CITY NIGHT HAWKS‘ electrifying debut album for Lightning Rod Records, and it’s the only introduction you’ll need. Over a viscid, bluesy slide-guitar, the band transports you to the sweltering Texas heat, […]Read More »
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 […]Read More »
