I’ve heard about Boulder, Colorado since sometime in the 1970s. In the 1960s it became a gathering point for some members of the counter-culture and I had friends who moved there a few years later. They...
Let’s get back to music this week with a fun show at Relix Theatre Thursday night. BB King died just about a year ago and I missed a tribute concert held afterward at Relix Theatre and...
It may seem an odd topic for a column devoted to sound, but it’s been on my mind a recently. It started with Big Ears. I spent a lot of the weekend considering sound. I heard...
There aren’t very many things that will have Urban Woman up late at night. Whereas I’m getting started somewhere around 10:00 PM, she’s generally been asleep for hours. So what could possibly have her awake and...
When thinking about preservation, we tend to think about historic buildings, or maybe a pristine and unique natural area. We also are tempted to consider some of these places as having been preserved. The implication...
It’s a downtown highlight every year. The fine arts displayed at of the highest quality, the music is excellent and the air is filled with exciting sounds and smells. Our whole family loves it and we...
The recent Tennessee Theatre show featuring Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals with opener Christopher Paul Stelling sold out the venue. Most of the crowd had been seated when Mr. Stelling made his entrance in a...
The 2016 Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes could not have had nicer weather. Urban Woman and I got there not long after it started to find that it was already flooded with participants. I’ve...
I’ll share a few words today and hit you with photographs that tell the story much better in any case. The day was a perfect day with a few clouds in the morning, then blue skies...
Last weekend Old Crow Medicine Show stopped in Knoxville to play two shows at the Tennessee Theatre. Saturday night’s show sold out while Sunday’s must have come close. Fans who attended the shows witnessed vintage Old...