Saturday Sounds: Dixieghost, Blond Bones and Jubal
Today we’re going to look at three very different local bands and what they are up to. I saw Dixieghost recently at Scruffy City Hall on the 6 O’Clock Swerve and Jubal opened for Blond Bone...
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Saturday Sounds with Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
I hope you had an opportunity to see the Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn concert at the Bijou last week. It had to be among the most pleasant, fun evenings I’ve spent in the theater and...
Saturday Sounds: John Mayall Preview and Ticket Giveaway
Like so many intensely famous people many have never heard of, the name John Mayall either elicits instant recognition and respect or a scratch of the head. If you are of an age to remember the...
Titus Andronicus at the Clarence Brown Theatre
Thought to be perhaps William Shakespeare’s first tragedy, Titus Andronicus has not fared well over the years. Often out of fashion and thought to be an inferior work, the play also drew criticism for gratuitous violence....
Saturday Sounds: Heiskell with Wayne Bledsoe on Six O’Clock Swerve
I’d not had the chance to check out Wayne Bledsoe’s new WDVX show Six O’Clock Swerve until this week and it’s as good as I imagined it would be. It’s a combination that’s hard to beat:...
People of Mardi Gras, Mobile 2016
Just as the title suggests, here are a few of my favorite people shots from the second day. The Joe Cain Parade is deliberately more of a “people’s parade” and the floats are less spectacular. That...
Happy Mardi Gras 2016, Mobile Style
The last time I attended a Mardi Gras parade or event was, I think, 1974. I grew up in and around Mobile, Alabama and it was part of the culture. I thought everyone had Mardi Gras...
Saturday Sounds: Knoxville Jazz Orchestra with Regina Carter
I recently attended the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra‘s concert with Regina Carter. The shows in the Square Room are part of a premium package offered as an addition to the Jazz Orchestra’s regular concert series in the...
Waynestock VI Delivers Great Music and Better Vibes
It is difficult to articulate to those who haven’t participated in Waynestock just what this gathering has meant from the beginning to the music community in Knoxville. Each year the anticipation for what has become a...
Saturday Sounds: Fred Eaglesmith on the Blue Plate Special
Its seems to always be cold when Fred Eaglesmith comes to town. Good thing he brings his Traveling Steam Show to heat things up. It makes sense, actually, that Fred who was born and lives in...