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Saturday Sounds: The Black Lillies (Plus Margo and the Pricetags)

Knoxville Urban Guy·October 3, 2015

Ah, lessons learned: I can’t go to a show, take several hundred photographs, sort through, select and edit the keepers and get it to you by early the next morning. So, here’s a little belated installment...

Saturday Sounds: The Dirty Guv’nahs Call It Quits With Two Hometown Shows

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 26, 2015

Last night marked what was billed as the final show of the band’s nine-year run. Something that started as a bit of a joke quickly caught on with local audiences and steadily grew as the band...

Knoxville Children’s Theatre Mounts Excellent Production; Offers Great Opportunity for Young Thespians

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 23, 2015

The Knoxville Children’s Theatre is a great asset to the downtown area – though it’s a bit of a stretch out Central. Once housed closer to downtown proper, in the building on Tyson where you’ll soon...

An Anniversary for two Missing Buildings and an Empty Lot

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 22, 2015

Yesterday an anniversary of sorts passed without so much as a thought. It’s something that some people would rather be forgotten. It’s something that only the most spiteful among us might be interested in celebrating. I...

Saturday Sounds: The Milk Carton Kids

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 19, 2015

This week’s show with the Milk Carton Kids showed that Knoxville audiences really can quieten down and listen intently to a musical performance. The show opened with The Contenders, a duo similar in musical style to...

Jeremiah Welch Shares His Art; Needs Your Help

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 16, 2015

You’ve probably seen him playing his cello around downtown, you may have noticed his inclusion in an article about buskers in the most recent Mercury. In a town with not so many African-American cello players, he...

Saturday Sounds: Steve Earle and the Dukes

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 12, 2015

This week’s Saturday musical photo essay features Steve Earle and the Dukes who played the Bijou Theatre Thursday night. As always when accompanied by the Dukes, the night was rocking, but this time with more of...

House Mountain: A Knox County Jewel (and a Wednesday Giveaway)

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 9, 2015

I know this is a little outside my normal range of coverage, but I think it’s important that we recognize the little jewels that surround our city. We all know about the Smoky Mountains, which are...

Saturday Sounds: Scott Miller, Guy Marshall and More

Knoxville Urban Guy·September 5, 2015

A big part of last weekend’s flurry of activity was the music. Both on Market Square at the Tomato Head Silver Anniversary party and at the Emory Place Block Party, a series of musicians (and others)...

Legacy Parks Celebrates Ten Years of Making East Tennessee a Better Place

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 31, 2015

Carol Evans speaks with steady assurance when discussing the plans and goals for the Legacy Parks Foundation. “Recreation, for us, is land preservation. Our focus is protecting our land and waterways. We have a large number...

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Saturday Sounds: The Black Lillies (Plus Margo and the Pricetags)

Saturday Sounds: The Dirty Guv’nahs Call It Quits With Two Hometown Shows

Knoxville Children’s Theatre Mounts Excellent Production; Offers Great Opportunity for Young Thespians

An Anniversary for two Missing Buildings and an Empty Lot

Saturday Sounds: The Milk Carton Kids

Jeremiah Welch Shares His Art; Needs Your Help

Saturday Sounds: Steve Earle and the Dukes

House Mountain: A Knox County Jewel (and a Wednesday Giveaway)

Saturday Sounds: Scott Miller, Guy Marshall and More

Legacy Parks Celebrates Ten Years of Making East Tennessee a Better Place

Look What’s Returning! (More Than You Might Realize)

Whist Court Getting a Modern Makeover Adding to Development on Magnolia

One Downtown Business Closes and Another is Sold

Mood Ring Vintage Opens Today at 906 Sevier Avenue

Fly By Night Bringing the 70s to South Knoxville