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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...

Saturday Sounds with Blues Traveler

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 29, 2015

I may try to squeeze in a Saturday article some weeks. I often have concert photographs and little place to drop them, so this might be the way I take care of that little problem. I’ll...

Blankfest 2015 Blankets Market Square with Tons of Local Goodness

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 24, 2015

Rusty Odom and Blank Newspaper have, for the second year in a row, put together an incredible celebration of local and regional musicians, comedians and burlesque performers. It’s a continuation of the many years of excellent...

Guy Marshall Set to Play Blankfest This Weekend

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 21, 2015

One of my favorite musical/variety festivals last year was Blankfest with Moon Taxi, This Mountain and many other great bands. Guy Marshall is a local band which just released their first full-length album, “The Depression Blues,”...

2015 East Tennessee History Fair

Knoxville Urban Guy·August 17, 2015

The East Tennessee History Fair, a great annual event in downtown, spread all around the center city this past weekend. In addition to the activities centered on Krutch Park, walking and bus tours took participants in a...

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Culture

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

Saturday Sounds with Blues Traveler

Blankfest 2015 Blankets Market Square with Tons of Local Goodness

Guy Marshall Set to Play Blankfest This Weekend

2015 East Tennessee History Fair

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