Inside of Knoxville

Old Time Music Session, Boyd's Jig and Reel, November, 2024

Tuesday Music Sessions at Boyd’s Jig and Reel Brings Appalachian Old Time Music to the Old City

K.W. Leonard·November 26, 2024

Having grown up in Appalachia from birth, music has been inexorably woven into the fabric of my life (and the culture of East Tennessee). Musicians and fans of music often identify bluegrass as the indigenous music...

Holidays Culminate with a Happy New Year 2017

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 3, 2017

Happy New Year to each of you. I hope your holidays were as filled with family and friends, music and great food, as mine. I love me some low-key, drama free holidays and this one fit...

Thanksgiving Quickly Turns to Christmas in the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 28, 2016

I hope you had a wonderful and warm Thanksgiving filled with friends and family and lots of love. I know some people dread the holidays for many different personal reasons and, for you, I hope the...

Big Ears 2016, A First Look

Knoxville Urban Guy·April 4, 2016

The Big Ears Festival could be considered multiple festivals. The music remains the focal center, of course, and involves its own personal, interactive and extremely eclectic journey. Film supports general ethos established by the music and...

Saturday Sounds: Andrew Leahey and the Homestead

Knoxville Urban Guy·January 16, 2016

It’s hard to comprehend the many exceptional live musical series we get to enjoy in downtown Knoxville. From the seasons presented each year by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra and Knoxville Opera, to...

Wine Bar Coming to the Old City

Knoxville Urban Guy·May 28, 2015

Soft spoken and self-effacing, Thomas Boyd exudes quiet determination. We met at his parents’ well-known Old City establishment to talk about his new venture. It marks a sharp departure from the trajectory he’s followed since high...

Fifteen Friday Photographs

Knoxville Urban Guy·March 28, 2014

I’m going to ease into the weekend with my Friday fifteen. If there is a theme to these photographs, it might be that spring is peaking out from under the covers just a little bit at...

Downtown Knoxville Snow Photographs, February 13, 2014, Part Two

Knoxville Urban Guy·February 15, 2014

I don’t have a lot to say about these, beyond, “here you go.” I hope you enjoy them. Folks seemed to like the first batch, so hopefully you’ll see some you like here, as well. A...

Saturday Night Music: Too Much of a Good Thing is a Really, Really Good Thing.

Knoxville Urban Guy·November 12, 2013

This past Saturday night offered more musical opportunities downtown than a body could handle. Over at the Civic Auditorium, the funky foot stomping rhythms of the Southeastern Stomp Fest ran amok. If you wanted to...

Four Consecutive Nights of Music in the City

Knoxville Urban Guy·July 22, 2013

If you’ve seen me on the street the last few days, you might have noticed I’m looking a bit bleary eyed. I attended various music shows four consecutive nights last week, starting on Wednesday. I can’t...

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Boyd’s Jig and Reel

Tuesday Music Sessions at Boyd’s Jig and Reel Brings Appalachian Old Time Music to the Old City

Holidays Culminate with a Happy New Year 2017

Thanksgiving Quickly Turns to Christmas in the City

Big Ears 2016, A First Look

Saturday Sounds: Andrew Leahey and the Homestead

Wine Bar Coming to the Old City

Fifteen Friday Photographs

Downtown Knoxville Snow Photographs, February 13, 2014, Part Two

Saturday Night Music: Too Much of a Good Thing is a Really, Really Good Thing.

Four Consecutive Nights of Music in the City

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