Holidays Culminate with a Happy New Year 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...
Boyd’s Jig and Reel
Thanksgiving Quickly Turns to Christmas in the City
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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...
RB Morris, Hector Qirko, The Short Bus and the Listening Room
This post carries a large amount of freight, so hang on. For those of you new to the Knoxville music scene, the photographs you are viewing with this post are of two Knoxville icons. In fact,...