It’s easy for the festivals, as they come and go, to become a blur. We’ve already had Rhythm n Blooms, Big Ears and Earthfest. Rossini is this weekend and we haven’t even gotten to the heart...
In the middle of all the great festivals the city has to offer, we added a couple of new ones this year. The Women in Jazz Jam Festival, produced by local jazz musician and vocalist Kelle...
Many of you may be scratching your heads at the caption, not knowing Rikki Hall or the title of his column which is now also the title of a new collection of his writing and...
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...
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:...
In the midst of the flurry that is Christmas season, there was a small musical gem that needs not get overlooked. It’s a season filled with music, of course, from the choral and symphonic presentations to...
I’ll confess, I only tuned in to Einstein Simplified when they started their current standing date at Scruffy City Hall every Tuesday night at 8:15. I was shocked to find that they have existed as an...
It’s been just over a year-and-a-half since I first wrote about Knoxville’s comedy scene. Matt Ward explained a bit of the history of comedy in the city and talked about what he was doing to help...
Sometimes my job puts me in awkward positions. Today’s story starts with a couple of them. In 2012 I wrote about the Waynestock Concerts, as I do every year, and particularly, I wrote about a group...
What you are looking at today are a few of the spots I stopped along the way on Friday night. Crowds seemed oddly sparse, though some of the places I stopped had very big crowds. I’m...