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Community Day at New Harvest Park
This Saturday the Alice Bell / Spring Hill Neighborhood Association will be holding its first ever Community Day at New Harvest Park. Learn why should come.
Ain’t No Time to Sit Down: Review of Amy Ray and Brandi Carlile Concert
Photo by Lance McCord Having no real predicated love for the Indigo Girls, I wasn’t really sure what to expect of Amy Ray. What I got, in turn, was an amazing performance from a seasoned musician who has culled together a top notch band.
Ain’t No Time to Sit Down: Review of Bijou Theatre Heavy Metal Concert
Image taken from HevyDevy.com “Heavy metal at the Bijou?” you ask. Surely not. Yes, I was treated to a night of metal at the historic Bijou Theatre… and don’t call me Shirley.
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Jag Star’s Static Bliss
In writing this review my gut is wanting to swing towards an unhealthy diatribe about the sad state of pop music. Not as a dismissal of what Jag Star does and represents, but the fact that they haven’t broke to a number one download in the iTunes Store. Yet no talent fools like Katy Perry[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Tennessee Shines, October ’09
WDVX’s monthly live broadcast, Tennessee Shines, is now established as the go-to venue for great, sometimes eclectic, music. The latest installment was a concert with no real singular highlights, just performance after performance that proved to be continually luminescent, with every musician at the top of their game.
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Brewers’ Jam Wrap Up
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” – The Postman’s Creed, 1912 Apparently, beer drinkers have a code, too: “Neither rain nor gloom of cloud coverage nor cold nor mud nor coinciding UT football game stays these beer drinkers from the[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Generation of Vipers’ Dead Circle
What do you think of when you hear the term “post-metal”? My best guess is that 99.9999999999% will retort a truly esoteric “huh? Whuzzat?” According to the bastion of truth that is Wikipedia, post-metal is “…broadly characterized by distorted guitar, heavy atmospherics, gradual evolution of song structure, and a minimal emphasis on vocals.” Yup, that[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time to Sit Down: Review of Blue Mother Tupelo and Mindy Smith Concert
A weekly peek into what makes the Knoxville music scene phenomenal. We’ll be bringing you album + concert reviews from the Knoxville area and interviews with local musicians + people behind the scenes. Blue Mother Tupelo is band that’s been on the edge for a while now. Around here, they’re well known and well respected[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Interview with Chris Armstrong of The Retroholics
A weekly peek into what makes the Knoxville music scene phenomenal. We’ll be bringing you album + concert reviews from the Knoxville area and interviews with local musicians + people behind the scenes. JC: What made you want to start playing the guitar? CA: My brother. He played the guitar, and I liked the loud[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Vertigo’s The Coming and the Going
A weekly peek into what makes the Knoxville music scene phenomenal. We’ll be bringing you album + concert reviews from the Knoxville area and interviews with local musicians + people behind the scenes. Vertigo produces a sound that is difficult to define. That’s not a bad thing; it’s actually a plus. Over the years the[…] Read More »
