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Def Lep, Poison, Cheap Trick: Three bands that aren’t f-f-f-foolin’ around
Friday, July 3, 2009Last summer Def Leppard and Poison were “feuding.” This summer they’re on tour together, with Cheap Trick opening the show. Full story »
Ex-'Hootie' frontmant Darius Rucker finds unlikely success on country charts
Thursday, July 2, 2009After 15 years of being recognized as “Hootie” from Hootie and the Blowfish, Darius Rucker was caught off guard recently while checking into a Baltimore hotel. “It’s the same hotel I stay in all the time, and there’s a new clerk back there and she’s looking at me and staring at me and I’m expecting ‘Hey, aren’t you Hootie’ or ‘Aren’t you the guy from Hootie and the Blowfish.’ And she looked at me and said, ‘Aren’t you Darius Rucker the country singer.’ Full story »
State of the world drove Brad Paisley to heavier themes
Thursday, July 2, 2009NASHVILLE (AP) - As much as he enjoys singing about the double lives of computer geeks ("Online") and amorous country boys ( "Ticks" ), Brad Paisley says there's too much going on in the world to be too lighthearted on his new album, "American Saturday Night."
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Wil Wright takes stock in Senryu's accomplishments
Thursday, July 2, 2009Touring with a slew of regional bands makes it hard to keep up with the two Knoxville-based bands Wil Wright has founded. A member of The Physics of Meaning, Senryu and The Skeleton Coast, Wright is fresh off a tour with a Philadelphia band, where he acted as manager. Despite the hectic schedule that divides his devotion among multiple acts.
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First bass: Les Claypool's strike-out on guitar led eclectic artist elsewhere
Thursday, July 2, 2009If musician Les Claypool were to have a spiritual brother in the arts, it might not be another musician. Most likely the quirky former leader of Primus and all-over-the-place bass player would have connection with "Evil Dead"/"Drag Me To Hell" director Sam Raimi. Like Raimi's theatrical combinations of horror and humor, Claypool combines darkness and humor in everything he does.
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U.S. musicians sing support for Iranian protesters
Tuesday, June 30, 2009They wouldn’t be allowed to perform in Iran, but singers Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are showing their support for protesters. In videos carried on YouTube, the artists perform songs — with a few lines in Farsi — that call for peace. Full story »
Campbell: Tuned In: Placebo, Darkest Hour, Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada
Tuesday, June 30, 2009Placebo dispenses ‘Meds,’ engages in epic ‘Battle.’ Heavy-handed Darkest Hour buries bright spots. ‘Coconut Rock’ goes for the soft sell. Full story »
NFL players put the heavy in metal
Monday, June 29, 2009Marc Colombo lowers his bald head and leans his sweaty, 6-foot-8, 318-pound frame toward the microphone, growling to the crowd that the next song will “rip your face off.” The sometimes scary stage presence of the heavily tattooed guitarist and singer, who is one of three Dallas Cowboys offensive linemen in the heavy metal band Free Reign, is a thing of beauty for the head of the recording company that just signed them. Full story »
Brackins' weekly bluegrass jam one of area's best-kept secrets
Friday, June 26, 2009I've been to Brackins only a few times, but I can safely conclude that it's cooler than it has any right to be. Not to be offensive to anyone from Maryville, but Brackins is one of the better venues I've been to in the entire country.
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Holly Williams’ has new outlook after crash
Thursday, June 25, 2009Holly Williams had one of those days recently. Her iPhone fell in the toilet, her air conditioner broke and her thermostat soared. But she kept her cool. “Three years ago that would have been a big issue,” said the 28-year-old singer-songwriter and daughter of Hank Williams Jr. Her perspective changed after she and her older sister, Hilary, were nearly killed in a car crash near Memphis in 2006. Full story »
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