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Lightfoot Kicks Off Tour With Two Sets of Humility, Tenacitynew
No one familiar with Gordon Lightfoot would expect the legendary Canadian songwriter to ever ham it up on stage, particularly not while eulogizing his friend and lead guitarist of 40 years.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
03-24-2011 |
Reviews
Kid Rock: Back in Greensboro for the First Timenew
He’s the product of clever branding, commitment to a formula and endearing to a common denominator, and judging from his Feb. 22 show at the Greensboro Coliseum, Kid Rock knows damn well on which side of the “Go big or go home” paradigm he sits.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
03-04-2011 |
Reviews
As the Acoustic Syndicate Family Grows, a New Album Finally Awaitsnew
There`s maybe no better way to sum up the outlook of Acoustic Syndicate circa 2005 than the words of Bryon McMurry on the Shelby folk-rock oufit’s song “It Was Good While It Lasted.”
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
03-04-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Workingman's Grindnew
Ed E. Ruger's new album is a slice of blue-collar hip-hop life.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-24-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hip Hop, Ed E Ruger
Sweatin to the Aughties: Girl Talk Feeds the Animals in N.C.new
Even the most hyperliterate reviewer couldn’t craft a more effective précis of what takes place at a Girl Talk show than what is conveyed through a single snapshot immediately after the dance music maven relinquishes control of his crowd.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
02-02-2011 |
Reviews
Phish to Fiasco to Francenew
Brazilian musician and arranger Eumir Deodato continues to spread his imprint.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
01-26-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Do You Remember Grant Hart?new
The Grant Hart of today is a far cry from the man in the beat seat of one of the most vicious and vital hardcore bands of the genre’s infancy. He’s mellowed considerably in his persona, his productivity and his creative aesthetic, though none of those outcomes is a surprise to Husker Du fans from the Metal Circus days.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
01-20-2011 |
Performance
Q&A With Toubab Krewe’s Drew Hellernew
Having played close to a thousand shows since forming nearly six years ago, Malian-roots fusionists Toubab Krewe has had nearly every experience on the road that the touring musician can have.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-30-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Toubab Krewe
Usher Still Has A Ways To Gonew
Good for the eyes, okay for the ears, but the R&B megastar’s recent performance showed a man looking weary and complacent.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-16-2010 |
Reviews
J. Cole: Friday Night Lightsnew
“Never sold a rock and look I made it, bitch.” In an album full of severe pronouncements, perhaps none ring out with more ferocity than the statement J. Cole makes on “Before I’m Gone.”
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
12-02-2010 |
Reviews
Wiz Khalifa "Continues to Smoke" Two Days After Arrestnew
It’s hard to say how many of the hundreds of people slowly filtering through the doors of the cavernous Education Building were there after hearing of the rapper being hosted by a state correctional facility, but the sporadic chants of “free Wiz” gave some idea.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-18-2010 |
Music
Named After Vonnegut, But Sounds More Like Tucker Maxnew
In spite of the band essentially being a combination of everything unlikeable about Maroon 5 and Young Jeezy, Vonnegut still managed to parlay their tenuous connections into a favorable association with the second greatest emcee in all of the Dirty South.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-12-2010 |
Reviews
Tags: Vonnegut
Simply Put, MoogFest Made for a Scary-Good Halloweennew
This year, Halloween fell on a weekend, and to rephrase Bushwick Bill’s most apt verse, everyone came to Asheville for trick-or-treatin’. MoogFest brought tens of thousands of costumed ravers and revelers to downtown Asheville for a weekend of informed discussion and practical application of Bob Moog’s illustrious legacy.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
11-04-2010 |
Performance
When With Rome: Sublime's New face Accepts His Newfound Responsibilitynew
Drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson reunited for an unannounced show in early 2009 with the 20-year-old singer and guitarist Rome Ramirez under the Sublime name.
YES! Weekly |
Ryan Snyder |
10-22-2010 |
Music
