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Bluegrass great Peter Rowan scales new heights thanks to a Tibetan mantra singernew
When Peter Rowan was a guitarist and singer with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, the legendary mandolinist gave his young protégé some invaluable advice. "He knew I wanted to play other stuff, and he told me, 'Pete, if you can play my kind of music, you can play any kind of music," Rowan says.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-07-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Funky Education of Stereo Reformnew
Greenville-based trio Stereo Reform calls their music "dance-a-funk-a-rock-a-tronic," a mix that falls closer to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Average White Band than today's teeny-bopper divas.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
12-20-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Stereo Reform, dance-a-funk
Jorma Kaukonen Doesn't Hesitatenew
Whatever the source of his boundless endurance, guitarist Jorma Kaukonen shows no signs of slowing down — even after a career that's led him from legendary San Francisco acts Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna to a long run as a solo artist.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-16-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jorma Kaukonen
Awendaw Green Moves its Signature Festnew
This weekend, the Awendaw Green Homegrown Music Showcase and organizer Eddie White have collaborated with Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum to create a Veterans Day weekend celebration along the Charleston Harbor.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-10-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Keller Williams Makes a Two-Night, One-Man Standnew
At this week's two-night stint at the Pour House, acclaimed singer/guitarist Keller Williams will play a little bit of everything.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-03-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
A look at Flaming Lips rock-doc The Fearless Freaksnew
In the 2005 documentary, The Fearless Freaks, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne gives viewers a tour of his backyard, before setting out into the neighborhood to introduce us to where he grew up and still lives, in a relatively downtrodden area of Oklahoma City.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-27-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Deer Tick Put a Little Grunge in the Teanew
It's a combination of rootsy, honest songwriting and rock-star swagger that help Deer Tick straddle the line between being a respected Americana act and a street-cred-worthy rowdy stage band.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-13-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Deer Tick
The Felice Brothers are not a Throwbacknew
On stage, the Felice Brothers are a rough-and-tumble bunch of characters. They kick things over. They curse, swill whiskey, and encourage the audience to join them. Christmas Clapton tells their tales.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Don’t Throw Najee Under the Kenny G Busnew
Najee may hesitate to call his music "smooth jazz," but there are few things smoother than when the saxophonist and his bass player trade licks in the opening minutes of his 1986 hit, "For the Love of You." It's probably the slow, heavily reverbed drum fills and electronic snare pop that sentence Najee to inevitable Kenny G comparisons, but that curly haired sax man can't touch his peer when it comes to adding funk and soul into the mix.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Cary Ann Hearst Puts Her Stamp On Itnew
Cary Ann Hearst is among the half-dozen partners who run the local collective Shrimp Records. She's been busy this month packaging her new album, Lions and Lambs.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
01-14-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cary Ann Hearst, Shrimp Records
Big Boi and MSTRKRFT Throw a Dance Partynew
Georgia native Big Boi and fellow Outkast collaborator Andre 3000 put the South on hip-hop's map. .
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-25-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Peter Rowan is the Real Thingnew
Much of veteran singer/guitarist Peter Rowan's new album Legacy is gospel in style — including songs like "The Night Prayer" and "God's Own Child" — but his spiritual worldview has widened considerably.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-15-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Phish Talenew
Every jam band aficionado has a Phish story.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-12-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Phish
The Black Crowes Say Goodnight to the Bad Guysnew
After 20 years of touring and constantly evolving lineups, many of the Black Crowes' classic songs have changed dramatically in performance.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
09-07-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Black Crowes
Up all night with the Pimps of Joytimenew
The Pimps can't be pigeonholed into a genre — it's all soulful, but one song might segue from an Afrobeat groove to an electronic club beat with sitar.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
08-31-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
