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Cookin' WIth Coolionew
Rapper and chef Coolio teaches Charleston City Paper how to cook a panty-dropping meal.
Charleston City Paper |
Rex Steckel |
09-23-2015 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: coolio
Where so many J Dilla tributes get it wrong, Charleston's Dillamental gets it rightnew
Over the course of James Dewitt Yancey's short life, the producer, better known as J Dilla, worked with some of hip-hop's finest, from A Tribe Called Quest to De La Soul, MF Doom, Common, and the Pharcyde.
Charleston City Paper |
Patrick Wall |
02-05-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Octopus Jones' Phantasmagoriais terrifyingly twisted, toked-up, and top-notchnew
Like a gymnast sprinting down the mat toward the pommel horse, Octopus Jones built up a lot of momentum before they hit the springboard for their full-length debut, Phantasmagoria.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
01-29-2014 |
Music
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
Afroman and the dangers of puff-puff paranoianew
He kept staring out the curtains, certain the cops were watching him. Of course, this shouldn't surprise anyone. After all, one of the known side effects of getting high is paranoia.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
02-20-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Yardwork Sounds Positive on Newest EPnew
It seems like every write-up about Charlotte band Yardwork employs, in some way, shape, or form, the word "positive." Look. We just did it right there.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
01-16-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Yardwork
Daryl Hall is suddenly cool again thanks to online seriesnew
Daryl Hall and John Oates were two of the biggest pop stars in the world during the early days of MTV, thanks in part to a string of R&B-flavored hits including "Your Kiss Is On My List," "Private Eyes," and "Maneater."
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
12-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Flogging Molly finds hope in the darkest placesnew
Flogging Molly frontman Dave King is an Irish Springsteen. He writes songs that celebrate working-class values and the everyman's indomitable spirit. Not surprisingly, the songs are occasionally dark, especially when King recounts his impoverished Irish upbringing ("Life in a Tenement Square," "Screaming at the Wailing Wall"), but even these tunes are hoisted by the vitality and hope at their center.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-28-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flogging Molly
Singer/songwriter Julie Slonecki adds new flavors to her soundnew
Julie Slonecki doesn't need a menu to know what she wants to order at Waffle House. Cup of coffee. Grilled cheese. And hash browns, diced and covered.
Charleston City Paper |
Susan Cohen |
11-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Julie Slonecki
Juicy J finds a second life rapping about the herbnew
Some music rains down on us from above in Bieber and Rihanna-sized droplets. Other sounds bubble up from the streets. That's where Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J got his start. Juicy J, a.k.a. Jordan Houston, worked his way up with his buddy DJ Paul (Paul Beauregard) the old-school way, beginning in the early '90s.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Parker |
11-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Juicy J
The twisted tale of how two killer clowns brought Skwirl Grinda togethernew
What in the bloody hell is a Skwirl Grinda, you know, aside from one of the Holy City's heaviest heavy metal acts?
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
A Dog's Lifenew
The guys in Archnemesis dish about their 42-city tour and their biggest fan.
Charleston City Paper |
Katie Kimsey |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Pour House, Archnemesis
McKenzie Eddy raps about the Charleston music scenenew
McKenzie Eddy was bitten by the hip-hop bug at a young age, so young in fact that she can't recall not loving it.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bobby Bradford and Marywood Kate of Statue of Liberty's Genre-Blending Folk Popnew
Bobby Bradford and Marywood Kate are nomads. Five years ago, this Boulder, Colo., folk duo formed Statue of Liberty, and they've been bouncing around the Midwest and Rockies ever since.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
09-19-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Ben Folds eats humble pienew
Ben Folds is in his mid-40s. But when it comes to his songwriting, that doesn't mean what you'd think it means.
Charleston City Paper |
Paul Bowers |
09-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ben Folds, Ben Folds Five
