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Hootie Drummer Gets Quizzed

Hootie & The Blowfish drummer Jim "Soni" Sonefeld gets a quick drummer quiz and almost passes!

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Hootie & The Blowfish

New Orleans' 'Brass-Hop' Sound

A New Orleans-based brass band mixes new and old styles and grooves.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Kickin' the Funk, The Soul Rebels

Enigmatic Frontman

With his remarkable solo work, Texas-based Centro-Matic frontman Will Johnson seems determined to operate in an entirely different, much darker realm.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: In Somber Colors, Will Johnson

Riffing It Up

Moonless Moth's sometimes clumsy devotion to getting its work known makes it stand out among up-and-coming rock bands in Charleston, S.C.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Moonless Moth

Five Kool Bits of Trivia

Here's some fun trivia about the veteran funk act Kool & The Gang.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Kool & the Gang

Going All The Way Up

The Canadian alternative-rock band is reassembled, focused, and keen on causing a serious uproar across North America.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Hot Hot Heat, Elevator

Bluesy Enough

Jason Ricci looks more like a character out of an alternative rock magazine than a blues cat, but critics describe him as one of the top virtuoso harmonica players in the South.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-20-2005 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Burnin' & Blowin', Jason Ricci