A chronicle of the Upstate South Carolina music community and beyond
Jim Lauderdale shared the stage with Donna the Buffalo on Sunday, Nov. 3 at The Spinning Jenny in Greer for an evening of Americana and roots music bliss. At one point during the show, the Nashville-based Lauderdale, who spent his teenage years living in Due West, noted the intensity of Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS Go Betty Go is set to make a rare trip to Upstate South Carolina this weekend. The Los Angeles-based punk rock band will perform Sunday, Nov. 3 at The Radio Room in Greenville. “It’s been over 10 years, I think, since we’ve been in that area,” drummer Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS Twenty-five years ago, David Ball burst into mainstream consciousness with his breakthrough single, “Thinkin’ Problem,” which reached No. 2 on the Billboard country charts and was the cornerstone of a fabulous, neo-traditionalist album of the same name. What was unknown to much of his newfound fan base Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS A couple of weeks ago, Americana music stalwart Jim Lauderdale was aboard an airplane, enduring a long, 15-hour flight from Sydney, Australia, to Los Angeles, where he’d eventually transfer to another plane headed to his current home of Nashville. “There was a fellow sitting a couple of Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS The past year has been full of change for Ticko, an Anderson-based singer-songwriter who is set to release her latest effort, a six-song EP titled “One Eighty.” Ticko will celebrate the self-produced release with a hometown performance at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 at Carolina Bauernhaus Brewery Read More
Led by primary songwriter Kevin Barnes, of Montreal will make a stop on Friday, Nov. 1 at The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., Greer. The Athens, Ga.-based outfit, which has been a force on the indie rock circuit for more than two decades, wows audiences with a spellbinding sound that’s Read More
Charles Hedgepath and Shane Pruitt, two of the Upstate’s most talented guitarists, shared the stage at Quest Brewing Co. in Greenville on Oct. 27 as part of the venue’s Sunday Unwind Music Series. The Greenville-based Hedgepath and the Spartanburg-based Pruitt played an assortment of blues, rock ‘n’ roll, R&B and Read More
The Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band will celebrate the history of Big Band music with a special “Big Band Jazz Revue” concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 at Centre Stage, 501 River St., Greenville. The group will play works by such iconic composers as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Glenn Read More
The 2019 Fall for Greenville festival was held Oct. 11-13 on the streets of downtown Greenville. More than 60 music artists appeared on six stages throughout the weekend, including national, regional and local performers spanning multiple genres. Here are a few photos, snapped during the event by photographer William L. Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS When Nashville-based singer-songwriter Marshall Chapman returns to her native Spartanburg for a performance on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Chapman Cultural Center, she’ll be joined on stage by fellow singer-songwriter Matraca Berg and a pair of New York Times best-selling authors, Jill McCorkle and Lee Smith. The Read More