A chronicle of the Upstate South Carolina music community and beyond
By DAN ARMONAITIS Michelle Lee had just filled in as drummer for a St. Patrick’s Day gig with the Spartanburg-based Brandy Lindsey and the Punch when an idea crossed her mind. “Michelle and I were hanging out more after that, and, at some point, she said, ‘we should start a 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 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
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
By DAN ARMONAITIS Playing festivals is a big deal in the bluegrass community. It’s what most successful groups within the genre do on a regular basis, and it’s where an up-and-coming band can not only get their music heard by new audiences but also make valuable connections with other musicians Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS Not long after he had moved to Greenville about five and a half years ago, singer-songwriter Vilai Harrington took on a nickname that he’s now using as the title track to his new EP, “Sandhill Shaman.” “Since I’m originally from the Aiken area, it’s a name that Read More