A chronicle of the Upstate South Carolina music community and beyond
Marc Higgins and the Chainsaw Bears will perform on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at The Peddler, 149 W. Main St., Spartanburg. Led by the stellar songwriting of its namesake, the Hub City-based outfit cranks out an infectious mix of jangle pop and Americana in the spirit of such renowned bands as Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS As a ninth grader at Byrnes High School in 1972, Spartanburg resident Michael Buffalo Smith received his introduction to the Allman Brothers Band. A fellow student “brought the ‘At Fillmore East’ album to school,” Smith recalled recently. “We had a really cool teacher who would let us Read More
Grammy Award-winning country star Travis Tritt will perform Friday, Jan. 24 and Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center, 101 E. North Broad St., Walhalla. A Grand Ole Opry member since 1993, the Georgia native is noted for his raucous brand of country music that also includes elements Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS In 2011, the website UltimateClassicRock.com produced a list of the “Top 10 Southern Rock Songs” of all-time. At No. 1 was “Can’t You See” by the Marshall Tucker Band. The song appears as the second track on the band’s eponymous 1973 debut album, which kicked off with Read More
Having launched to much fanfare just over two months ago, The Sally Rides will take flight again on Wednesday, Jan. 15 for a performance at The Peddler, 149 W. Main St., Spartanburg. Composed of five women with decades of experience on the Upstate music circuit, the group has already amassed Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS Sunny Sweeney has been churning out no-nonsense country music for the past decade and a half, impressing audiences with a powerful sound that’s commercially accessible yet filled with a renegade outlaw spirit. “I’ve always been an independent artist and then for a couple of years I had Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS On New Year’s Day 1953, the life of one of the most important figures in country music history came to a tragic end. The legendary Hank Williams died in the backseat of a baby blue Cadillac in Oak Hill, West Virginia, as he was being driven to Read More
Nashville-based singer-songwriter Ward Davis will bring his distinctive brand of contemporary outlaw country to The Radio Room, 110 Poinsett Highway, Greenville on Friday, Jan. 10. An Arkansas native, Davis has had songs recorded by such iconic figures as Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard and co-wrote “I’m Not the Devil” with Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS As I started the new year, I couldn’t help but take inventory of what has happened with TheMusicAdvocate.com in the short period since the site launched on Oct. 23, 2019. While having a morning cup of coffee, I looked back at the statistics for the site and Read More
Former President Barack Obama posted to social media on Monday, Dec. 30 a list titled “Favorite Music of 2019,” and a Spartanburg native was among the artists represented. Nashville-based singer-songwriter Adia Victoria, who was born in the Hub City and, according to Wikipedia, attended Landrum Junior High School in Campobello, Read More