A chronicle of the Upstate South Carolina music community and beyond
By DAN ARMONAITIS Mike Savino laughs when he thinks about a moment of youthful indiscretion he experienced in the early 1990s. “I got arrested for shoplifting when I was 16 because I wanted an Alice in Chains CD,” said Savino, who grew up in Long Island, N.Y. “My mom was 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
The hugely popular Warren Haynes Christmas Jam will take a one-year hiatus from its annual concert celebration at the U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, N.C., according to an announcement posted today (Nov. 12) on the event’s official website, www.xmasjam.com. After 30 years of hosting the event, Haynes and the W&S Read More