A chronicle of the Upstate South Carolina music community and beyond
By DAN ARMONAITIS At the start of the year, Howl in the Valley decided to take a little break. The folk-rock band — composed of Spartanburg-based musicians Jonathan Stephens, Janeen Scott and Michael Krell — didn’t schedule any concerts for January and February. The idea was to use the time Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS Like many other musicians throughout the world, Mary Emma Norris has spent the past couple of weeks in isolation and unable to perform in public due to crowd-gathering restrictions related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It’s a far cry from how the month began. On March 1, 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
Internationally renowned death metal outfit Nile will take the stage on Saturday, Dec. 14 at The Firmament, 5 Market Point Drive, Greenville. The band, which was founded in Greenville more than a quarter-century ago, just released its newest album, “Vile Nilotic Rites,” on the Nuclear Blast label and continues to Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS A little more than seven months ago, Howl in the Valley released its much-anticipated debut EP. The contemporary folk-rock trio — composed of Spartanburg-based musicians Jonathan Stephens, Janeen Scott and Michael Krell — had only been playing together for less than a year when it made its Read More
Ben Folds and A Piano is an apt description for what to expect when the veteran pop singer-songwriter performs Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Peace Center, 300 S. Main St., Greenville. Widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of his generation, the North Carolina-born Folds will draw from Read More