A chronicle of the Upstate South Carolina music community and beyond
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
Dan + Shay will bring its “The (Arena) Tour” to the Bon Secours Wellness Arena, 650 N. Academy St., Greenville on Saturday, March 14. [Update: The concert has been postponed until Sept. 10 due to the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the coronavirus.] Having won Grammy Awards each of the past two Read More
Arlo Guthrie will perform on Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Walhalla Performing Arts Center, 101 E. North Broad St., Walhalla. Best known for his epic 1967 satirical talking blues “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” the legendary folk troubadour has spent more than a half decade railing against social injustice through songs and 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