A chronicle of the Upstate South Carolina music community and beyond
By DAN ARMONAITIS While living in Savannah, Ga. for 13 years, Anna Chandler would often drive up U.S. Highway 17 to Charleston. Along the way, she’d pass through the Ashepoo, Combahee and Edisto Basin, a beautiful estuary better known as the ACE Basin. “That drive is my favorite to do Read More
Molly Tuttle will bring her mix of folk, bluegrass and traditional country to The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., Greer on Friday, March 6. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter and 2018 Americana Music Awards Instrumentalist of the Year for her guitar prowess is touring in support of her latest album, “When You’re Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS As the Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs prepare to kick off the Carolina Revue, group co-founder Kendra Bragg Harding is fully aware that the concert, which will be held on Friday, Feb. 28 at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, is much bigger than any one band on the bill. Read More
Truckfighters will make a stop at The Radio Room, 110 Poinsett Highway, Greenville on Wednesday, Feb. 26. The Swedish trio, which has been on the scene for nearly two decades, has built a solid international following with a fuzz-driven stoner rock sound that’s similar in spirit to such bands as Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS As the frontman for Spartanburg-based progressive pop-rock outfit The Consumers, Joe Power has spent more than a decade crafting melodic songs that are sometimes edgy but almost always accessible. With his new band, Buffalohead, Power has a different mission. “My goal is to melt your face and Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS Spartanburg-based singer-songwriter Shannon Ferguson has reinvented herself as Rhea Deléo and is poised to take her music career to a new level in 2020. “I chose the artist name Rhea Deléo because I have always resonated with the first name Rhea since I was a child, and 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 few weeks ago, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jason Ringenberg was escorted through the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum by former Spartanburg resident Peter Cooper, who now serves as its senior director, producer and writer. Ringenberg was visiting with his wife and daughters, who were given the Read More
The WinterSkunk Music Fest will be presented on Saturday, Feb. 8 at The Spinning Jenny, 107 Cannon St., Greer. An indoor precursor to the popular Albino Skunk Music Festival held on local music aficionado Glynn Zeigler’s property north of the city each spring and fall, this year’s WinterSkunk Music Fest Read More
By DAN ARMONAITIS As Randy Foster left the stage following his “There Goes the Neighborhood” album release concert at the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg last February, he did so in a typically unassuming manner. “When it was over, I was just focused on packing up my gear,” the Hub Read More