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Tree Tops Head to the Top of Knoxville’s Prog Scene With ‘Ghosts Don’t Dance With Shoes’

In Music Reviews, Music Stories by Ryan ReedMay 3, 2017leave a COMMENT

Tree Tops, Cory Smith’s ever-rotating “progressive groove-rock” project, has been at the center of Knoxville’s expanding prog scene for the past four years. But only now—after running the treadmill of …

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Local Music Review: White Stag, ‘Emergence’

In Music Reviews, Program Notes by Ryan ReedMarch 23, 2017leave a COMMENT

More than 11 minutes into “Emergence,” the monster title track from White Stag’s debut album, the prog-metal quartet breaks the spell of a brooding acoustic guitar atmosphere, introducing a carnivalesque …

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Ex-Mobility Chief Guitarist Continues to Evolve With New Post-Rock/Prog Band Aelude

In Music Stories, Program Notes by Ryan ReedFebruary 8, 2017leave a COMMENT

Mobility Chief, one of Knoxville’s most dynamic prog acts, pulled the plug in June 2015. There was no animosity, only the inevitable creative tensions of a democratic rock band. Now, …

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Zappa Family Dispute Can’t Slow Down Dweezil’s Tribute Tour

In Music Stories by Ryan ReedJanuary 11, 2017leave a COMMENT

For more than a decade, Dweezil Zappa has revitalized his father’s music, joyously paying tribute to the near-manic eclecticism and complexity of the Frank Zappa catalog. But his latest tour …

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Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath Adjusts Her Expectations After Unforeseen Breakout Success

In Music Stories by Ryan ReedSeptember 7, 2016leave a COMMENT

“If someone ever says ‘folktronica’ to my face, I might kick them,” says Amelia Meath of the North Carolina indie-pop/folk duo Sylvan Esso. Her exasperated tone suggests both sarcasm and …

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