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Strung Like a Horse Brings Theatrical Weirdness to the Stage

In Music Stories by Ryan ReedAugust 26, 2015leave a COMMENT

One of Clay Maselle’s newest songs is titled “Trailer Park Astronaut”—a fitting description for the quirky “gypsy-punk garage-grass” he creates with Chattanooga’s Strung Like a Horse. Backed by fiddle, banjo, …

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Falloir Puts the Progress in the Local Progressive-Rock Scene

In Music Stories by Ryan ReedAugust 12, 2015leave a COMMENT

As a high-school senior, life can often feel limitless and impossibly restrictive at the same time. And like many sensitive 18-year-olds before him, Garrett Lemons dealt with that tension by funneling …

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Black Lillies Introduce New Album and Announce Market Square Show

In Music Stories, Program Notes by Ryan ReedAugust 5, 2015leave a COMMENT

“We got a long way to go/and a short time to get there,” Cruz Contreras sings on the Black Lillies’ funky new single, “Hard to Please,” released last month through …

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Massive Yes Box Set Highlights 1972 Knoxville Concert

In Music Stories, Program Notes by Ryan ReedJune 10, 2015leave a COMMENT

It might reek of overkill, even to the most die-hard Yes fan: a 14-disc live box set, compiling seven shows from the prog-rock legends’ 1972 tour. It’s a stretch already documented …

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Local Prog Quartet Maps Need Reading Regroups and Finds New Direction

In Music Stories by Ryan ReedMay 13, 2015leave a COMMENT

Maps Need Reading has been an integral part of Knoxville’s progressive-music community for the past four years, developing an early style that guitarist David Webb labels “punk meets indie rock …

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