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Irish-American fiddler Martin Hayes explores the boundaries of traditional music

In Music Stories by Matthew EverettJuly 19, 2017leave a COMMENT

The fiddler Martin Hayes was born in 1962, in County Clare, Ireland. It was a complicated, heady time for traditional Irish music. Dance bands like Tulla Céilí Band, which Hayes’ …

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New singles from Senryu and Siphon preview upcoming albums

In Music Stories, Program Notes by Matthew EverettJuly 5, 2017leave a COMMENT

  The local indie/art-pop band Senryu has been relatively quiet the last few years, as its frantic workaholic frontman and songwriter, Wil Wright, has pursued other projects, principally the wizard-rap …

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Knox prog band Cerulia previews “Sons of Thunder” from new album

In Music Stories by Matthew EverettJune 28, 2017leave a COMMENT

Progressive rock has been back in the news recently—The Show That Never Ends, Washington Post reporter David Weigel’s new history of pomptastic 1970s bands like Yes, King Crimson, and Emerson, …

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Lorde grows up on long-anticipated sophomore album ‘Melodrama’

In Music Reviews by JoAnna BrookerJune 22, 2017leave a COMMENT

In 2013, the world was introduced to the 16-year-old witchy pop sensation known as Lorde; her debut single, “Royals,” sold 10 million copies and spent nine weeks atop the Billboard …

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The Life and Times of Carl Bean and the Big Valley Music Barn

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonJune 21, 2017leave a COMMENT

When the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound began collecting artifacts, photos, and documents that might be used in the book accompanying Bear Family’s Knoxville Sessions 1929-1930: Knoxville Stomp …

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