Electric Darling, the local blues/funk/soul rock band featuring frontwoman Yasameen Hoffman-Shahin and former Dirty Guv’nahs Cozmo Holloway and Kevin Hyfantis, is releasing its first EP, titled Electric Darling, on Friday, …
Everything comes together for Electric Darling on eve of EP release
More coverage of Electric Darling: Read Mike Gibson’s December 2015 profile and a review of the band’s first show and listen to “Breaking Me Down” from the band’s new EP. There wasn’t …
Gatlinburg Celtic band Tuatha Dea previews new album with “Appalachia Burning”
The Gatlinburg band Tuatha Dea (the name is an adaptation of the ancient Gaelic phrase that refers to the pantheon of pre-Christian Irish deities) plays a loosely traditional brand of …
KSO names William Shaub as new concertmaster
Gabriel Lefkowitz’s recently ended tenure as the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster coincided with an exciting era for local classical music audiences. The 2010s have been a period of increasing instrumental …
KSO hints at new directions in season finale
The final concert of the season for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra each May is, in may ways, like a commencement ceremony—it always seems to elicit a range of emotions in …