For years, Steve Gunn built his reputation as a guitarist’s guitarist, in bands like Kurt Vile’s Violators, GHQ, or Gunn-Truscinski Duo, and on his own stylistically diverse solo records. His …
Local Music Review: Kevin Abernathy
Kevin Abernathy Ain’t Learned Yet It’s a stretch to call Kevin Abernathy’s second album under his own name, apart from the Kevin Abernathy Band, a solo album—the credits include a …
A Young Soloist and Guest Conductor Lead KSO to an Emotional Performance
It is difficult to pick a single emotion when confronted with a pianist like Conrad Tao. “Amazement” could be one—the 20-year-old pianist, who appeared with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra last …
Alabama Shakes Stretch Out on ‘Sound and Color’
The best artists—the Kanye Wests and the Taylor Swifts—have this way of arresting you with their music, taking full hold of your conscious and unconscious brain, forcing you to give …
Night Mist: A Garage-Rock Rarity From Newport
Walking rock ’n’ roll encyclopedia Nathan Moses, of Lost and Found Records, has never steered me wrong, but it just seemed weird when he told me about Night Mist, a …