In October 2013, Laurie Anderson lost her partner of 21 years, 71-year-old rock icon Lou Reed. The music world has mourned profoundly ever since—but for Anderson, Reed’s death has led …
BIG EARS 2015: Steve Gunn
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 …
Inside Striped Light: Knoxville’s Newest Letterpress Aims to Become an Art-Scene Catalyst
The almost lost art of handset letterpress begins with a tiny rectangle of lead, called a sort, measured in the minuscule units of points and picas. The sort has a …
Introducing the Knoxville Mercury
The Knoxville Mercury is an independent weekly news magazine devoted to informing and connecting Knoxville’s many different communities. And it exists due to an outpouring of financial and personal support from Knoxvillians …