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October 08, 2009
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October 01, 2009
Apple Festival Draws 100,000, More to Unicoi County, Tenn.
Drive over to Unicoi County’s 32nd Annual Apple Festival Oct. 2-3 and weather willing expect to see folks crammed into downtown Erwin, Tenn.
Short Takes: Music and More Around the Region
Malcolm Holcombe in Johnson City, Lee Boys in Kingsport, ‘Tom Sawyer’ in Abingdon and, as always, a free music download.
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Paramount Has Four Performances in Next Four Days
Whoever wrote “Without a Song” did not have Bristol’s Paramount in mind. Not this week anyway.
September 27, 2009
Richlands Ushers In Fall With Festival
RICHLANDS, Va. – Kick off the fall season with the Richlands Fall Festival on Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Richlands.
September 24, 2009
Bluff City Ready To Host Heritage Days
Of all the towns in the Tri-Cities, perhaps the most understated and the friendliest is the one that sits hidden, down by the river.
Welcome, folks, to Bluff City, Tenn.
Marty Stuart Ushers in the Newly-Refurbished Carter Family Museum
After months in the making, the newly-refurbished Carter Family Museum reopens on Sept. 27.
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September 23, 2009
Review: Horrible Plant a Star in Barter’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
Forget Wall Street meltdowns, health care proposals and cash-for-clunker plans – if you really want to be scared silly, check out Barter Stage II’s “Little Shop of Horrors,” where an alien Venus flytrap seems to have cross-pollinated with a not-so-Jolly Green Giant who is fed up with eating vegetables.
September 17, 2009
Green Cove Ready To Host Celebration
We have a lot of colorful names of the map of the Mountain Empire.
There are places called Blue Ridge and Bluefield. There is Red Hill and Red Ash.
You can also roam from Whitetop to Whitewood. Or look for Green Spring, Greendale and Green Cove.
Rhythm & Roots: Patty Loveless Headlines Reunion
Patty Loveless, your roots are showing. Good thing, too, as she’s coming to the right place.
Rhythm & Roots: Are YOUR Roots Showing?
Roots.
Drive down State Street. Past Tim White’s country music mural on the right, the old Cameo Theatre on the left, the Paramount on the right and so on.
Just think. The Carter Family, Pop Stoneman, Jimmie Rodgers – they all drove along, walked about and recorded here and thus exploded what author Nolan Porterfield termed “the big bang of country music.”
Short Takes: Jazz, Gospel, Theater and More in Regional Entertainment Roundup
Jazz pianist Freddy Cole, Gaither Vocal Band, Steinbeck’s ‘Of Mice and Men’ and a free music download is packed into this week’s Short Takes.
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Rhythm & Roots Reunion: IBMA Winners Dailey and Vincent in Bristol
Last October, Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent sat mesmerized in Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium.
September 15, 2009
Milligan Hosts Area-Wide Orchestra Workshop
More than 150 local high school and college students will gather on the Milligan College campus Saturday, Sept. 19, for the college’s third annual string orchestra workshop. The day will culminate with a joint concert in Seeger Memorial Chapel at 7 p.m.
September 13, 2009
Guitar Auction To Aid 4-H Center’s Campaign
ABINGDON, Va. – It’s not exactly the most expensive guitar.
Still, it’s who signed the side of this instrument that makes it so special, said Sandra Fisher, the director of the Southwest Virginia 4-H Education Center in Abingdon.
September 10, 2009
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Washington County Fair in Abingdon
County fairs typically offer early peeks at rising music stars. Abingdon’s Washington County Fair certainly has and does.
Short Takes Offers a Quick Look at Region’s Entertainment
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, the art and music of Willard Gayheart, Johnson City Symphony Orchestra and a free music download await in Short Takes.
September 03, 2009
Gospel Singer Remembers Her Roots In Lynyrd Skynyrd
Like a witness to a prophecy, Deborah Jo Billingsley White woke up crying.
It was October of 1977, and White had a vivid dream that her friends and band mates had fallen from the sky in an airplane crash.
“I woke up screaming and crying,” White said during a recent telephone interview.
Time To Party: Labor Day Events
Music, Arts And More On Tap For Labor Day In The Mountain Empire
Lynyrd Skynryd’s Artimus Pyle Coming to Grahamfest
Artimus Pyle looking forward to getting back to work.
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Buddy Jewell Coming to Castlewood
Along the comeback trail rides Buddy Jewell.
Short Takes Has a Glimpse at Weekend Entertainment
Caged Chaos at Viking Hall, gypsy jazz at Emory & Henry College, GRITS at Niswonger and a free music download can all be found in Short Takes.
Krugers Play Own Brand of Bluegrass
Swiss Jens Kruger sat with Bill Monroe.
August 27, 2009
Theater Review: Barter’s ‘Forever Plaid’ a Nostalgic Trip
I must admit that I went to see Barter Theatre’s current mainstage production, “Forever Plaid,” fully expecting and intending not to like it, to “darn it with faint praise,” to coin a term.
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