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August 13, 2009

Surfin’ in Abingdon; Farewell to Mike Seeger; A free Music Download
Surfin’ in Abingdon; Farewell to Mike Seeger; A free Music Download

Short Takes Offers More Entertainment Ideas And Always A Free Music Download

Mountain Stage Bringing a Caravan of Americana
Mountain Stage Bringing a Caravan of Americana

Mountain Stage rocks radio. More specifically, the long-running, public broadcasting radio show features live American roots music taped before an audience.

Entertainment Options Offered in Calendar Listing

Empire and elecTriCity calendars offer a variety of entertainment options.


August 06, 2009

Festival’s Second Week Keeps Winding Up with More Music
Festival’s Second Week Keeps Winding Up with More Music

Time was when Monroe Jamison was a fixture in Abingdon’s bluegrass music scene.
Jamison, a full-time lawyer and when-possible bluegrass picker, for years worked the bluegrass aspects of the Virginia Highlands Festival. But then he died in July 2007 at age 52. So the VHF’s weekend of bluegrass and old-time music, scheduled for Aug. 8-9, was named in Jamison’s honor.

Empire and elecTriCity Calendars

Chose your entertainment from a variety of listings.

Short Takes: Entertainment Highlights
Short Takes: Entertainment Highlights

A look at entertainment in the region, plus, as always, a free music download.


August 05, 2009

Poison Front Man to Make Bristol Appearance
Poison Front Man to Make Bristol Appearance

Star of VH1’s “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels” and Poison front man Bret Michaels will appear at a State Street venue in Bristol, Tenn., on Aug. 9.


August 02, 2009

Aug. 2 Tribute Concert Set To Feature Vocalise Pieces
Aug. 2 Tribute Concert Set To Feature Vocalise Pieces

ABINGDON, Va. – An Aug. 2 concert will feature a unique vocal performance. As part of a tribute to French coloratura soprano Lily Pons, Dr. Sun-Joo Oh of the East Tennessee State University music department will sing several vocalise pieces.
Oh explains that vocalise are songs without words.

‘Why Old Time?‘ Why Not
‘Why Old Time?‘ Why Not

Music Documentary Focuses On The Old Time Music, Culture Of Appalachia


July 31, 2009

Short Takes: Dickenson County Fair, Great on State, Song of the Mountains
Short Takes: Dickenson County Fair, Great on State, Song of the Mountains

A glance at weekend entertainment. This week’s free music download: The Grateful Dead.

REVIEW: ‘This is Not the South’ Hints at Faulkner, Woody Allen
REVIEW: ‘This is Not the South’ Hints at Faulkner, Woody Allen

Let me be clear from the get-go: I am not an expert on film, arty or otherwise. But I am a Southerner and, I like to think, a somewhat dispassion-ate observer of the human scene, at least in my rather confused and confusing part of the old Confederacy.

Local Film Being Screened in Abingdon
Local Film Being Screened in Abingdon

A new locally produced film addresses the reality of life in Southwest Virginia. The film, called “This is Not the South,” focuses on the lives of three young Bristol, Va., residents as they interact with their community and each other.


July 30, 2009

elecTriCity and Empire Calendars Offer Entertainment Choices

Region offers a variety of entertainment.

Keeping On The ‘Carter’ Side
Keeping On The ‘Carter’ Side

Annual Carter Family Memorial Festival To Feature Music, Food, Crafts, More


July 23, 2009

Entertainment Listing Offers Things to Do

Empire and elecTriCity calendars offer entertainment choices.

A Mighty Led Zeppelin Tribute at O’Mainnin’s in Bristol
A Mighty Led Zeppelin Tribute at O’Mainnin’s in Bristol

Led Zeppelin recorded nine albums. They performed more than 500 concerts. And they’ve spawned more than 50 working tribute bands, more than a dozen of which are named after their song “Custard Pie.” Including Asheville, N.C.’s Custard Pie.


July 16, 2009

Area Youths Headed To White House For Music Program
Area Youths Headed To White House For Music Program

10 young musicians from this area are scheduled to attend a White House music series event Tuesday.

Fans Already Know Luke Bryan’s Songs
Fans Already Know Luke Bryan’s Songs

Country upstart wrote songs made famous by Travit Tritt, Billy Carrington.

Choose Your Entertainment with the Help of Empire, elecTriCity Calendars

Variety of entertainment events offered in the Mountain Empire.

Short Takes: A Look at Weekend Entertainment & Free MP3 Downloads
Short Takes: A Look at Weekend Entertainment & Free MP3 Downloads

Step into the ring, you bushwhacking varmint!

Border Bash: Paleface and Samantha Crain in Downtown Bristol July 17
Border Bash: Paleface and Samantha Crain in Downtown Bristol July 17

Travel 15 hours in a Buick on a weekday to play music in Cincinnati. That’s what Paleface and his drummer Monica “Mo” Samalot did on Tuesday.
“You just grin and bear it,” Paleface said by phone, five hours into their drive.
Then it’s on to Bristol on July 17 for this month’s installment of Border Bash. Newcomer Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers join Paleface on the impressive bill as two razor-edged acts that defy tidy categorization.


July 13, 2009

Rascals’ Teen Center Changes Schedule for Fun Fest

Rascals’ Teen Center has announced that they will be closed on Sat., July 18 for teens to enjoy Fun Fest events.


July 09, 2009

Submissions Being Accepted For Battle of the Bands

Submissions now being accepted for Johnson City’s Battle of the Bands.

Variety of Entertainment Offered in Region

elecTriCity and Empire calendars offer a variety of entertainment ideas.

Kat Bowser Brings Janis Joplin’s Songs to Life
Kat Bowser Brings Janis Joplin’s Songs to Life

If sandpaper and soul met a rose and birthed a child, that child would probably sound something like Janis Joplin.

The Buspit: New Chapter in the Life of the Old Kingsport Bus Station
The Buspit: New Chapter in the Life of the Old Kingsport Bus Station

Seen one nightclub, seen them all. Yet no one who has seen, visited or played in Kingsport’s Buspit would say such a thing.

Short Takes: Rockin’ Country, Beach Music, Hard Rock and a Free Music Download

A glimpse at weekend entertainment.


July 05, 2009

Highland Games
Highland Games

Clans, Others Will Gather At Grandfather Mountain On July 9-12


July 02, 2009

Short Takes: Glimpse at Weekend Entertainment

Bottleneck blues-rock meets rip-roaring Appalachian bluegrass. Same city, different nights.

Amazed By Grace Opens Concert and Movie Series
Amazed By Grace Opens Concert and Movie Series

Calm resided in Cumberland Square Park on Monday. A few folks walked quietly, while some read and others merely passed right on by.
Come each Thursday evening throughout July, Cumberland Square Park will awaken with Music and Movie in the Park.

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