Tonic Sol Fa’s Christmas tradition
Remember high school? For many of us, it was a time for bad skin, Drakkar Noir and a capella groups like The Nylons and Rockapella. Once we graduated and set [...]
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Posted December 18, 2013in The Sound
Posted December 11, 2013in The Sound
The long road and a wide net
Sick Puppies are out touring in support of its latest album, “Connect.” It’s a project that the band found itself taking a long and winding road to complete. “We wrote [...]
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Posted December 04, 2013in The Sound
An Inglish lesson
We’ll just get this out of the way at the front: Chuck Inglish used to be one of The Cool Kids. Everyone’s love of a good pun properly sated, it’s [...]
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Posted November 27, 2013in The Sound
Good ol’ Boys
This has been a year of celebration for the Oak Ridge Boys. One of country music’s most venerable acts, this marks its 40th anniversary with the same lineup. “Like most [...]
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Posted November 20, 2013in The Sound
Useful Jenkins on ‘the family’ of jam
Even if you’re not a fan of jam bands, it’s difficult to not be drawn in by the mentality. The idea of a group of people getting together (maybe getting [...]
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Posted November 13, 2013in The Sound
Inside Jahred’s Hed
Nobody knows quite what to do with Hed PE. That’s partly because of the band’s sound, which redefines the word “eclectic.” “When people come to a Hed PE show, they [...]
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Posted November 06, 2013in The Sound
The truth about Pink
Whenever I see Pink, it reminds me of how much people like to hate Taylor Swift. Pink (or P!NK, if you’re nasty) and Swift have both made pretty decent livings [...]
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Posted October 30, 2013in The Sound
Steve Vai: guitar’s mad genius
The phrase “make it talk” was seemingly coined with Steve Vai in mind. Forged in the fires of Joe Satriani’s tutelage, shaped by the mind of Frank Zappa, Vai is [...]
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Posted October 23, 2013in The Sound
Luck, hard work and the power of “Pray”
Nashville-based three-piece Sweetwater Rain came about through a combination of luck and attrition. “We had done different projects under the same management,” said guitarist Fred Stallcup in a phone interview. [...]
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Posted October 16, 2013in The Sound
Water Liars grinds out its sound on third album
Water Liars is a band just like thousands around the country. Formed as a two-piece in 2011, the group has a couple of albums under its belt with a third [...]
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