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CD reviews: The Flaming Lips, Steve Earle & The Dukes (And Duchesses), Dawes

Wednesday, April 24 1:46 p.m.
For the past decade or so, The Flaming Lips have earned a reputation as a dynamic live band.

Music Scene: Bobby Bare Jr., The Besnard Lakes

By Matthew Godbey | Wednesday, April 24 1:46 p.m.
Bobby Bare Jr., son of the ’70s-era country star of the same name, first made his musical debut in 1999 with his band Bare...

B.B. King and his legacy: Local musicians reflect on how ‘The King of the Blues’ shaped their playing style ahead of North Charleston show

By Stratton Lawrence | Thursday, April 18 12:01 a.m.
Blues guitar legend B.B. King didn’t have Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan to listen to while he developed...

Shooter Jennings emerges from dad Waylon Jennings’ shadow as a songwriter

By Ballard Lesemann | Wednesday, April 17 2:16 p.m.
Singer/guitarist Shooter Jennings (born Waylon Albright Jennings) was a 25-year-old rookie songwriter when he started working on...

Music Scene: Water Liars, The Polish Ambassador, Aer

By Matthew Godbey | Wednesday, April 17 2:13 p.m.
Less than two years ago, Justin Kinkel-Schuster played a few rough-draft versions of songs he had written for friend and fellow...

CD reviews: Brad Paisley, Paul Anka, Willie Nelson and Family

Wednesday, April 17 2:13 p.m.
Anyone unfamiliar with the music of modern country music star Brad Paisley might easily lump him in with any of the other...

Music Scene: Turf War, Hackensaw Boys, They Might Be Giants

By Matthew Godbey | Wednesday, April 10 12:38 p.m.
It’s been a while since a band like Turf War came along.

CD reviews: The Strokes, Terrell Bowers, “The Music is You: A Tribute to John Denver”

Wednesday, April 10 12:37 p.m.
A few years back, the band OK Go, which up until then had released a couple of great rock ’n’ roll albums, put out...

Elise Testone to open and close the Cooper River Bridge Run

By Ballard Lesemann | Wednesday, April 03 1:41 p.m.
Charleston-based singer/songwriter Elise Testone — a longtime local musician who reached the final rounds of Season 11...

Cajun queens: ‘Women of the Swamp’ to emerge for the 22nd annual Lowcountry Cajun Festival

By Stratton Lawrence | Wednesday, April 03 1:41 p.m.
Why would Charleston host a Cajun festival? After all, it’s a culture that’s based 800 miles away in the heart of...

CD reviews: The Black Crowes, Depeche Mode, Lil’ Wayne

Wednesday, April 03 1:41 p.m.
Now that the band once again has emerged from yet another hiatus, The Black Crowes are poised to reclaim the rock...

Music Scene: Robotic Pirate Monkey, Umphrey’s McGee, Ben Rector

By Matthew Godbey | Wednesday, April 03 1:40 p.m.
Formed by three friends and fellow Colorado-based DJs — Matt Flesher, Andrew Hathaway and Matt Berryhill — Robotic...

‘Live at the Charleston Music Hall’: Sam Bush, Edwin McCain to perform in historic theater for new TV pilot

By Stratton Lawrence | Wednesday, March 27 2:30 p.m.
When the doors of the Charleston Music Hall swing open at 7 p.m. Saturday, Mark Bryan hopes that history will be made.

CD reviews: ‘The Walking Dead Original Soundtrack Vol. 1,’ Kacey Musgraves, ‘Love for Levon’

Wednesday, March 27 2:03 p.m.
When cable channel AMC introduced the original series “The Walking Dead” a couple of years ago, no one could have...

Music Scene: Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown, Tribal Seeds, Joy Kills Sorrow

By Matthew Godbey | Wednesday, March 27 2:03 p.m.
They used to call him a phenomenon, a prodigious guitar talent the likes of which are only slightly less rare than those young...