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Trio of local songwriters show out with new projects

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Blank’s February Knoxville Music Calendar – 2026 February

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‘Europe ‘72’ documents Grateful Dead’s first tour of the continent

‘Blount County Live’ pursues local musical mission

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‘Europe ‘72’ documents Grateful Dead’s first tour of the continent

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‘Europe ‘72’ documents Grateful Dead’s first tour of the continent

Live triple album is essential listening for both fans, new acolytes Writer’s note: Rock lost a legendary ...

Live triple album is essential listening for both fans, new acolytes Writer’s note: Rock lost a legendary artist and performer on Jan. 10 when Bob Weir, guitarist, songwriter and founding member of th ...

February 16, 2026
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‘Blount County Live’ pursues local musical mission

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‘Blount County Live’ pursues local musical mission

New podcast features conversation, interviews, performances While Knoxville generally gets all the attent ...

New podcast features conversation, interviews, performances While Knoxville generally gets all the attention in terms of music, musicians and musical events, Blount County can hold its own with regard ...

February 16, 2026
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Trio of local songwriters show out with new projects

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|Date: February 16, 2026
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Trio of local songwriters show out with new projects

By Luke Brogden Highway Love: Maggie Tharp captures the sound of the road on new release As of late, ther ...

By Luke Brogden Highway Love: Maggie Tharp captures the sound of the road on new release As of late, there’s been a sensational uptick – a wave of sorts – in powerful female songwriters helming killer ...

February 16, 2026
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Blank’s February Knoxville Music Calendar – 2026 February

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Blank’s February Knoxville Music Calendar – 2026 February

Art By Jon Eaton Feb 1st NETTIE AND THE DELTA BOY at Barley’s Feb 2nd Out Series: Improvised music sets ...

Art By Jon Eaton Feb 1st NETTIE AND THE DELTA BOY at Barley’s Feb 2nd Out Series: Improvised music sets at Pilot Light Abby Elmore Band at Preservation Pub MIGHTY MUSICAL MONDAY at TN Theatre Feb 3r ...

February 10, 2026
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Waynestock 2026 to benefit Centro Hispano

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|Date: January 23, 2026
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Waynestock 2026 to benefit Centro Hispano

Long-running local music lovefest adds Knox-based community nonprofit as 2026 beneficiary By Steve Wildsm ...

Long-running local music lovefest adds Knox-based community nonprofit as 2026 beneficiary By Steve Wildsmith For more than a decade, Waynestock: For the Love of Drew has had a singular mission: to off ...

January 23, 2026
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Blank’s Knoxville Music Calendar Dec 16th – Jan 18th

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Blank’s Knoxville Music Calendar Dec 16th – Jan 18th

Art By Jon Eaton Dec 16th Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle at Jig and Reel KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: A SWI ...

Art By Jon Eaton Dec 16th Old Time Jam with Sarah Pirkle at Jig and Reel KNOXVILLE JAZZ ORCHESTRA: A SWINGIN’ CHRISTMAS WITH SIMON MOULLIER at TN THEATRE Dec 18th LATRICE ROYALE W/ MERCEDES ALEXANDE ...

January 01, 2026
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Lost Classic – ‘Tunnel of Love’

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|Date: December 21, 2025
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Lost Classic – ‘Tunnel of Love’

Springsteen tones things down on ‘Tunnel of Love’ By Ken Lay By the end of 1985, Bruce Springsteen was on ...

Springsteen tones things down on ‘Tunnel of Love’ By Ken Lay By the end of 1985, Bruce Springsteen was on top of the rock ‘n’ roll world. He had scored a multiplatinum album with “Born in the U.S.A., ...

December 21, 2025
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Lee Zimmerman’s November Indie Exploration

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|Date: December 21, 2025
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Lee Zimmerman’s November Indie Exploration

A recent recap of under-the-radar releases By Lee Zimmerman Bill Mallonee – “Trailways” An Americana orig ...

A recent recap of under-the-radar releases By Lee Zimmerman Bill Mallonee – “Trailways” An Americana original, the onetime leader of essential ensemble Vigilantes of Love has been creating earnest roo ...

December 21, 2025
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Mr. Mack: 865 Forever

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|Date: December 20, 2025
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Mr. Mack: 865 Forever

Two decades after ‘Where You From’ put East Tennessee on the hip-hop map, Mr Mack is still building a cul ...

Two decades after ‘Where You From’ put East Tennessee on the hip-hop map, Mr Mack is still building a culture ... and doing it his way By Steve Wildsmith It’s a rainy, gray, late-November Friday morni ...

December 20, 2025
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Film soundtrack captures classic live performances by The Beatles

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|Date: December 15, 2025
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Film soundtrack captures classic live performances by The Beatles

‘Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years’ features Fab Four at their best By Ken Lay The decade of the 1960 ...

‘Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years’ features Fab Four at their best By Ken Lay The decade of the 1960s brought music fans far too many iconic bands and works to even begin to mention in such a bri ...

December 15, 2025
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It’s elemental – Hip-hop favorite J. Bu$h explores his own ‘Heartland’ with ‘Tanasi’

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|Date: December 12, 2025
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It’s elemental – Hip-hop favorite J. Bu$h explores his own ‘Heartland’ with ‘Tanasi’

Anybody who knows Jarius Bush knows he's a guy with a big heart and a brain full of big ideas. Per ...

Anybody who knows Jarius Bush knows he's a guy with a big heart and a brain full of big ideas. Performing and recording as J.Bu$h, he's a bright light in the regional hip-hop/rap scene. A membe ...

December 12, 2025
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BLANK’s Knoxville Music Calendar Nov. 20-Dec. 20

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|Date: November 26, 2025
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BLANK’s Knoxville Music Calendar Nov. 20-Dec. 20

Nov 20th Killers of Kill Tony at Civis Auditorium Dustin Lynch & Scotty McCreery: Two for the Road ...

Nov 20th Killers of Kill Tony at Civis Auditorium Dustin Lynch & Scotty McCreery: Two for the Road at Civic Coliseum Irish Session with Chad Beauchaine and Gil Draper at Jig and Reel Randall Ki ...

November 26, 2025
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Springsteen biopic, ‘Nebraska’ box set released on same day

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|Date: November 20, 2025
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Springsteen biopic, ‘Nebraska’ box set released on same day

Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska,” released in 1982, was one of the greatest left turns in the history of mo ...

Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska,” released in 1982, was one of the greatest left turns in the history of modern music – and perhaps in all of art. This month, we see both a movie about it, “Springsteen: ...

November 20, 2025
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Gift Ideas From the Past

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|Date: November 20, 2025
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Gift Ideas From the Past

Box sets, releases and archival offerings As the year draws to a close, it’s naturally a time to l ...

Box sets, releases and archival offerings As the year draws to a close, it’s naturally a time to look back. In what we call the music biz these days, there seems to be a continuing trend of rem ...

November 20, 2025
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The Reel Deal: ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’

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|Date: November 01, 2025
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The Reel Deal: ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere’

Springsteen biopic, ‘Nebraska’ box set released on same day By Bill Foster Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska, ...

Springsteen biopic, ‘Nebraska’ box set released on same day By Bill Foster Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska,” released in 1982, was one of the greatest left turns in the history of modern music – and per ...

November 01, 2025
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