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Steve Wildsmith: Watching BLANK come into its own

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|Date: September 30, 2025
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Steve Wildsmith: Watching BLANK come into its own

From the margins to the main stage, BLANK is Knoxville’s biggest cheerleader By Steve Wildsmith I met Rus ...

From the margins to the main stage, BLANK is Knoxville’s biggest cheerleader By Steve Wildsmith I met Rusty Odom before I ever knew BLANK existed. I just had no idea he was the walking manifestation o ...

September 30, 2025
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Fifteen years of BLANK

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|Date: September 30, 2025
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Fifteen years of BLANK

Matt Rankin’s Knoxville story By Brittany Norvell Priest Fifteen years is a long time to spend in any new ...

Matt Rankin’s Knoxville story By Brittany Norvell Priest Fifteen years is a long time to spend in any newsroom, especially one as scrappy and personality-driven as BLANK’s. For editor Matt Rankin, th ...

September 30, 2025
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Inauspicious beginnings

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|Date: September 30, 2025
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Inauspicious beginnings

Press passes, promoters and learning the game By Eric Dawson I first wrote for BLANK back in 2013. I was ...

Press passes, promoters and learning the game By Eric Dawson I first wrote for BLANK back in 2013. I was in grad school at UT at the time and freelance-writing for Metro Pulse and a few other places. ...

September 30, 2025
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Saturday review: Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

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|Date: September 20, 2023
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Saturday review: Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

Music, food, shopping, more make 22nd edition of Tennessee/Virginia festival a destination event (Editor' ...

Music, food, shopping, more make 22nd edition of Tennessee/Virginia festival a destination event (Editor's note: Our team always has a wonderful time covering festivals like Bristol Rhythm & Roots ...

September 20, 2023
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Railbird Recovers on Day Two

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|Date: August 30, 2021
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Railbird Recovers on Day Two

Words and Photos by Bill Foster Well, folks, let’s get the business out of the way first: I am happy to r ...

Words and Photos by Bill Foster Well, folks, let’s get the business out of the way first: I am happy to report that the second day of Railbird Festival in Lexington, Kentucky, was a vast improvement o ...

August 30, 2021
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Railbird’s Stellar Music (In Spite of Some Challenges)

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|Date: August 29, 2021
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Railbird’s Stellar Music (In Spite of Some Challenges)

Words and Photos: Bill Foster Here at Blank, we try to focus on the positives. We know very well how diff ...

Words and Photos: Bill Foster Here at Blank, we try to focus on the positives. We know very well how difficult it is to put on a festival and how hard a festival team works to provide us with a good t ...

August 29, 2021
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Homebound: Matt Rankin

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|Date: April 16, 2020
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Homebound: Matt Rankin

Books, video games and lots of music to sustain you in these trying times Editor’s note: In the aftermath ...

Books, video games and lots of music to sustain you in these trying times Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the unfortunate yet completely understandable and responsible decision to scrap this year’s ...

April 16, 2020
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Homebound: Recommendations from the BLANK staff

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|Date: April 11, 2020
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Homebound: Recommendations from the BLANK staff

How to keep yourself and others afloat during these quarantimes Homebound: Bill Foster • Homebound: Wayne ...

How to keep yourself and others afloat during these quarantimes Homebound: Bill Foster • Homebound: Wayne Bledsoe • Homebound: Matt Miller • Homebound: Luke Brogden • Homebound: Amelia Bartlett • Home ...

April 11, 2020
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Homebound: Steve Wildsmith

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|Date: April 10, 2020
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Homebound: Steve Wildsmith

Finding solace and serenity in the majesty that is John Luther Adams Editor’s note: In the aftermath of t ...

Finding solace and serenity in the majesty that is John Luther Adams Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the unfortunate yet completely understandable and responsible decision to scrap this year’s iter ...

April 10, 2020
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Homebound: Amelia Bartlett

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|Date: April 06, 2020
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Homebound: Amelia Bartlett

Picks for COVID-19 self-quarantine (and other periods of chosen isolation) Editor’s note: In the aftermat ...

Picks for COVID-19 self-quarantine (and other periods of chosen isolation) Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the unfortunate yet completely understandable and responsible decision to scrap this year’ ...

April 06, 2020
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Homebound: Luke Brogden

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|Date: April 02, 2020
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Homebound: Luke Brogden

BLANK's music editor offers different strategies for self-isolating Editor’s note: In the aftermath of th ...

BLANK's music editor offers different strategies for self-isolating Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the unfortunate yet completely understandable and responsible decision to scrap this year’s itera ...

April 02, 2020
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Homebound: Matt Miller

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|Date: March 31, 2020
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Homebound: Matt Miller

Uplifting books, music and comedy that will put a positive spin on isolation Editor’s note: In the afterm ...

Uplifting books, music and comedy that will put a positive spin on isolation Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the unfortunate yet completely understandable and responsible decision to scrap this yea ...

March 31, 2020
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Homebound: Bill Foster

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|Date: March 26, 2020
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Homebound: Bill Foster

Recommendations from the fringe Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the unfortunate yet completely underst ...

Recommendations from the fringe Editor’s note: In the aftermath of the unfortunate yet completely understandable and responsible decision to scrap this year’s iteration of Big Ears, the BLANK staff wa ...

March 26, 2020
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Dale Mackey’s ‘Vanity Project’ extends her creative reach

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|Date: March 12, 2020
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Dale Mackey’s ‘Vanity Project’ extends her creative reach

Actor, business owner adds music to list of accomplishments with release of debut EP By Luke Brogd ...

Actor, business owner adds music to list of accomplishments with release of debut EP By Luke Brogden Dale Mackey likes attention. The local actor, owner of Dale’s Fried Pies and co-owner of The ...

March 12, 2020
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BLANK’s Best of 2019

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|Date: December 21, 2019
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BLANK’s Best of 2019

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December 21, 2019
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