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Connor Kelly and the Time Warp return to Knoxville for Barley’s appearance

Posted by Luke Brogden
|Date: April 20, 2023
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Connor Kelly and the Time Warp return to Knoxville for Barley’s appearance

Friday's homecoming set culminates tour that included West Coast swing When BLANK catches up with Connor ...

Friday's homecoming set culminates tour that included West Coast swing When BLANK catches up with Connor Kelly and the Time Warp in advance of their homecoming show at Barley’s (10 p.m., April 21), th ...

April 20, 2023
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Melissa Etheridge Ignites Tennessee Theater

Posted by BLANK
|Date: August 23, 2021
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Melissa Etheridge Ignites Tennessee Theater

Words and photography by Bill Foster Melissa Etheridge is the first musician I ever took a picture of, fi ...

Words and photography by Bill Foster Melissa Etheridge is the first musician I ever took a picture of, first at a little bar in Norfolk, VA, in 1988 or so and then when she opened a benefit at the Sco ...

August 23, 2021
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Good Look’n rock ‘n’ roll: Night one of Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson

Posted by Bill Foster
|Date: February 26, 2020
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Good Look’n rock ‘n’ roll: Night one of Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson

Two of Kentucky's best musical exports performed at Knoxville Civic Coliseum on Tuesday Words and ...

Two of Kentucky's best musical exports performed at Knoxville Civic Coliseum on Tuesday Words and photos by Bill Foster On paper, a pairing of Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson sounds like a ...

February 26, 2020
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Notaroo: Exit 111 Finds its Way

Posted by BLANK
|Date: October 15, 2019
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Notaroo: Exit 111 Finds its Way

Words by Bill Foster, Jerry Hilsinger and Mack Rains. All Photos by Bill Foster “Slayer,” the shout rang ...

Words by Bill Foster, Jerry Hilsinger and Mack Rains. All Photos by Bill Foster “Slayer,” the shout rang out randomly across a field. “Yeah! F@#$% Slayer,” comes the response from three different dire ...

October 15, 2019
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And Now For Something Completely Different – A look back at day one of Exit 111

Posted by Bill Foster
|Date: October 12, 2019
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And Now For Something Completely Different – A look back at day one of Exit 111

Words by Bill Foster, Jerry Hilsinger and Mack Rains. All pics by Bill Foster Accompanied by seasoned met ...

Words by Bill Foster, Jerry Hilsinger and Mack Rains. All pics by Bill Foster Accompanied by seasoned metal heads Jerry Hilsinger and Mack Rains, I set off Friday for my first metal festival ever. I’v ...

October 12, 2019
| by Bill Foster

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Railbird Hits the Trifecta

Posted by BLANK
|Date: August 13, 2019
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Railbird Hits the Trifecta

Words and photos by Bill Foster With only a few minor hiccups, the inaugural Railbird Festival held at Ke ...

Words and photos by Bill Foster With only a few minor hiccups, the inaugural Railbird Festival held at Keeneland Racing Track in Lexington, KY, was a resounding success. With a mid-sized (15-20 thousa ...

August 13, 2019
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Day 1 of FloydFest offers sanctuary, blissful tunes in mountain setting

Posted by Bill Foster
|Date: July 27, 2019
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Day 1 of FloydFest offers sanctuary, blissful tunes in mountain setting

Brandi Carlile, Phil Lesh highlight first day in Virginia Article and Photos by Bill Foster In the world ...

Brandi Carlile, Phil Lesh highlight first day in Virginia Article and Photos by Bill Foster In the world of festivals, FloydFest occupies a unique niche. Not as jammy as Lockn’ but crunchier than Bonn ...

July 27, 2019
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FloydFest 19 preview: Across the Way Productions hits home run with Grammy-heavy lineup

Posted by John Flannagan
|Date: July 25, 2019
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FloydFest 19 preview: Across the Way Productions hits home run with Grammy-heavy lineup

Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Fantastic Negrito, Phil Lesh and The String Cheese Incident top star-stu ...

Brandi Carlile, Kacey Musgraves, Fantastic Negrito, Phil Lesh and The String Cheese Incident top star-studded bill for 18th installment of the fest By John Flannagan At this point in FloydFest’s 18-ye ...

July 25, 2019
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Charting a course: Day 2 at Forecastle 2019

Posted by Matt Rankin
|Date: July 18, 2019
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Charting a course: Day 2 at Forecastle 2019

Audiences treated to heaping second helping of musical goodness at Louisville's Waterfront Park By Bill F ...

Audiences treated to heaping second helping of musical goodness at Louisville's Waterfront Park By Bill Foster and Matt Rankin • All Photos by Bill Foster unless otherwise noted What on paper and at f ...

July 18, 2019
| by Matt Rankin

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Setting sail: Day 1 of Forecastle 2019

Posted by Matt Rankin
|Date: July 14, 2019
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Setting sail: Day 1 of Forecastle 2019

Louisville fest makes strong first impression on opening day By Bill Foster and Matt Rankin • All ...

Louisville fest makes strong first impression on opening day By Bill Foster and Matt Rankin • All photos by Bill Foster To be honest, the announcement of the lineup for the 2019 iteratio ...

July 14, 2019
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McCartney delivers smiles along with the hits

Posted by BLANK
|Date: June 18, 2019
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McCartney delivers smiles along with the hits

Beatles great shows no signs of slowing down at Rupp concert By John Flannagan LEXINGTON, Ky. — Very few ...

Beatles great shows no signs of slowing down at Rupp concert By John Flannagan LEXINGTON, Ky. — Very few artists today can play an awe-inspiring set that clocks in at nearly three hours, but that’s pr ...

June 18, 2019
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John Vanderslice returns with new album

Posted by Luke Brogden
|Date: May 02, 2019
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John Vanderslice returns with new album

Venerated artist plays the Pilot Light in support of ‘The Cedars’ on Saturday, May 4 By Luke Brogden On S ...

Venerated artist plays the Pilot Light in support of ‘The Cedars’ on Saturday, May 4 By Luke Brogden On Saturday, May 4, local indie-rock fans have a chance to catch one of the genre’s most critically ...

May 02, 2019
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Katie Toupin doing things her way

Posted by John Flannagan
|Date: October 07, 2018
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Katie Toupin doing things her way

Former Houndmouth vocalist embraces being CEO of her own music By John Flannagan It is often said that fu ...

Former Houndmouth vocalist embraces being CEO of her own music By John Flannagan It is often said that fulfilling the American dream means owning one’s own business. While being one’s own boss and not ...

October 07, 2018
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Review: FloydFest 18

Posted by John Flannagan
|Date: August 27, 2018
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Review: FloydFest 18

How BLANK explored its “Wild” side on two days of the five-day event in the pristine Blue Ridge Mountains ...

How BLANK explored its “Wild” side on two days of the five-day event in the pristine Blue Ridge Mountains By John Flannagan When first approached to cover FloydFest last year, I have to admit to havin ...

August 27, 2018
| by John Flannagan

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Review: Kurt Vile & The Violators with Dylan Carlson, 7/15/18

Posted by John Flannagan
|Date: July 21, 2018
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Review: Kurt Vile & The Violators with Dylan Carlson, 7/15/18

Fresh from Forecastle appearance, Vile and company bring A-game to Mill & Mine By John Flannagan Prio ...

Fresh from Forecastle appearance, Vile and company bring A-game to Mill & Mine By John Flannagan Prior to Kurt Vile and his band The Violators taking to the stage at the Mill & Mine in downtow ...

July 21, 2018
| by John Flannagan

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