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The Reel Deal — ‘It: Welcome to Derry’

Posted by Wil Wright
|Date: December 15, 2025
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The Reel Deal — ‘It: Welcome to Derry’

By William Wright The Deal: “IT: Welcome to Derry” expands the mythology of Stephen King’s most iconic ni ...

By William Wright The Deal: “IT: Welcome to Derry” expands the mythology of Stephen King’s most iconic nightmare haven, stepping back one cycle of fear to 1962, before the Losers Club ever formed. The ...

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

Posted by Ken Lay
|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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The Clash knocks it out of the park opening for The Who

Posted by BLANK
|Date: September 30, 2025
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The Clash knocks it out of the park opening for The Who

Shea Stadium concert captures punk legends at their best By Ken Lay When U2’s The Edge inducted The Clash ...

Shea Stadium concert captures punk legends at their best By Ken Lay When U2’s The Edge inducted The Clash into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, he said that the band made the only music that mattered ...

September 30, 2025
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Jimi Hendrix leads all-star jam on ‘Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead’

Posted by Ken Lay
|Date: January 22, 2022
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Jimi Hendrix leads all-star jam on ‘Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead’

Guitar virtuoso played 1968 set with Jim Morrison, Johnny Winter and Buddy Miles Despite having a career ...

Guitar virtuoso played 1968 set with Jim Morrison, Johnny Winter and Buddy Miles Despite having a career cut short by his untimely death in 1970, Jimi Hendrix remains one of rock ‘n’ roll’s finest gui ...

January 22, 2022
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Fine Young Cannibals’ debut shows promise

Posted by Ken Lay
|Date: January 22, 2022
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Fine Young Cannibals’ debut shows promise

Group blends Motown sound with ska on first LP In 1985, the Fine Young Cannibals emerged with a sound tha ...

Group blends Motown sound with ska on first LP In 1985, the Fine Young Cannibals emerged with a sound that blended soul and ska, the result of which was a charming self-titled debut album. The trio of ...

January 22, 2022
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Lost Classics: Concert compilation album captures guitarist Jimi Hendrix at his best

Posted by Ken Lay
|Date: December 22, 2021
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Lost Classics: Concert compilation album captures guitarist Jimi Hendrix at his best

Guitar virtuoso’s best work highlighted on The Jimi Hendrix Concerts Throughout his brief career, rock an ...

Guitar virtuoso’s best work highlighted on The Jimi Hendrix Concerts Throughout his brief career, rock and blues guitar virtuoso Jimi Hendrix played some classic live shows and composed some of the be ...

December 22, 2021
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Railbird’s Stellar Music (In Spite of Some Challenges)

Posted by Bill Foster
|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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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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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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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
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Australian for ‘rock’

Posted by John Flannagan
|Date: July 12, 2018
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Australian for ‘rock’

Melbourne band brings thunder from Down Under to sold-out Asheville crowd By John Flannagan • Photos by B ...

Melbourne band brings thunder from Down Under to sold-out Asheville crowd By John Flannagan • Photos by Blake Huettel To say Australian psych outfit King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is the hardest ...

July 12, 2018
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Album review: Adeem the Artist, The Owl EP

Posted by Luke Brogden
|Date: May 20, 2017
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Album review: Adeem the Artist, The Owl EP

Fiery local folkster explores struggles of youth on first of Birds EP series If there is one defining art ...

Fiery local folkster explores struggles of youth on first of Birds EP series If there is one defining artistic characteristic of explosive local folk songwriter Adeem the Artist, it's a willingness to ...

May 20, 2017
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Rhythm and Blooms explodes with energy in day two

Posted by BLANK
|Date: April 09, 2017
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Rhythm and Blooms explodes with energy in day two

by Tanner Rutherford, Alec Cunningham, John Flannagan and Rusty Odom There's something rewarding about se ...

by Tanner Rutherford, Alec Cunningham, John Flannagan and Rusty Odom There's something rewarding about seeing a band of gypsy punks performing on a stage under a bridge in downtown Knoxville. Knoxvill ...

April 09, 2017
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Film Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Inherent Vice”

Posted by Andy Vinson
|Date: January 18, 2015
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Film Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Inherent Vice”

Five minutes into Inherent Vice, a haggard Joaquin Phoenix sits fixed with a dazzling glare shifting betw ...

Five minutes into Inherent Vice, a haggard Joaquin Phoenix sits fixed with a dazzling glare shifting between his ex girl-friend’s staggeringly mundane beauty and the hair-brained plot she’s sweetly re ...

January 18, 2015
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The Reel Deal : Whiplash

Posted by Andy Vinson
|Date: December 22, 2014
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The Reel Deal : Whiplash

Musical forces violently collide in a spectacular display of ambition and aggression in Chazelle’s “Whipl ...

Musical forces violently collide in a spectacular display of ambition and aggression in Chazelle’s “Whiplash” Think back to that first week of middle school; clarinet, saxophone, or drum sticks clutch ...

December 22, 2014
| by Andy Vinson

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