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Art for art’s sake

Posted by Matt Rankin
|Date: November 24, 2023
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Art for art’s sake

Knoxville-based Gezellig Records specializes in niche world music For Ben TO Smith, music is a calling. F ...

Knoxville-based Gezellig Records specializes in niche world music For Ben TO Smith, music is a calling. From his salaried position as a concert production manager for Live Nation (formerly AC Entertai ...

November 24, 2023
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KNOXVILLE’S WILLIAM WRIGHT NAMED BEST COMPOSER FOR THE SCREEN AT SCREEN MUSIC PROGRAM 2021

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: September 22, 2021
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KNOXVILLE’S WILLIAM WRIGHT NAMED BEST COMPOSER FOR THE SCREEN AT SCREEN MUSIC PROGRAM 2021

Wright's rescore of The Swim Lesson from Moonlight selected from talented field PAVIA, ITALY – Knoxville ...

Wright's rescore of The Swim Lesson from Moonlight selected from talented field PAVIA, ITALY – Knoxville composer William Wright was honored Sunday, July 31st as the Best Composer for the Screen and w ...

September 22, 2021
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Wil Wright Seemingly Can Do No Wrong

Posted by Lee Zimmerman
|Date: December 20, 2019
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Wil Wright Seemingly Can Do No Wrong

Knoxville musician, composer and creative conduit finds success in varied ventures It’s all too easy to c ...

Knoxville musician, composer and creative conduit finds success in varied ventures It’s all too easy to call Wil Wright a genius or a Renaissance man, and yet those labels have become so clichéd that ...

December 20, 2019
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LiL iFFy plans on full-court press for the first time in almost four years

Posted by Steve Wildsmith
|Date: August 11, 2019
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LiL iFFy plans on full-court press for the first time in almost four years

by Steve Wildsmith There’s a box of magic stowed away in a corner of Wil Wright’s home studio. Affectiona ...

by Steve Wildsmith There’s a box of magic stowed away in a corner of Wil Wright’s home studio. Affectionately dubbed “Weird World,” it’s a room full of artifacts and furniture he’s collected on his tr ...

August 11, 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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Wil Wright passes his screen test

Posted by Wayne Bledsoe
|Date: July 22, 2018
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Wil Wright passes his screen test

Knoxville pop performer comes full-circle as Scruffy City Film Festival composer-in-residence Wil Wright ...

Knoxville pop performer comes full-circle as Scruffy City Film Festival composer-in-residence Wil Wright hasn’t given up on pop/rock music with his shift to film and classical composition, but it is f ...

July 22, 2018
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The Vol Monitor – Episode 3

Posted by Wil Wright
|Date: September 30, 2017
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The Vol Monitor – Episode 3

The sports boys get very worried about Butch's health, the dark clouds gathering around the Vols and doom ...

The sports boys get very worried about Butch's health, the dark clouds gathering around the Vols and doom at the hands of Georgia. Also, Josh works on his southpaw and Dr. Fallon debuts The Betting Du ...

September 30, 2017
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THAT JUST HAPPENED: Vols empty stadium, but survive Umass

Posted by Wil Wright
|Date: September 23, 2017
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THAT JUST HAPPENED: Vols empty stadium, but survive Umass

Whatever you’re feeling is OK. You might be feeling that big schools sleepwalk between big games and get ...

Whatever you’re feeling is OK. You might be feeling that big schools sleepwalk between big games and get nearly upended by cupcakes every year. You’re right, they do. You might be feeling like there’s ...

September 23, 2017
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DOWN AND DISTANCE: I don’t want no minute maaaaaaaaan.

Posted by Wil Wright
|Date: September 21, 2017
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DOWN AND DISTANCE: I don’t want no minute maaaaaaaaan.

Wounds are licked, bandages are clean, focus is shifted to the future: the Swamp is behind Tennessee and ...

Wounds are licked, bandages are clean, focus is shifted to the future: the Swamp is behind Tennessee and the University of Massachusetts is on the way to a face-off with the Vols this Saturday at noon ...

September 21, 2017
| by Wil Wright

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The Vol Monitor 002: Tremendous Balance

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|Date: September 20, 2017
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The Vol Monitor 002: Tremendous Balance

The Florida Blues, the betting lab, Wil's honeymoon and several ill advised phone calls. Guest host Gray ...

The Florida Blues, the betting lab, Wil's honeymoon and several ill advised phone calls. Guest host Gray Comer helps Josh Manis and Zac Fallon cope with a wasted effort against pure evil. ...

September 20, 2017
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The Reel Deal: It

Posted by Wil Wright
|Date: September 08, 2017
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The Reel Deal: It

A common tale: When I was a kid, the TV mini-series of Stephen King’s IT, starring Tim Curry as a child-e ...

A common tale: When I was a kid, the TV mini-series of Stephen King’s IT, starring Tim Curry as a child-eating clown named Pennywise, messed me up for life. It took me YEARS before I could shower with ...

September 08, 2017
| by Wil Wright

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Audio Visual Solutions opens professional rehearsal space

Posted by Wil Wright
|Date: September 08, 2017
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Audio Visual Solutions opens professional rehearsal space

Longtime Knox audio techs create welcome haven for local bands If you have been in a band at any point, y ...

Longtime Knox audio techs create welcome haven for local bands If you have been in a band at any point, you have faced the struggles of where to rehearse. Historically, your options within the Knoxvil ...

September 08, 2017
| by Wil Wright

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Peak Physique inks management deal, announces new album

Posted by Rusty Odom
|Date: March 03, 2017
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Peak Physique inks management deal, announces new album

2017 is off to a bang for Gezellig Records artist Peak Physique, who today announced that they have signe ...

2017 is off to a bang for Gezellig Records artist Peak Physique, who today announced that they have signed a management deal, will release a new album April 7, and have launched a Patreon site to give ...

March 03, 2017
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