If you want instant access to something that will get goose bumps going, then do a search on YouTube for Mike Farris’ cover of “Green, Green Grass Of Home” during the Porter Wagoner tribute at last year’s Americana Music Conference. That one performance, captured in perpetuity on the web, seems to have attracted more attention [...]

Just down the street from the Village Playhouse is a local restaurant known for its flavored chicken wings. That eatery’s radio commercial uses a modified version of the tune “Wild Thing” to advertise its goods. One has to wonder what Chip Taylor, who wrote that rock classic, would think of his material being used to [...]

When Paul Westerberg dashed out onto the stage at the Music Farm and ignited a lighter fluid-soaked green polyester jacket like some sort of freakish tribute to Hendrix at Monterey, it marked the end of one truly bizarre night of music and mayhem. It was Westerberg’s first visit to Charleston since the cross-country trek in [...]

It was a simple matter for Susan Cowsill and her band to make the transition from the dinner table to the stage for their performance at this cozy restaurant and bar, which sits in the shadow of the U.S. Customs House just off Charleson’s historic market. The Vintage had cleared all but one table out [...]