Author: Devin Grant
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #75 May-June 2008
Mark Bryan – End Of The Front
Mark Bryan is no Darius Rucker, which is perfectly fine. Unlike his Hootie & the Blowfish bandmate, Bryan’s singing voice is less resonant, and yet it works for the guy. There’s an easygoing quality that is more “let’s jam in my garage” than “hey, I’m a rock star.” On End Of The Front, Bryan’s second [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #74 March-April 2008
Mike Farris – Listening Room (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
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 [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #71 Sep-Oct 2007
Jennie Arnau – Mt. Pleasant
Although she lives in New York City now, Jennie Arnau grew up in South Carolina. Listening to her new album, the title of which refers to the coastal town where Arnau used to vacation, one is reminded of the old adage about being able to take the girl out of the country but not the [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #62 Mar-Apr 2006
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez – Village Playhouse (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
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 [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #62 Mar-Apr 2006
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones – The Hidden Land
Classifying the music of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones has always made for some interesting arguments. The band features a banjo, so it must be country, or is it folk? But hold the phone, the tempo and structure of many of Fleck’s songs lend credibility to those who contend this is a jazz quartet. Ask [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #58 July-Aug 2005
Paul Westerberg – Music Farm (Charleston, SC)
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 [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #55 Jan-Feb 2005
Susan Cowsill – Vintage Wine Bar (Charleston, SC)
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 [...]
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