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Homebound: Matt Rankin
Books, video games and lots of music to sustain you in these trying times BLANK editor Matt Rankin at Abridged Beer Co. in the “before times.” Photo by Bill Foster. Editor’s note: In the aftermath of...
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The sounds of silence – The Concourse seeks to hold on until the music can...
The Concourse, located in Knoxville’s Warehouse District, sits empty amid the coronavirus shutdown • Photo by Christopher Frith As 2020 dawned, Jay Harris started to think that The Concourse just might...
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Lesser Babka one of the greater things to emerge from quarantine
Emily Williams’ babka business booms Photo courtesy of Lesser Babka’s Instagram page Though the COVID-19 pandemic caused a lot of us to press pause on life this year, some folks have used the...
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Staying in tune with Christmas
Tracing my love of the holiday and its music to my roots Jennifer Duncan-Rankin (center, back) and a few of her cousins wave to the camera. I originally had planned to compose a quick list of what are,...
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Smokin’ Dave and the Premo Dopes cruise into year 40 on that ‘Historic...
‘Please save me from a boring life’ Dave Nichols (from left), Todd Steed and Dug Meech • Photos by George Middlebrooks It’s been three decades since Todd Steed was a regular rocker along Cumberland...
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Cruz Contreras kicks off the Mill and Mine’s new season
Words and Photos: Bill Foster In an important step towards a post pandemic world, the Mill and Mine kicked off its spring concert series Friday night with a show by Cruz Contreras of the Black...
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Redd Daugherty and Will Ross look to winning the future
The race is on Redd and Will – submitted photo Sometimes to win the race, you have to get hurt a little. Singer-songwriter/guitarist Christina “Redd” Daugherty and bassist Will Ross sit laughing in the...
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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, first at a little bar in Norfolk, VA, in 1988 or so and then when she opened a benefit at the...
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Local talent to be on full display at Second Bell
Previewing Knoxville artists performing at festival Aug. 27-28 Promoting local music has long been a cornerstone of BLANK Newspaper, from our robust, year-round coverage of local music and regional...
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Railbird Recovers on Day Two
Words and Photos by Bill Foster Well, folks, let’s get the business out of the way first: I am happy to report that the second day of Railbird Festival in Lexington, Kentucky, was a vast improvement...
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