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CD reviews: Snoop Lion, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Phoenix lead photo

CD reviews: Snoop Lion, Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Phoenix

Wednesday, May 01 2:54 p.m.
There was, understandably, a lot of skepticism when rapper Snoop Dogg announced after a trip to Jamaica that he would from then...

Music Scene: Tech N9ne, J. Roddy Walston and the Business lead photo

Music Scene: Tech N9ne, J. Roddy Walston and the Business

| Wednesday, May 01 2:53 p.m.
Aaron Dontez Yates, stage name Tech N9ne, began his rap career in his native Kansas City, Mo., as a youth to help him with his...

98 RockFest brings eight bands to the Ladson fairgrounds lead photo

98 RockFest brings eight bands to the Ladson fairgrounds

| Wednesday, April 24 1:46 p.m.
As the operations manager and an afternoon jock at local radio station 98 Rock, Matthew Potter has been celebrating the heavier...

CD reviews: The Flaming Lips, Steve Earle & The Dukes (And Duchesses), Dawes lead photo

CD reviews: The Flaming Lips, Steve Earle & The Dukes (And Duchesses), Dawes

Wednesday, April 24 1:46 p.m.
For the past decade or so, The Flaming Lips have earned a reputation as a dynamic live band.

Music Scene: Bobby Bare Jr., The Besnard Lakes lead photo

Music Scene: Bobby Bare Jr., The Besnard Lakes

| Wednesday, April 24 1:46 p.m.
Bobby Bare Jr., son of the ’70s-era country star of the same name, first made his musical debut in 1999 with his band Bare...

B.B. King and his legacy: Local musicians reflect on how ‘The King of the Blues’ shaped their playing style ahead of North Charleston show lead photo

B.B. King and his legacy: Local musicians reflect on how ‘The King of the Blues’ shaped their playing style ahead of North Charleston show

| Thursday, April 18 12:01 a.m.
Blues guitar legend B.B. King didn’t have Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan to listen to while he developed...

Shooter Jennings emerges from dad Waylon Jennings’ shadow as a songwriter lead photo

Shooter Jennings emerges from dad Waylon Jennings’ shadow as a songwriter

| Wednesday, April 17 2:16 p.m.
Singer/guitarist Shooter Jennings (born Waylon Albright Jennings) was a 25-year-old rookie songwriter when he started working on...

Music Scene: Water Liars, The Polish Ambassador, Aer lead photo

Music Scene: Water Liars, The Polish Ambassador, Aer

| Wednesday, April 17 2:13 p.m.
Less than two years ago, Justin Kinkel-Schuster played a few rough-draft versions of songs he had written for friend and fellow...

CD reviews: Brad Paisley, Paul Anka, Willie Nelson and Family lead photo

CD reviews: Brad Paisley, Paul Anka, Willie Nelson and Family

Wednesday, April 17 2:13 p.m.
Anyone unfamiliar with the music of modern country music star Brad Paisley might easily lump him in with any of the other...

Music Scene: Turf War, Hackensaw Boys, They Might Be Giants lead photo

Music Scene: Turf War, Hackensaw Boys, They Might Be Giants

| Wednesday, April 10 12:38 p.m.
It’s been a while since a band like Turf War came along.

CD reviews: The Strokes, Terrell Bowers, “The Music is You: A Tribute to John Denver” lead photo

CD reviews: The Strokes, Terrell Bowers, “The Music is You: A Tribute to John Denver”

Wednesday, April 10 12:37 p.m.
A few years back, the band OK Go, which up until then had released a couple of great rock ’n’ roll albums, put out...

Elise Testone to open and close the Cooper River Bridge Run lead photo

Elise Testone to open and close the Cooper River Bridge Run

| Wednesday, April 03 1:41 p.m.
Charleston-based singer/songwriter Elise Testone — a longtime local musician who reached the final rounds of Season 11...

Cajun queens: ‘Women of the Swamp’ to emerge for the 22nd annual Lowcountry Cajun Festival lead photo

Cajun queens: ‘Women of the Swamp’ to emerge for the 22nd annual Lowcountry Cajun Festival

| Wednesday, April 03 1:41 p.m.
Why would Charleston host a Cajun festival? After all, it’s a culture that’s based 800 miles away in the heart of...

CD reviews: The Black Crowes, Depeche Mode, Lil’ Wayne lead photo

CD reviews: The Black Crowes, Depeche Mode, Lil’ Wayne

Wednesday, April 03 1:41 p.m.
Now that the band once again has emerged from yet another hiatus, The Black Crowes are poised to reclaim the rock...

Music Scene: Robotic Pirate Monkey, Umphrey’s McGee, Ben Rector lead photo

Music Scene: Robotic Pirate Monkey, Umphrey’s McGee, Ben Rector

| Wednesday, April 03 1:40 p.m.
Formed by three friends and fellow Colorado-based DJs — Matt Flesher, Andrew Hathaway and Matt Berryhill — Robotic...

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