By Dariel Bendin
It’s amazing that one guy could make such a difference in the lives of so many. But in the days since Myrtle Beach music icon Jeff Roberts passed away, the outpouring of grief and gratitude throughout his circle of friends and his burgeoning music community has taken on a life of its own.
Musician [...]
By Michelle Cantey
On Saturday, September 12, Freestyle Music Park will host the special ticketed event Grand Strand Freedom Festival, organized by Business Owners Organized to Support Tourism (BOOST).
The daylong festival at Freestyle Music Park will feature a pre-tour concert by country music superstar LeAnn Rimes on Saturday night at Freestyle Music Park. Additional entertainment will [...]
Briefs / Calendar of Events / Entertainment / Late Breaking / Nightlife/Entertainment / Social Events / South Carolina Events / Special Announcements / charity / myrtle beach
July 21, 2009 0X-mas in July is a fundraising event for Toys for Kids in Horry County. The event is sponsored by ABATE of Horry County, and is being held at Donny’s Saloon, formerly known as the Steelhorse Saloon on 3rd Avenue in Myrtle Beach. Starting at 4 p.m., the event will include food, live music and [...]
By Dariel Bendin
Sweet Explosion: Greenville, S.C.’s Chocolate Thunder
Linda Rodney, better known to her fans as Chocolate Thunder, is a powerhouse and her latest recording is sure to satisfy your craving for tasty grooves and funk-laced R&B.
Ear Candy, released on June 25, is a sensory explosion of musical morsels. All 12 tracks were written by Rodney [...]
Calendar of Events / Coast Cover Feature / Conway / Entertainment / Featured Story / Happenings / Social Events / South Carolina Events / myrtle beach
June 19, 2009 2By Dariel Bendin
This year the historic town of Conway, S.C. gives a whole new name to its former Around the Fourth Celebration. Riverfest 2009 takes place on June 27, from 3 to 11 p.m. along the city’s stretch of the beautiful Waccamaw River.
The Festival will feature country music along with beach and boogie. There will [...]
Calendar of Events / Coast Cover Feature / Entertainment / Featured Story / Social Events / South Carolina Events
May 8, 2009 0By Dariel Bendin
For these two days in May, the Little River, S.C. waterfront is the place to be for sweet, succulent mouth-watering steamed and fried blue crabs; the best in local and regional live music and dancing; family-friendly food vendors that include seafood, hot dogs, sausages, ice cream, funnel cakes, etc.; kids’ activities; souvenirs; T- [...]
The Snake Charmers
Been Gone Too Long (2008)
www.snakecharmers.com
Label: Skunk Eye Records
Genre: Blues
The Snake Charmers have been mesmerizing the larger-than-life city of Houston since 2002, when husband and wife team, Marie Angell and Will Blumentritt, formed their own band “to play what we like and like what we play.” Been Gone So Long is the eclectic group’s [...]
Beach Newz / Calendar of Events / Music / Nightlife/Entertainment / house of blues / north myrtle beach
March 26, 2009 1By Brian M. Howle
For anyone growing up - or just having the good fortune to live along the Carolina coast - over the past 40-plus years, there is an indelible impression that has been made upon their psyche that stirs up the sweetest and longest-lasting of great memories. Those in our region call it Beach [...]
Blackberry Smoke
Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime (2004)
www.blackberrysmoke.com
Genre: Southern Rock/Rock
Atlanta has been the breeding ground for many a fine band, oh these many years - and this most recent incarnation is certainly no exception to that precedent. Not your average four-piece band, Blackberry Smoke fill the musical spectrum by weaving masterful works that lodge themselves inside [...]
This ole country boy from Abbott, Tex. has more talent in his little pinkie than most of us can even dream about. So, even though he was too busy to talk to me and even though his peeps wouldn’t authorize any great performance shots to share with you, and even though the current bio they [...]
Artist: Daddy
Info: www.myspace.com/daddytheband
Album: Daddy At the Women’s Club (2005)
Label: Cedar Creek Music
Genre: Indie/Roots Rock
Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack, who are the backbone of Daddy, may be flying under the radar of the mainstream public, but alternative and roots fans know them well. Kimbrough was the 2005 American Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year. Womack has [...]
If you only remember four words of this column, they should be Don’t Miss Randall Bramblett!
South By Southeast, the innovative nonprofit supporter of independent music is beginning their 2009 season with a bang. The group, in conjunction with New South Brewery, is bringing back the high octane Randall Bramblett Band for their third appearance at [...]
