Anthony Hamilton: Based on a True Story
Charlotte native Anthony Hamilton’s debut album went platinum, but he hasn’t changed much since he was a singing barber
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This Guy Plays Rock and Roll
David Childers sweats. Now here’s where a writer could get melodramatic or metaphorical or hyperbolic and write that he sweats the sweat of rock and roll or some other crap like that because, really, isn’t most writing about music like…
Before Elvis Was King
On a tour of the Southeast with Mother Maybelle Carter and folks from the Grand Ole Opry, Presley played four shows at the Carolina, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Tickets were eighty-five cents for adults and fifty cents for kids. The…
Band of Brothers
A lot of ink and a few too many thesauri have been used trying to describe the music made by the Avett Brothers. Some of the attempts are interesting, some are close to accurate, and some are downright ridiculous. Of…
Catawba River Rising
"HEY!" "THE RIVER IS NOT A TRASH CAN!" Catawba Riverkeeper Donna Lisenby's voice booms, echoing off the underside of Lake Wylie's Buster Boyd Bridge. She's yet to see the culprit, the person responsible for dirt and debris sprinkling into the…
How 'Big Cat' Made the Team
Johnny Unitas had given Baltimore the title, and nothing could be bigger than the NFL championship. But what about the follow-up season in 1959? The city of Baltimore was intoxicated by a yearlong celebration, but could Unitas and the Colts…
Not Just Barbecue
Bill Spoon is selling more than chopped pork at his restaurant—he’s selling a recipe for Southern romanticism that’s increasingly hard to find
