Black Friday has become synonymous with selling, spending, shopping, and extravagance – BIG Son and The Brothers Gillespie are hoping they can also bring good music to mind when the term is used. This Friday night, once all the turkey and gravy is gone, the two bands will take the stage at Capone’s in downtown… View Article
This Saturday at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert of old time music by the Whitetop Mountain Band. Whitetop Mountain Band is a family-based band from the highest mountains of Virginia. Whitetop is an area rich in old time music tradition, and this band has deep roots in… View Article
Many pianists only dream of performing in one of New York City’s famed concert halls. But for three Kingsport teens, that dream is becoming a reality. Last month, Dobyns-Bennett High School student Emily Cai and homeschooled student Evan Dickson traveled to the Big Apple to perform solo pieces at Steinway Hall. And in just a… View Article
The concept of “No Assembly Required,” the International Storytelling Center’s holiday-themed variety show, began as an in-joke or a promise, depending on who you ask. In-jokes are common with the stars of the show, the Uncalled for Trio. This is the the stage name that storytellers Kim Weitkamp, Bil Lepp, and Andy Offutt Irwin use… View Article
Although the whole Dobyns-Bennett High School marching band isn’t going to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, as it has on five occasions, D-B competitive marching band flute player Lilly McCloud is. McCloud, a junior, left Saturday morning for New York to practice for the Macy’s Great American marching band. The parade will… View Article