By Daniel Coston For over ten years, Charlotte’s own Babyshaker has brought together a mix of pop, punk and glam that is always a fun and loud good time. Now, the four members of Babyshaker (vocalist Scott Weaver, guitarist Dudley Collins, bassist Corrie Throckmorton, and drummer Scott McCannell) have released Legendary, the debut album (yes, … Continue reading
By Carl Fulmer On a hot spring night in 1986, I saw The Tubes at the Charlotte bar called Kidnappers and they blew me away. My friends and fraternity brothers witnessed me slinging my head forward and backward as I stood in front of the stage being sweated on by lead singer Fee Waybill. From … Continue reading
By Daniel Coston While many bands can be somewhat categorized by mentions of three or four other bands, Charlotte’s own Hectagons need more than a couple of paragraphs. Metal, math rock, funk, free jazz, and whatever else strikes them on a given night is all part of their unpredictable sound. Guitarist Buck Boswell, bassist Korey … Continue reading
By Jerry Kirk “I Awoke and Yet Continued to Dream” – Max Beckmann “NoDa” is a place. Just two miles outside of the uptown area, it is located on the north side of Charlotte along the North Davidson Street corridor. Its exact location used to be easier to pinpoint: North Davidson Street between 34th … Continue reading
It’s June 14, 2003, one month after the passing of June Carter. In previous years, June and Johnny Cash had often visited the Carter Family home of Hiltons, VA, hidden deep within the Virginia mountains. June’s cousins, Janette and Joe Carter (children of A.P. and Sara Carter, of the original Carter Family) had built the … Continue reading