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27 Dec 2006

The female Dale Watson: As country goes, that's a pretty ringing endorsement, but it makes country singer Elizabeth Cook a bit nervous.
By Grant Britt | 27 Dec 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

13 Dec 2006

Mitch Kashmar is one of the California disciples who soaked up the sound and the soul of Chicago and Mississippi and Cali-customized it.
By Grant Britt | 13 Dec 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

6 Dec 2006

Our reviewers sum up the not-so-local scenes
By Fred Mills, John Schacht and Grant Britt | 6 Dec 2006 (Music: The Year in Music)
Here's something you don't expect to hear often from a Creole cowboy at 7 a.m., moments before he heads out to his day job tending cattle on his ranch in Eunice, La.: "I'm not really a hip-hop dude at all."
By Grant Britt | 6 Dec 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

29 Nov 2006

"My sister nicknamed me Halloween. It turns out it was a good nickname," says Wendy Shadburn, better known in these parts as Taz Halloween.
By Grant Britt | 29 Nov 2006 (Music: Feature)
Ever wonder why, when the flying saucers touch down, they always land in a rural area? What's with the anal fixation? Do extraterrestrials really think that posterior probing is a suitable welcome?
By Grant Britt | 29 Nov 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

8 Nov 2006

"Don't think I've been here before, have I?" Richard Thompson, alone onstage for this tour, asked a near capacity crowd for his debut at Greensboro's Carolina Theatre.
By Grant Britt | 8 Nov 2006 (Music: Live Review)

1 Nov 2006

The Derailers vocalist Brian Hofeldt once described his band's sound as a mix of Buck Owens and the Beatles. But, since cofounder and former vocalist Tony Villanueva left two years ago, the sound has changed slightly.
By Grant Britt | 1 Nov 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

25 Oct 2006

Incorporating her love for Chicago blues harp with raw, gritty, Haggard-like lyrics, Collins' sound mixes hardcore honky-tonk and blues-tinged rock.
By Grant Britt | 25 Oct 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

18 Oct 2006

The Roc  
"Hey, what's up?" says the familiar voice at the other end of the Yep Roc Records hotline in Haw River. "This is Chuck D, Public Enemy No. 1."
By Grant Britt | 18 Oct 2006 (Music: Feature)
When you talk to Wayne "The Train" Hancock about his music, you'd better get it right.
By Grant Britt | 18 Oct 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

11 Oct 2006

The Fabulous Thunderbirds are still cruising—musically and literally.
By Grant Britt | 11 Oct 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

4 Oct 2006

The Rolling Stones are always labeled as the best rock ’n’ roll band in the world. But there was another English band that should have held that title.
By Grant Britt | 4 Oct 2006 (Music: Feature)
He was the small face peering out from behind the B-3. But as the keyboardist for the Small Faces and the Faces, Ian McLagan made some big noise.
By Grant Britt | 4 Oct 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

27 Sep 2006

Hip hop and fishing: Not the most ordinary analogy partners, certainly.
By Grant Britt | 27 Sep 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

20 Sep 2006

Mixing ska, politics and punk, the Beat fired up disgruntled youths on both sides of the Atlantic ready to dance to a revolution, and they're ready to do it again.
By Grant Britt | 20 Sep 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)
If you think that Don Ho is the voice of Hawaii, Keola Beamer has something to say: "It's like me watching a Tarzan movie and thinking I'm hearing African music," Beamer says of the Hollywood stereotype applied to Hawaiian music.
By Grant Britt | 20 Sep 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)

6 Sep 2006

Don Dixon is a take-charge guy. When he discovers his publicists have not responded to a writer's pleas for help, he takes care of the problem.
By Grant Britt | 6 Sep 2006 (Music: Feature)
Lonnie Brooks wrote a song last night. But that doesn't mean he's willing to share it just yet.
By Grant Britt | 6 Sep 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)
"I would like to be recognized as one of the greatest guitar players ever to hit the stage."
By Grant Britt | 6 Sep 2006 (Ye Olde Archives: Spotlight)
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