Strut roadblocks continue to mount
What a mess. No one has asked my opinion, and I don't blame anyone for that, but it sure seems to me like the wisest thing to do would be to mothball this year's Bessie Smith Strut and try again next year.
Phillips: Things to remember while hanging up your 2012 calendar
As we all unwrap our Kitten-a-Day 2012 calendars in preparation for replacing the 2011 ones, it’s apropos to ruminate a bit on what’s happened over the last 12 months.
Courter: City Beat - The best and the not-so-great Christmas music
I like Christmas music and honestly have no problem listening to bad Christmas music ... once.
Phillips: Why bands shine brighter during holidays
Maybe I have too much junk cluttering up my apartment, but as I've grown older, the holidays have become less and less about "What am I going to get?" and more about "Who am I going to get to see?"
In Tune: Counting the days until the return of MainX24
Seeing as how this is Black Friday, most of you are either sleeping off a food coma or affixing spikes to your elbow pads, the better to lay claim to the choicest shopping deals.
Phillips: Celebrating Halloween with pain, not candy
How much would you pay to watch a stranger stick his hand in a metal animal trap? How about hammer a nail into something with his forehead? Let someone walk on his back while lying on shards of broken glass?
Phillips: Helping a music-lover-in-training take first steps
Just before his tragic death at the hands of a carjacker in the first issue of "Spider-Man," Ben Parker, tells his nephew, Peter, that "With great power comes great responsibility."
Phillips: Musicians represent America at Belgian conference
I pointed out in my column last week that a Belgian invented the saxophone, an instrument that has made countless contributions to American music.
Phillips: Sweet dreams of cloudy days ahead
For the most part, I consider myself a well-grounded person, but lately, I’m often finding myself with my head in the clouds.
Phillips: Some songs deserve a good cover
Cover band. Those two words are often enough, on their own, to cause a music snob to turn up his nose and rush off to type scathing entries in a (probably unread) music blog.
Phillips: Sewing up the patches as the smoke clears
Riverbend is over. There are plenty of signs this is incontrovertibly true. The sudden disappearance of chicken-on-a-stick vendors, for instance, or the fact that the fireworks and music ended days ago.
Phillips: The steps to earning your Riverbend merit badge
I’ve discovered there’s a certain sense of smirking superiority that comes with experiencing Riverbend multiple times.
Phillips: Proper preparation prevents festival pitfalls
Well, the countdown is at zero hour, folks. Riverbend is here, and for the next nine days, more than 100 bands will monopolize downtown like a sumo wrestler at a Golden Corral.
Two Tennessee festivals celebrating anniversaries
Coincidentally, Riverbend and the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival are celebrating anniversaries this year.
Ruing missing out on the ’Roo (well, sort of)
Every year as the summer festival season approaches, I’m inevitably asked, “Are you going to attend/cover Bonnaroo?” Actually, most people don’t ask so much as take it as a foregone conclusion.
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