The Voice of September
When Bold Life last checked in with Aoife Clancy, just before St. Patrick’s Day, the internationally known Irish songstress was a brand-new resident of…
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Allargando Like That
When most kids his age were asking for BB guns or skateboards, Keith Lockhart pined for piano lessons. And as a high-school freshman in…
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Two for Two Thousand
Folk stars Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are best known for their brooding songs of murder, lust, longing, and things-gone-poetically-wrong. But a joyful collective…
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Gillian Welch Takes Her Own Sweet Time
Gillian Welch doesn’t hurry. Revival, her first disc, dropped 20 years ago. Between that day and today, we’ve experienced three polarizing presidents, 9/11 and…
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Round Again: Vinyl Night
Video games, fancy phones, Pokémon Go — all of these innovations tend to impart irritation into the generation gap. But where technology fails to…
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Now Hear This
The 2016 version of The Broadcast boasts a new rhythm section (drummer Jaze Uries and bassist E’Lon Jordan-Dunlap joining percussionist Tyler Householder) as well…
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Nature, Nurture, and Particle Accelerator
Composer, pianist, percussionist, and beatmaker — Mason Bates doesn’t let his prominence in the world of orchestral music keep him from DJ-ing a set…
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Brevard Does Blues
Brevard Music Festival is diversifying more swiftly than a chameleon in a rainforest — witness its 80th-anniversary spectacular starring contempo-Christian crossover star Amy Grant,…
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Charleston Six-Piece Makes Rare Small Club Stop
It’s been a 16-year ride for Sol Driven Train, and guitarist/vocalist Joel Timmons is thankful but not altogether surprised about the Charleston band’s staying…
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Nothing Without Nikki
Nikki Hill didn’t know if she believed her husband, guitarist Matt Hill, when he touted her potential as a singer. “I thought he was…
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