Topic A (Tyler Boone's new release, upcoming gig, and marketing scheme) + Topic B (Will local King City Records rule our airways?) = The Big Question: What does it take for a local band to make it?
Don't like metal music? Neither do I, but don't let that stop you from seeing the hit musical (and highly irreverent) Rock of Ages at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center tonight
... And as good as ever. The trio stopped by the North Charleston PAC on Wednesday, sharing songs from their new album, beloved 90's hits, and some top-notch entertainment
Adding childcare rooms to bars, drug insanity, whether I’m the creepy old guy at the end of the bar, YES you can buy me a beer, and a dozen other sleep-deprived musings
Sifting through a box, I ran across a Dixie Chicks CD. The angst and separation of war seeped through its case, the controversy, the shouting...After this 9/11 anniversary, are we on the mend?
The Upper King eatery hosts a bash for Palmetto Medical Initiative, one of Charleston magazine's Top 5 Nonprofits in the Lowcountry—great beer, cheese, and fried okra all around
Think politics are a pain in the ass now? This post was proof positive it's a volatile issue no matter the candidates OR supporters, just as it was for these 70s-era six-year-olds
I headed out to the Billy Reid store event for food, music, and of course, fashion! Also on hand was Rogue Wave Surf Shop's Rhett Boyd Jr. I've got photos and the inside scoop
Years after a heated schoolyard Ford/Carter debate, and days after swearing off political bickering on Facebook, I'm free to focus on what really matters—like the new A Fragile Tomorrow CD
Here's what Julia Child said to me at a food and wine festival (circa late 1980s) about how to go about becoming a food writer, and a peek at the famed French kitchens of Le Cordon Bleu
After months of bouncing ideas between Charleston and New York, local songwriter Lindsay Holler and NYC's Michael Hanf bring their inimitable brand of music to the local stage
There's a worldwide fashion event going on next week and Charleston has its own small version of it...Here's my plea for us to step up and make it bigger
We had a mountain of outstanding blogs this week, and maybe that's one reason the Grit team is in the mood to let our hair down. Have some fun. Laugh hard. Play harder. Rock a tutu.
When Nick Collins III of Fowler's Mustache picks up his guitar again, it's going to be different than any single moment that came before it in Charleston music
Should you play at a big-name, cavernous venue like this if you can't draw the crowd, or are you better off at the Tin Roof with a couple dozen devoted fans? Here's what happened (and my answer)...
Sara Vaughan, Miles Davis, and Enya keep my pooch Pansy from pacing during summer thunderstorms. Could music be just as effective for your nervous system?
Fleetwood Mac's 62-year-old Lindsey Buckingham gave an energetic and passionate solo performance at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center last Saturday, taking me back to my rock roots
