“Two more accidents occurred the following week on Shanty Mountain,” writes local author Ron Rash in his latest novel, Serena (HarperCollins, 2008). “A log slipped free of the main cable line and killed a worker, and two days later the skidder’s boom swung a fifty-pound metal tong into a man’s skull.” WCU professor and author […]

Brooklyn-based trio The Mumbles shares a name with a British electro-goth group, but that’s where the similarities stop. Born by accident from 14-piece hip-hop collective Chronic Electronic Orchestra (CEO), singer-songwriter Keith Burnstein and drummer Ethan Shorter invented their uniquely vintage-y, jazzy folk sound one night when they were the only two musicians to show for […]

“You never know with a song,” muses Toby Leaman, bassist for Philadelphia-based Dr. Dog. “You could have a great song and it just might not ever work, recorded. And you could have a song that you don’t feel great about, and all of a sudden it’s just kickin’.” Who let the dog out? Philly’s Dr. […]

Wondering how to woo your sweetie? Not that flowers and candy ever grow old, but when there’s so much else to do (take a hike, learn CPR, ogle a burlesque dancer, check out the symphony, a DJ or a soul group, or just ride around on a big purple bus); why not make the whole […]

Who are The Enemy Lovers and how did they manage to pack more than 200 people into the Grey Eagle on a bitterly cold weeknight? That was probably the question of the hour among the crowd milling around the bar and standing-room-only concert hall. Even Grey Eagle co-owner Jeff Whitworth noted the Arden-based band had […]