Listening Party: Birds on the Ground, Afromotive and Shake It Like A Caveman

Here’s the idea: Each week, we pick three local musical acts, link to a site where you can listen to their songs for free, then ask you to spend a few moments of your time to tell us what you think about them. Some may be great, others may be middling or awful — that’s for you to decide — all we ask is that you listen with an open mind.

Listening Party: Bob Burnette, Laura Michaels and Shiloh Corner Boyz

Here’s the idea: Each Wednesday, we pick three local musical acts, link to a site where you can listen to their songs for free, then ask you to spend a few moments of your time to tell us what you think about them. Some may be great, others may be middling or awful—that’s for you to decide—all we ask is that you listen with an open mind.

Culture watch

Last year, the Xpress editors decided it would be a dandy idea to create a none-too-serious column about local arts, music and culture. To their eternal regret, they placed it in my hands, virtually guaranteeing a steady stream of e-mails complaining about my dismissive tone, sarcastic comments and general reluctance to toe the party line […]

Culture watch

LaMotte Hangs Up His Guitar In local singer/songwriter circles, there are few people as well-known or well-thought-of as David LaMotte. Over the last 17 years, LaMotte has earned an enviable reputation for not only putting out an outstanding collection of work (including 10 albums, not to mention the award-winning kid’s book S.S. Bathtub), but also […]

Culture watch

Eleven years, and all he gets is a chair? When Brevard Music Center Artistic Director David Effron announced plans to retire from his post last year, it was definitely a downer. Effron had been with the BMC for 11 years — nothing to sniff at for such a demanding job — and had done much […]