Female Vocalist, Summer CD Release: Part Local folk singer Kellin Watson recently posted a MySpace blog about the recording of her new, still-untitled album at the über-fancy Echo Mountain Studio. Evidently, Watson remains the darling of the local folk-music scene. You see, although she’d like to work full time on the album, she keeps getting […]

Buried Pictures Digs Up Another Film In spite of what local filmmakers want you to think, the history of locally created cinema is haphazard at best. We’re a town that likes to support the artist’s dream, even if said artists seem to lack a little on the follow-through. For instance, all three of Xpress’ 2006 […]

When Eric San crosses the American border from his native Canada—something he’s done a lot in recent years—he’s often asked about his profession. It’s an easy question, a giveaway meant to warm up to more pressing concerns—the tender matter of concealed weapons or drugs, for example. If a mosquito can play jazz clarinet, why can’t […]

It Takes More Muscles (But Less Money) To Frown Twelve years ago, in the wake of Jerry Garcia’s death, a group of music lovers threw a small festival—a party, really—at a Piedmont-area campground. It was a humble event, with only three bands and an $8 admission fee to help cover expenses. And yet, something about […]

Class Of Slam ‘Em High There was a time, not all that long ago, when the idea of putting competitive performance poetry into the mainstream culture would have seemed absurd. Sure, there were those weird poetry nerds and their “slams”—but at least it was a fringe-culture thing, swept underground by the very nerdiness of it […]