I Was Inspired By Caroline Herring Tonight

I had forgotten how great Caroline Herring is.  I was reminded tonight.
I had a plan to start the evening.  The basketball Rebels were playing West Virginia and the game started at 8:00.  Caroline started at 8:30 at Larry’s.  My plan was to catch the first half of the game (my first foray to the Tad [...]

Oxford Music Snob from The Local Voice #67

This column originally appeared in The Local Voice #67 (November 13, 2008 ).
Looking back on the last two weeks…
Bluegrass was the theme for the past two weeks. The Del McCoury Band at The Lyric was a show and a night I’ll remember for quite some time. Del has one of those voices, one so great [...]

Oxford Music Snob from The Local Voice #66

This column originally appeared in The Local Voice #66 (October 30, 2008 ).
Looking back on the last two weeks…
The Felice Brothers show at Proud Larry’s on October 15 was everything I expected and more. I would drive a couple hours any day of the week to go see those guys. Such great energy (my neck [...]

Oxford Music Snob from The Local Voice #65

This column originally appeared in The Local Voice #65 (October 16, 2008 ).
Looking back on the last two weeks…
We dealt with our post-debate hangover in Oxford with some great music for the past couple weeks. The Kudzu Kings in Taylor, Rebirth Brass Band at The Lyric, and Emmitt-Nershi Band at Proud Larry’s were all top-notch [...]

Oxford Music Festival Was One Hell of a Party

Anyone who knows me knows that the inaugural Oxford Music Festival was pretty much my definition of heaven.  Twenty-two Oxford Bands of all shapes and sizes took the stage over the course of twenty-eight hours.  The decision to move the festival to The Lyric at the beginning of the week because of the coming Gustav [...]

Oxford Music Snob from The Local Voice

This column originally appeared in The Local Voice #60 (August 7, 2008 ).
Looking back on the last two weeks…
The show that stands out in my mind as I think back on the past couple weeks of music is the Tyler Keith & The Preacher’s Kids reunion show at Two Stick. It was the first show [...]

The Local Voice 60 Is Out Now

The Local Voice Number 60August 7-21, 2008
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Some Oxford Band discussion going on…

Some lively discussion going on at the Oxford Bands page…

johnny, on July 12th, 2008 at 2:47 am Said:
after listening to some of the great oxford musicians ive heard and seen since ive lived here, 2 years in august, ive compiled a list of my personal favorites:1.Cary Hudson (oxford’s best songwriter)2.Bill Perry (oxford’s most exciting musician)3.Tom [...]

Oxford Music Snob from The Local Voice

This column originally appeared in The Local Voice #58 (July 10, 2008 ).
Looking back on the last two weeks…
Wow. I’m in a bit of a “music overload” state after the past couple weeks. I saw The Hemptones’ second show and was once again blown away. Jeff Callaway on the trombone is a good way to [...]

The Local Voice 58 Is Out Now

The Local Voice Number 58July 10-24, 2008
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The Local Voice #56 Is Out Now

The Local Voice Number 56June 12-26, 2008
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The Local Voice #54 Is Out Now

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Video of the Day: The Lee Boys with Dante Harmon

The Lee Boys will be at Proud Larry’s Thursday night.

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I caught the last hour of J. Roddy Walston & the Business at Parrish’s last night.  Those [...]

The Local Voice #53 is out now! Its the 2nd Anniversary Issue y’all!

The Local Voice Number 53 May 1-15, 2008 Read at Maximum Volume Download and Read: www.thelocalvoice.net/LocalVoice-PDFs/TLV-53-web.pdf
The Second Anniversary Issue!