Is This Thing On?
Fans of mock-rock masters, Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass), know to what extremes the storied open mike night can be satirized, maligned and affectionately ridiculed.
Taking Myrtlestock
First Woodstock, then Woodstock II, then Waynestock, and then came last year's inaugural Myrtlestock. Back for round two, the second annual music festival, billed as Myrtlestock 2009, is a multistage, multi-venue, multi-day event (Friday and Saturday) featuring 37 acts including bands, soloists, duos and a few...
Lorissa chapa defies stereotypes
It's been said that to make it in the music business the cosmos must be in perfect harmony and an assemblage of traits must be evident in the would-be pop star: talent and ambition, intelligence and humility, youth and maturity, good looks and accessibility, and perhaps most importantly, timing and dumb luck.
silenced goes silent after halloween gig
Jeremy Dunham has been performing a lot lately - though less with the band with which he's most usually associated. The graphic design artist/singer/songwriter/guitarist has made his mark on the Myrtle Beach music scene for the better part of a decade, primarily with his long-running hard rock band, Silenced.
music for memories
Every spring and fall many of the Grand Strand's numerous non-profit and charitable organizations plan their biggest fundraising events and compete for busy weekends to help replenish stretched-thin balance sheets. This fall is no exception and there's a new kid on the crowded block.
from the bar to the stage
On stage at the Dead Dog Saloon in Murrells Inlet, Nick Andolora looks a bit like a young Dr. Evil with an acoustic guitar - a clean-shaven head, a little unsure of himself, but still in charge of his own destiny.
beatlemania lives on at hot fish club
There's no question about John Gilbert's enthusiasm for Liverpool's (some say the world's) greatest band ever - The Beatles. Gilbert has played the Paul McCartney role in the Beatles' tribute act Abbey Road for 26 years - that's nearly three times longer than The Beatles managed to keep it together.
Folk art and blues battle for your attention
Folk art and blues go hand-in-hand like ... dark beer and German oompah-pah music, or French impressionism and red wine. OK, not my best analogies ever, but you get the idea. Combining the House of Blues' long-running Folk Art Festival (this year with more than 40 artists) with a Battle of the Blues contest, featuring 30 or so local and...
Octopus Jones Loses An Arm
Superswamp Guitar Hero is No. 1 Shredder
the piano man's path ahead
Veteran Grand Strand theater pianist Rocky Fretz looks a bit like Ted Nugent in tails, but plays inspired jazz, classical, show tunes, rock 'n' roll and contemporary ambient new age originals like the experienced showman he is. His skill in both composing and performing has helped him...
Can You Handle the Truth?
boys from brutalsville bring ill will
The Carolinas' self-proclaimed "bad-will ambassadors," ANTiSEEN, will perform its brand of pissed-off hard rock at The Basement (819 Main Street) in Myrtle Beach on Friday night. Jeff Clayton is the barb-wired-wrapped-baseball-bat-toting lead singer, songwriter and...
Parrot Heads Spread Their Wings
get your drink! on at former gypsy's
At least two of the friendly faces that greeted customers at the Clubhouse Myrtle Beach (closed this spring) will again promote nightlife, food and live music at the site of another past downtown Myrtle Beach hot spot, the once very popular Gypsy's. Kris Amendola, ex-bartender at the...
Pre-Owned's Hiatus Show