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CD Reviews: Jamie Lidell, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra lead photo

CD Reviews: Jamie Lidell, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

Wednesday, February 27 12:17 p.m.
Every time I’m just about ready to throw my hands up in disgust over the state of modern music, an artist comes along that...

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro returns to the Lowcountry powered by a new CD lead photo

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro returns to the Lowcountry powered by a new CD

| Wednesday, February 27 12:12 p.m.
Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro has been plucking and strumming since he was 4.

Songs at the Oscars talked about for reasons good and bad lead photo

Songs at the Oscars talked about for reasons good and bad

| Wednesday, February 20 3:47 p.m.
At last year’s Academy Awards, the two Oscar-nominated songs got short shrift: They weren’t even performed on the...

Music Scene: Afroman, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Larry Keel and Jenny Keel Duo lead photo

Music Scene: Afroman, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Larry Keel and Jenny Keel Duo

| Wednesday, February 20 3:54 p.m.
You might remember Afroman from his Grammy-nominated hit “Because I Got High,” the cautionary tale of excessive pot...

CD reivews: Sol Driven Train, Eels, Chris Leigh and The Broken Hearts lead photo

CD reivews: Sol Driven Train, Eels, Chris Leigh and The Broken Hearts

Wednesday, February 20 3:54 p.m.
Among the many Charleston bands that can make an honest living playing their own work, Sol Driven Train seems to be one of...

Local singer Elise Testone embraces independence after ‘American Idol’ lead photo

Local singer Elise Testone embraces independence after ‘American Idol’

| Wednesday, February 13 2:07 p.m.
The last time Charleston-based vocalist and songwriter Elise Testone performed a major concert in town, it was as part of the...

Acclaimed Broadway musical ‘Les Miserables’ arrives in North Charleston hot on Hollywood’s heels lead photo

Acclaimed Broadway musical ‘Les Miserables’ arrives in North Charleston hot on Hollywood’s heels

| Wednesday, February 13 2:04 p.m.
Were Victor Hugo still alive today, one can only hope he’d be proud.

CD reviews: Megan Jean and the KFB, Richard Thompson, Jim James lead photo

CD reviews: Megan Jean and the KFB, Richard Thompson, Jim James

Wednesday, February 13 2:06 p.m.
Ever since migrating from New York to the Lowcountry a few years back, Megan Jean and her husband, Byrne Klay, have slowly built...

Music Scene: Winter Masquerade Ball, Two Man Gentlemen Band, Cosmic Charlie lead photo

Music Scene: Winter Masquerade Ball, Two Man Gentlemen Band, Cosmic Charlie

| Wednesday, February 13 2:06 p.m.
The Music Farm and Confidential Bass Affair will host a barrage of electronic artists Saturday night, with Eliot Lipp from Pretty...

CBS wants Grammy stars to come out, but not too much lead photo

CBS wants Grammy stars to come out, but not too much

| Friday, February 08 12:01 a.m.
NEW YORK — CBS is asking stars not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards.

Music Scene: Citizen Cope, Man Man lead photo

Music Scene: Citizen Cope, Man Man

| Wednesday, February 06 4:16 p.m.
Although Clarence Greenwood had been writing and performing his music as a solo artist since the early ’90s, it...

CD reviews: Lisa Loeb, Skinny Molly, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble lead photo

CD reviews: Lisa Loeb, Skinny Molly, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Wednesday, February 06 4:16 p.m.
Remember Lisa Loeb?

Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum rebuilds the band from the ground up, finds inspiration in New Orleans lead photo

Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum rebuilds the band from the ground up, finds inspiration in New Orleans

| Wednesday, February 06 4:15 p.m.
Veteran songwriter Dave Pirner is a rock ’n’ roll survivor.

Music Scene: A Silent Film, Holy City Pop, Matt Pond lead photo

Music Scene: A Silent Film, Holy City Pop, Matt Pond

| Wednesday, January 30 4:40 p.m.
For the past seven years, Oxford, England’s indie-rock quartet A Silent Film has been proving itself as a band with a new...

CD reviews: Aaron Neville, Adam Ant, Bad Religion lead photo

CD reviews: Aaron Neville, Adam Ant, Bad Religion

Wednesday, January 30 4:39 p.m.
There are some singers who have voices that can be identified after just a few lyrics.

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