Creative musings about music, booze, culture, food and festivals.
The 32nd annual Carolina Blues Festival, the longest-running blues festival in the Southeast U.S., will host international, national, regional, and local blues acts for a...
By John Trump Crown Royal Blenders’ Mash won’t disappoint aficionados of Canadian whisky. It’s bright and clean and a little sweet, with only a negligible...
I have no idea how the North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival, which combines two of my favorite things, hasn’t hit my radar until now. Maybe...
By Lisa Snedeker Wolf Hills Brewing Co. has announced its Fourth Annual The Howling Craft Beer and Music Festival is set for June 1-2,...
By John Trump An empty seat behind the driver on a large, luxury tour bus, usually reserved for a tour guide. Think about that bus...
Highland Brewing Co, has teamed up with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats to create a signature beer, Half Yüszch, for the band’s sold out...
Coffee and a short glass of a complex brown spirit. Rum maybe? Maybe a cigar, somewhere along the way. Combinations of coffee and liquor are...
By Lisa Snedeker If MerleFest has a house band, it’s Scythian. The band, which blasts folk mixed with Celtic rock and Irish ballads, is composed of a group of...
By John Trump The good people at MerleFest on a Sunday night some years ago released a piece about the North Carolina festival, which ended...
It’s Shakori Season again and the Spring Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance is set for Thursday, May 3, through Sunday, May 6, 2018, in...