The Rebirth of Cool
Local band Rhodium returns to The Garden for a series of shows this spring/summer by Miranda Steadman | Contributing Writer Last month, West Of Free Press celebrated its 20th anniversary at The Garden by Charles Towne Fermentory on Ashley River Road. Local band...
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A Look into Legend
The people who make up Charleston’s illustrious and often infamous past are not always the ones that get into history books. Take Ralph Johnson, for example, the person for whom the Veteran’s Hospital downtown is named for. Johnson was a 17-year-old African American...
The Victory Season
Author Robert Weintraub visits the Jewish Community Center this Sunday, Oct. 27 to talk about his book , The Victory Season: the End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball’s Golden Age, along with The Citadel’s associate athletic director Andy Solomon. In 1945...
Metal, Monsters, and Pumpkin Mania
Forget your run-of-the-mill costume parties and trick-or-treat parades; Monster Music is blowing them all out of the water this Saturday, Oct. 26, with their 2nd Annual Pumpkin Classic. From super secret five-hour sales to highly collectible door prizes and a globally...
Dyed in the Wool
The next time you’re zipping through West Ashley to the Northbridge or riding your bike down the Greenway, keep an eye out for a young woman gathering flowers by the side of the road. It’s most likely Kristy Bishop collecting blooms for her next art piece. Four years...
Happy Hofftoberfest
The folks over at the Tin Roof want to get in on this Oktoberfest party. But they're, of course, going to do it Tin Roof-style. Since Germans love beer, brats, and David Hasselhoff, Tin Roof is hosting its first-ever Hasselhoff Oktoberfest aka Hofftoberfest this...
Barbecue historian Visits Home Team
Lake E. High Jr., president of the South Carolina Barbeque Association will make a pit stop at Fiery Ron's Home Team BBQ from 6 to 9 p.m. this Friday, Oct. 11. High is a former stock broker-turned historian/author/BBQ enthusiast. He's the former chairman of the South...
Roots, Rock, and Blues…
Andy Coats & the Bank Walkers was formed in mid-2007, starting off as a trio, and then developing into a 4 piece powerhouse. They have an extremely broad range of influences, all of which meld together into a genre that Andy calls “R, R, and B” – Roots, Rock, and...
What’s the Frequency, West Ashley?
Walk into the offices of 827 in West Ashley’s Avondale district and you might find yourself suddenly with a cup of excellent pour-over coffee in one hand and a microphone in the other. Because if there’s anything that the enigmatic hosts of Kinetic Wi-Fi’s daytime...
The Metronome Charleston Anniversary Show
Metronome Charleston, an independent online resource providing coverage of the Lowcountry’s music scene, officially launched on Sept. 10, 2012. The goal in mind: to cover, critique, and celebrate the Charleston-area’s music scene with features, interviews, event...
Spirit of America
Eddie Bush picked up his first guitar when he was four years old and it was “love at first strum.” Mesmerized and inspired by The Beatles, Elvis, the Osmond Brothers, and Glen Campbell, Bush spent hours strumming and evenutually began to develop his natural singing...
