Vincent Harris, Author at GREENVILLE JOURNAL

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Upstate Beat: Nitegazer, featuring former members of LOZ, takes flight with groove-centric debut album.

The songs are stretched out long enough so that you can kind of get into a Zen mode because it gives you so much time. We're just comfortable being in this laid-back groove; we're chillin’.”

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Upstate Beat: Little Lesley Swift leaves fiery rockabilly behind (mostly) on ‘Love Songs’

“It’s kind of dangerous to even say that you’re country, because there’s so much bad country out there,” she says.

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Let’s do it again: The Upstate Music Awards Version 2.0 are coming

Vincent Harris writes in this week's Upstate Beat about the second year of the Upstate Music Awards.

The Art Goes On: Annual Open Studios event adapts to a challenging 2020

2020 edition of Open Studios, which will feature work by 133 artists, begins on Wednesday, Nov. 7, and will run until Monday, Nov. 30

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Upstate Beat: Greenville’s Future Chord handles PR for national and international bands

"I’m pretty thorough, and I care about when I put my name on something.” - Jeremy Theall

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Hearts of Darkness: Valentine Wolfe mixes poems by Emily Dickinson with dark, gothic music on new album

Sarah Black and Braxton Ballew, the musicians behind Valentine Wolfe, have spent the last 14 years crafting their sound, an eerie, pitch-black hybrid of gothic rock, heavy metal and classical music.

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Upstate musician Lindsay Brazell launches local chapter of Nashville Songwriters Association International

“One of the goals for my chapter is to eventually start hosting our own events,” - Lindsay Brazell.

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Hearts of Gláss: Trio featuring the son of WYFF’s Carol Clarke releases long-awaited new album

"We wanted to do something different, we wanted to make a great record, and we were pretty conscious of not wanting to limit ourselves.”

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Upstate Beat: Rögg Collins’ ‘Off My Mind’ EP brings lo-fi warmth to electronic music

“Off My Mind,” the new EP by Upstate musician Rögg Collins, is a bit of a throwback. It’s five songs of upbeat electronic dance music, tunes that you can imagine…

Blind Upstate comedian Kenneth Hughes navigates the world with his furry new Buddy

“I love comedy,” Kenneth Hughes says. “I love to make people laugh, I love to laugh, and I needed an outlet.”

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Upstate Beat: Live music returns to the Peace Center in a stripped-down, socially-distanced setting

The show, part of a series of concerts called “The Poets of Nashville,” marks a return to live music at one of the Upstate’s most beloved venues.

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Upstate Beat: Local band Salti Ray’s first EP comes straight from Clemson University

Mary Norris was stuck.

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Upstate Beat: How electronic music helped heal Britt Barker, son of former Clemson University president Jim Barker

"Music gives me a reason to take care of my physical and emotional well-being, because that’s the place where my music is going to come from." - Britt Barker

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Upstate Beat: A tale of two concert series

The City of Greenville’s virtual concert series, Sound Check, created to replace the annual Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive and Greenville Heritage Federal Credit Union Main Street Fridays shows, just…

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Upstate Beat: ‘Blues in the Night’ podcast dives deep into one of music’s purest genres

There are all sorts of stories about how people discovered the kind of music they love, but I’m pretty sure that Greenville’s Perry Evatt has one of the oddest tales…

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