Vincent Harris, Author at GREENVILLE JOURNAL

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

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…

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…

Upstate Beat: NEEDTOBREATHE returns with first new album in four years

"I think for this album, we took a lot of what we learned and tried to play to our strengths as a band that plays real instruments.” - Seth Bolt

The Single File: New songs by Upstate artists Niel Brooks, Local Green and Salti Ray

In “The Single File,” Vincent Harris takes a look at new singles released by Upstate musicians.

Upstate Beat: Local musician Charles Hedgepath helps bring the biting comedy of National Lampoon to a new audience

"For someone who loves Chevy Chase and all those guys, to be involved with something like this, it’s something I never imagined would be possible.” - Charles Hedgepath

A New Spin: Greer venue The Spinning Jenny thinks outside the box to survive during the pandemic

“When we shut down, we went through all the stages of grief.” - Sharon Murry, co-owner, The Spinning Jenny

Upstate Beat: Squeeze Play: T.C. Costello pumps his new accordion-fueled album for COVID-19 relief

“I’ve just always performed loudly and aggressively,” T.C. Costello says.

Let It Glide: Keith Groover couldn’t find the instrument he wanted, so he invented it

“I tell people that it’s an electronic musical instrument that is designed to be pretty easy to play and designed to be very expressive,” Keith Groover says.

Local musicians band together for a series of shows benefitting Greenville’s Radio Room venue

For the next two weekends, South Carolina musicians will be banding together virtually to help Greenville’s Radio Room venue keep its doors open. Darby Wilcox, Mac Leaphart, SUSTO, Kenny George,…

Have Faith: Upstate gospel artist storms the national charts with new single

On the surface, “Boss Moves,” the new single by Upstate rapper Al Harris, sounds like a typical, state-of-the-art hip-hop tune, with some tongue-tripping verses from Harris and a catchy chorus…

Finding Freedom scrounges to finish recordings as tour revenue dries up

Being in an independent rock band is a good news/bad news situation.

Into temptation: How a musician in recovery handles playing in bars

On June 23, 2009, Daniel Casasanta got his third DUI. He was 23 years old. On June 23, 2020, he celebrated 11 years of sobriety.

The show must be paused: Musicians grapple with playing live as COVID-19 numbers rise

When I was setting up an interview for this piece with Heidi Chapman, lead singer for the Upstate band Randomonium, she asked if we could do it around noon, because…

Upstate Beat: ∆ L Y S creates soothing EP for turbulent times

If you’re not familiar or comfortable with the terms “ambient music” or “electronica,” let me put those aside and explain it this way: “Enid,” the new EP by the Upstate…

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