The Daily Times Entertainment Headlines

Trex's Treks: There are more than moonshine stills running along Rocky Top

06.11.09 12:46:00

Columnist Elizabeth Trexler's travel/adventure column for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.

East Tennessee Dirt: What's happening in the local music scene

05.11.09 13:08:00

Local music scene column.

Letters to Ezra: Four years old and counting ...

05.11.09 13:02:00

Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith's personal column for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.

MC's Fine Arts Division takes the spotlight in weekend showcase

05.11.09 13:00:00

A look at this weekend's Fine Arts Showcase, designed to generate a buzz for the soon-to-open Clayton Center for the Arts on the Maryville College campus as well as the institution's various fine arts programs.

Jennie DeVoe bridges soulful past with an acoustic present

05.11.09 12:58:00

She's a soul sister, that Jennie DeVoe -- having cut her teeth on Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, she injects a dose of soul and jazz syncopation into the music she performs, as she'll do tonight (Nov. 6) in Knoxville.

Drunk Uncles scheduled 'Smashed' release for Wednesday

05.11.09 12:53:00

Gordy Gilbertson has come a long way from a Wisconsin dairy farm to flirting with fame in Canada to running a woodshop in Blount County. Next week, he'll launch the third phase of his musical career when his band, The Drunk Uncles, releases a new CD, "Smashed Hits."

Band of Heathens have 'One Foot' in a promising future

05.11.09 12:50:00

The guys in Band of Heathens have their hands full -- a new album, a new career and a burning desire to get out and play as much as possible. Show up on Sunday (Nov. 8) to The Valarium, and see if the guys can throw off the shackles of the "Americana" tag.

King Wilkie continues to reinvent itself with 'Wilkie Family Singers'

05.11.09 12:48:00

They started out as a bluegrass band, but the members of King Wilkie soon grew tired of putting on their "Ralph Stanley hats," as founder Reid Burgess describes it. Now, the group is a roots-oriented Americana band with several feet in a number of genres. See them Sunday (Nov. 8) in Knoxville's Old City.

Malcolm Holcombe returns to East Tennessee with a new 'Mission'

05.11.09 12:44:00

Spitting, howling, hollering, growling ... the voice of singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe grabs hold of the soul like a pack of wild dogs on the fresh carcass of a deer. His songs are primal, his music rustic. Go see him Saturday, Nov. 7, in Knoxville.

CLASS IS IN SESSION: Peaches has a thing or two to teach the mainstream about sexuality

05.11.09 12:37:00

Artist or smut-peddler? It depends on whom you talk to, but there's no denying that Peaches is talented -- at music, and at pushing buttons and boundaries when it comes to gender roles in rock 'n' roll. Check her out next week in Knoxville.