by Eddie LeShure Like a lot of good things in life, the Like Mind Trio happened almost completely by accident. In April, 2008, percussionist Matthew Richmond had an engagement to…
Mix Those Flavors! Please That Crowd!
¡Sangría! by Michael Parker All this talk about a Trader Joe’s coming to town, a rumor-turned-reality that was (for reasons that must make sense in the newspaper world) front page…
Alive and Well
Poems from New Books by Western North Carolina Poets by Ted Olson Sepia Print: Nov. 2, 1919 They sit on the old wooden swing, The sun on their faces. They…
Jazz Profile: Zack Page
by Eddie LeShure “Zack is a bassist who elevates the sound of the whole group.” – Aaron Price Zack Page has been performing as a professional bassist since the early…
White and Pink and Where to Drink
– and Suggestions for What to Think by Michael Parker There is a joke that asks, “What’s Irish and comes out in the springtime?” The answer: patio furniture. There’s another…
The Troubles and Their Aftermath
James B. Johnston’s Memories of Northern Ireland by Ted Olson When he was a young man living in Belfast, Northern Ireland during the late 1960s, author and publisher James B….
Jazz Profile: Chuck Lichtenberger
by Eddie LeShure “Chuck Lichtenberger approaches his creativity with an almost childlike exuberance! He creates music unlike anything heard before, drawing on a vast reservoir of diverse influences. He’s been an…
Jazz Profile: Jonathan Pearlman
by Eddie LeShure “JP is probably the most giving and humble musician I know. I’m actually surprised that he agreed to be featured in a news article since he shuns…
The Oxford Book of American Poetry
by Ted Olson The Difficulty of Anthologizing American Poetry In 2006 I purchased the then brand-new Oxford Book of American Poetry, a rather massive anthology published by the Oxford University…