Last weekend’s inaugural High Water Festival in North Charleston, SC saw a lineup stacked with 24 bands that are a who’s who of the Americana, Folk, Roots and indie Country scene (The Avett’s, Dawes, Deer Tick and Margo Price to…
We missed last week’s New Music Monday because of the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Matthew. There were some devastating impacts in the Savannah area, and the hissing lawns contributors feel fortunate to have suffered so few losses compared to so…
This week’s New Music Monday marks the 5th installment of this regular feature, which will always include embedded music so it’s easy to listen and easy to click through to learn more about the artists. Check out our previous posts…
We don’t get too personal here at hissing lawns, but no one lives in a vacuum. 2015 has been a stressful year for me personally, including some high highs plus a couple of very low lows: my father died in…
Carrie Ann Hearst is 7 1/2 months pregnant, but she seemed to relish the sun and heat on Saturday afternoon in front of a huge crowd at Forecastle Festival along the banks of the Ohio River in Louisville. Hearst and…
Day 2 of Forecastle Festival in Louisville got started an hour late because of the vicious storm the night before, and the day was blazing hot at times, but the music was even hotter. I’ll write some more commentary in…
If you’re anywhere within an easy day’s drive of Charleston, S.C., I highly recommend planning now to attend a show or two at Spoleto in late May and/or early June of 2014. Here’s the digital brochure — click to go…
Shovels & Rope from Charleston have a new Tiny Desk Concert up at NPR Music today featuring “Carnival”, “Birmingham” and “Bad Luck”. From NPR: Shovels & Rope’s presence in the NPR Music offices attracted plenty of interest; many in attendance…