Brett Barest My plan for this past Sunday was to sit in my backyard with a cold beverage and The LOZ Band’s LionzFest streaming on my phone or laptop. Before I could do that, however, Don at Quest Brewing called me up and said he was letting a few...
Brett Barest When we first imagined this series I knew that I would be asking Vilai Harrington for his contribution and, frankly, I am not sure how it took so long to get here. I am not surprised, however, to find that my friend Vilai’s list was worth the...
Brett Barest When this series started six weeks ago I knew I wanted to make sure each week’s featured artist would bring a completely different perspective to the table. For the most part, I feel like we have done just that with Americana, indie rock, metal, hip-hop, and whatever...
Brett Barest on the Upstate Music Scene While the primary focus of this series is talking to local musicians about who they are listening to, it is titled “Artists Picking Artists” for a reason. Simply put, not all of the important people in the local music scene are strictly...
Brett Barest In last week’s music column I shared Darby Wilcox’s picks for her favorite local artists and had so much fun doing it that we are going to keep that love going until we can get out to see some shows in person. It feels like a good...
Brett Barest In order to keep this space fresh and new each week in the absence of live shows, we have decided to do something a little different. Chris Bizzell and I discussed featuring a few different bands each week with links to their videos, websites, or Bandcamp pages...
