Last weekend the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame had its seventh ceremony to induct six West Virginia artists: Fred “Sonic” Smith, The Morris Brothers, Ann Magnuson, Frank Hutchinson, Hasil Adkins, and Michael W. Smith. The show was both streamed […]
This album is just plain fun; listening to it makes me feel good. The title “The Electric Pinecones” comes from a side project called The Pinecones, which the band describes as “country pysch garage band.” Southern Culture on the Skids […]
Joe Swank has had his hands in all aspects of radio — as a DJ, programmer, and a label rep. From reading his responses to my questions, I can see that he values the freedom of being an independent promoter and a […]
For pretty much the entirety of its two decades together, Southern Culture On The Skids has positioned itself as shameless champions of everything white trash. How bizarre, then, to discover that the veteran three-piece actually has impeccable taste. Singer-guitarist Rick […]
Rick Miller is seldom mentioned as one of the great guitarists, but Doublewide And Live suggests he should be. Recorded at the Skids’ favorite hometown bar in Chapel Hill (Local 506, site of their long-running annual summertime bacchanal Sleazefest), Doublewide […]
Creative growth is a wonderful thing for an artist and blah de blah, but there’s a reason great grandmother’s crab cake recipe gets handed down each generation. There are just some things a body ought to be able to count […]
After getting out of their major-label contract, North Carolina’s venerable Southern Culture On The Skids took their own sweet time issuing a full-length follow-up to 1997’s Plastic Seat Sweat. Cynics who reckoned the group’s fried chicken/”Hee Haw” image was more […]
