Jan 31, 2020 | 2020, January
January 31, 2020 BY TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Who? Days before his debut in Bristol, folks may be inclined to express such in response to mentions of the name Jake Shimabukuro. But go ahead, attend Shimabukuro’s show Friday at the Paramount Center...
Jan 30, 2020 | 2020, January
January 30, 2020 BY DEBRA MCCOWN THOMAS A Feb. 29 concert at Paramount Bristol will tie together two near and dear musical traditions: bluegrass and classic rock. The HillBenders, a Missouri-based band with roots in both styles, will take the audience on a journey...
Jan 24, 2020 | 2020, January
January 24, 2020 Tom Netherland | Special to the Herald Courier BRISTOL, Tenn. — Neither presidents Washington nor Lincoln, Roosevelt nor Jefferson, budged even an inch atop Mount Rushmore today. But mountains Golden, Allen, Sterban and Bonsall certainly moved. Those...
Jan 23, 2020 | 2020, January
January 23, 2020 BY TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Country’s Oak Ridge Boys own a history as deep as Richard Sterban’s bass voice. The Oaks began as The Georgia Clodhoppers, became gospel’s Oak Ridge Quartet in the 1940s and eventually country’s Oak...
Jan 16, 2020 | 2020, January
January 16, 2020 Tom Netherland | Special to the Herald Courier Since the latter days of Ronald Reagan’s tenure as president, humor fueled Knoxville native Henry Cho to the upper echelon of America’s comedy circuit. From the stage and screens small to large, Cho’s...