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Columnist John Job writes about Jim Lauderdale and The Alex Leach Band, who will perform Saturday in Oak Ridge; also, the Local Honeys in Knoxville. ....
When a master songsmith like Tom T. Hall calls someone “a great credit to a wonderful Kentucky tradition,” it’s time to pull up a chair and pay attention. As it pertains to the nearly-decade-running duo The Local Honeys, he was right on the money. The duo Linda Jean Stokley and Montana Hobbs have long been an integral part of Kentucky’s musicscape, and on July 15th, they’ll be adding a new entry into the Bluegrass State’s rich musical canon. Their first release on La Honda Records (Colter Wall, Riddy Arman, Vincent Neil Emerson), The Local Honeys features ten winsome vignettes of rural Kentucky, conjuring 90’s alternatives sounds with hillbilly Radiohead lilts, soaring above layers of deep grooves and rich tones masterfully curated by longtime mentor Jesse Wells, a GRAMMY-nominated producer, musician (currently a member of Tyler Childers’ band The Food Stamps), and Assistant Director at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State. ....
Their first release on La Honda Records (Colter Wall, Riddy Arman, Vincent Neil Emerson), The Local Honeys features ten tracks curated by mentor Jesse Wells, a GRAMMY-nominated producer, musician (currently a member of Tyler Childers’ band The Food Stamps), and Assistant Director at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State. ....
The last two weeks have been extremely cold in Hurricane; so the month of February is usually our time of intense cold and for snow or the dreaded ice storm ....
Here is the usual spring forward warning for your alarm clock to be moved up an hour as on Sunday, March 14, DST will begin in Hurricane. There goes another lost hour of sleep that experts say that the DST possible effects will linger for another week or more as your circadian rhythm or body clockâs daily patterns will be thrown out of kilter. For all of you âhelter-skelterâ people like me that live on the jagged edge of life daily(eight grandchildren on spring break),you need to pace your work and play activities as that extra hour of daylight can lead to other health problems that include the following: dizzier or fuzzier thinking, cardiovascular events, feeling jet-lagged or the opposite of temper flares; plus sleep deprivation makes people overspend and overeat. I warned yâall last autumn of the fall back syndrome of DST on my personal life, but I did not realize that the spring DST change was such a health threat. So cheer up fellow North Mississippians as ....