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Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country

Posted by: jerryfriend | January 12th, 2024

With the release of his latest recording, Reflector, and a very aggressive tour schedule including several upcoming shows across North Carolina in February, 2024 should be a great year for his band and fans.

Words and Photos By: Jerry Friend

 

If you're not already familiar with Daniel Donato, and his band Cosmic Country, you might want to get to know him.  The buzz around this 27 year old guitar player has been traveling around in Jamband circles for a few years.  He's built up a grassroots fan base, with his brand of music that he calls Cosmic Country.  Of course the ideas that are rolled into the descriptor "Cosmic Country' aren't really new. 

Sheryl Crow 7-28-23 Beech Mountain, NC.

Posted by: timhobert | August 20th, 2023

Sheryl Crow Masterfully Curates Her Set List Like a Novel at Beech Mountain’s “Party on The Mountain.”

When you attend a Sheryl Crow concert, you know what to expect. Her songs are imbedded in the lexicon of 90's pop culture. However, her 7-28-23 contribution to Beech Mountain's "Party on the Mountain" was a master class in how to curate a set list that tells a story, like the soundtrack to a movie you haven't seen.  

Tyler Childers Raleigh August 13 2023

Posted by: jerryfriend | August 15th, 2023

Tyler Childers in Raleigh NC Sunday August 13th
Tyler Childers played for a full house crowd on a sweltering Sunday night in Raleigh at the Red Hat Amphitheater in what turned out to be a sing along show

Words and Photos by: Jerry Friend 

Tyler Childers  brought along a band of long time friends from the early days of his music career in his home state Kentucky with him to Raleigh to perform to a crowd of adoring fans of all ages.  It was a scorching day but that didn't seem to slow the fans down who turned out early for two opening acts, who were both also from Kentucky.   Abby Hamilton, a singer songwriter hailing from Nicholasville Kentucky,  opened up the show with a folk/rock/country styled set to get things started. 

Southern Avenue brings a Memphis attitude to Kick off Beech Mountain's "Party on the Mountain"

Posted by: timhobert | August 10th, 2023

Southern Avenue started off the 7-28-23 edition of Beech Mountain’s “Party on the Mountain” with a bang.

Southern Avenue started off the 7-28-23 edition of Beech Mountain's "Party on the Mountain" with a bang. Although most of the audience was there to see Sheryl Crow perform, they were introduced to an up-and-coming powerhouse, Grammy Nominated, 6-member band, that hails from Memphis which combines a blues sensibility with a rock up-tempo.

Amos Lee and Langhorne Slim Put Mental Health at Center Stage

Posted by: timhobert | July 25th, 2023

Beech Mountain’s Summer Concert Series offered yet another feel-good lineup on Saturday, July 15, with Langhorne Slim and Amos Lee delivering an up-beat show with themes of hope while overcoming the evening’s rainstorm.

The night's first act Langhorne Slim began his set with overcast skies, leading to a slight drizzle, and eventually succumbing to heavy rains with Slim delivering a range of favorites from his latest album, "Strawberry Mansion". The album was written during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. At the time, he had recently walked away from alcohol, and the songs came to him with ease. Slim felt the presence of his grandfather and his uncle with him during the time of the album's creation. Both men grew up in Strawberry Mansion, PA.

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