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BRUTALLY BEAUTIFUL: Smoky Mountain Highland Games athletes give the event and the crowd everything they have
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Enter the Haggis brings a ‘Modest Revolution’ to this weekend’s Highland Games
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Paul Thorn takes a lesson from Dean Martin to spin his story-songs
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The Boxer Rebellion makes new ‘Promises’ with Maryville native on vocals
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Jana Kramer’s goal to be ‘a country singer who can act’
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Sunshine Station collective keeps its musical soul burning bright
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Dulcimer champ Hunter Walker kicks off this season’s ‘Pickin’ Porch’
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MASTER CRAFTSMEN: The Avett Brothers put a little bit of themselves into each song they record and perform
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JEFF the Brotherhood doesn’t let major label status get in the way of rocking
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Former Fleet Foxes drummer finds new creative freedom as Father John Misty
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Former Drive-By Trucker bassist goes her own way with new band Eye Candy
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Dead Confederate brings brooding psych-rock to Knoxville’s Old City
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Family first: Music of Guy Marshall pays homage to the important things in life
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Vitek marries tribal sounds with contemporary instrumentation to create vibrant music
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Hiking With Hardtack: ‘The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang’ hits The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain
When two Army veterans hit The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Ga., with Daily Times staffers who are following a thru-hiking United Methodist chaplain, they encounter rain, ice, wind and a crowd of other hikers attempting to reach Mount Katahdin before snow arrives -- plus a whole lot more. Read more...
Hiking with Hardtack: United Methodist chaplain journeys along The Appalachian Trail
Josh "Hardtack" Lindamood, a chaplain commissioned by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church to serve hikers along The Appalachian Trail, begins his thru-hike of the approximate 2,183-mile footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, on April 4, and provides a look at the first few days on The A.T. Read more...
