The Avett Brothers (music group)

Carpenters: The Avett Brothers crafted a career from the foundation up

2013-05-10 00:00:00

For several years, the Avett Brothers were a Southeastern secret. Their fans were fiercely loyal and spread the word. Then, suddenly, it seemed like the entire country was listening to the Avett Brothers. The group, brothers Seth and Scott Avett,...

Grace Potter Returning To Fort Smith

2013-05-09 07:24:02

One of the busiest, most popular rock bands will show grace and grit while playing new songs and concert staples this month in Fort Smith. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals will plow through a set list that will highlight an impressive back catalog and some...

Summerfest announces local headliners for two stages

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Summerfest officials have announced 10 headliners for the Cascio Interstate Music Stage, and a new title co-sponsor. Presented this year K-Nation Entertainment, a Grafton-based business that nurtures musical acts, and longtime stage sponsor and...

Texas woman self-publishes first book, hits best-seller lists

2013-04-17 07:15:00

SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — After a feverish month of inspiration, Colleen Hoover had finally fulfilled her dream of writing a book. With family and friends asking to read the emotional tale of first love, the married mother of three young...

Crowds love Kenny Chesney, Tortuga Music Festival

2013-04-13 19:28:00

Headliner Kenny Chesney got the biggest crowd and the lustiest applause on opening day of the inaugural Tortuga Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale beach on Saturday, but he wasn’t the only star that people were talking about. A day that began in...

At Tortuga Music Festival, the lighter side of the Avett Brothers

2013-04-11 07:22:00

The Avett Brothers’ latest album, “The Carpenter,” is built on timeless ambitions. Introspective and mature, it yearns with existential, big-picture poetry about life’s inevitabilities, happy and sad. Much of the banjo-driven boot-...

Tortuga Music Festival schedule is in: Chesney plays April 13

2013-04-04 08:02:00

The artist schedule is in for the Tortuga Music Festival on Fort Lauderdale beach April 13-14, with Kenny Chesney headlining the Saturday shows and Eric Church on Sunday. The announcement comes with news that the festival will offer single-day tickets...

REVIEW: The Lumineers' music not surprising, but crowd's support is

2013-02-01 16:25:28

Martinsburg 'American Idol' hopeful's journey has ended with 'no regrets'

2013-02-09 03:00:00

There’s something to be said for not wasting a second chance. Christian Lopez of Martinsburg, W.Va., knows that all too well as he basked in the glory of making it to the next phase of “American Idol” during the infamous Hollywood Week,...

The Avett Brothers Live and Die by the Song

2013-01-31 14:18:00

Listening to the Avett Brothers is like hearing the past and future of music at the same time. Like most great acts of the past forty years, their foundation is the depth of their songwriting; brothers Seth and Scott, work together and separately,...

Song barkers: Cutting through the 'Heys'

2013-01-23 14:58:00

There's a question that someone paying close attention to contemporary pop music would not be considered crazy for asking: What's with all the shouting? Seemingly all of a sudden, bands have been having success punctuating their tunes with "hos" and...

2012 Grammy Nominations

2012-12-05 22:45:00

1. Record Of The Year Lonely Boy The Black Keys The Black Keys & Danger Mouse, producers; Tom Elmhirst & Kennie Takahashi, engineers/mixers; Brian Lucey, mastering engineer Track from: El Camino [Nonesuch] Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) Kelly Clarkson...

While a new folk-rock band appears every week to capitalize on the breakout success of Mumford and Sons, seasoned North Carolina act the Avett Brothers keep rolling on "The Carpenter," the follow-up to 2009's "I And Love And You.

2012-09-10 13:27:00

The Avett Brothers perform at the XPoNential Music Festival at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey, on July 21.

2012-07-23 00:00:00