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- Emmys 2014: Who should be nominated this year
- 'Game of Thrones' finale: The good, the bad and the dead
- Finale watch 2014: 'Hannibal,' 'The Good Wife,' 'The Americans'
- Finale watch 2014: 'Revenge,' 'Nashville,' 'Once Upon A Time'
- Showtime's 'Penny Dreadful': Too much mystery shrouds this monster mash-up
- Network upfronts: Thoughts on 'Gotham,' 'Empire,' 'Battle Creek' and more
- Lynchburg band Bombardier to mark new vinyl release at Speakertree Records
- Producer/composer/all-around music man Chris Schlarb bringing ambient jams to Speakertree
- Deadmau5 faces digital dilemma on new album: Form vs. format
- Claudette King, daughter of blues legend B.B. King, to headline Blues at Sedalia
- The dark beauty of indie chanteuse Sharon Van Etten
- The sound of love: A sonic recipe for matrimonial bliss
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- The girls of summer: Upstarts Iggy Azalea, Ariana Grande and Charli XCX vie with Sia to leave their mark on the summer of 2014
- Monday open book stuff
- Arts council executive director Cameo Hoyle talks future
- The road to Lockn': Steal the Prize competes for slot at Nelson County music festival
- The 52 books a year challenge
- Casey: Name a beer after me!
- Review: Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' a simple story, stunningly told
- 'Planet of the Apes' reigns over box office with $73 million
- 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' serves up thrilling action
- 'Deliver Us From Evil' review: Loud and scarily awful
- Review: McCarthy's 'Tammy' misses the funny bone
- 'Transformers' tries for delicate US-China balance
I've Been Thinking The Buzz Pop Culture
- Theater transformed into Texas honky-tonk for Patsy Cline musical
- Bare essentials: Local quartet Dogwood & Holly keeps folk alive on new album
- World Cup: Drama, heartbreak and the bite heard 'round the world
- Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone' draft sells for record $2 million
- A sobering task: Learning the ABCs of music festivals
- Brooklyn-based Pains of Being Pure at Heart tap into nostalgia on new album
What's New
Tom Hanks tweets love for Beth Macy's 'Factory Man'
Add a tweet by actor Tom Hanks to the list of glowing reviews for Beth Macy's "Factory Man."
Tellico: Asheville-based band bringing mix of bluegrass, rock, Americana to Bower Center
Perhaps the reason they describe their sound as “Appalachiacana bluegrass” is because old-time/rock-‘n’-roll/blues/Appalachian/Americana/bluegrass just doesn’t roll off the tongue.
Review: Sidewinders Steak House and Saloon
One thing I’ve learned since moving to Roanoke is that this city loves country music. It is everywhere, from sold-out civic center shows to the background music at retail establishments.
Adam Sullivan and the Trees: Former local's new band muses over 'whiskey and halal food' on debut
When former Lynchburger Adam Sullivan headed for the bright lights of New York City in 2007, he, unlike so many other ambitious singer/songwriters, apparently “did not want to be a star.”
Theater transformed into Texas honky-tonk for Patsy Cline musical
I’ve never seen the Academy of Fine Arts' Warehouse Theatre so transformed in my nearly 10 years of writing about the arts here.
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