January 27, 2012 RSS feed / Arts & Entertainment

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The Dick Goodwin Big Band, making music in the Midlands since 1970s

By Anita Baker
Dr. Gordon ( Dick) Goodwin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, has brought the sounds of his unique big band ensemble, “The Dick Goodwin Big Band” to Midlands’ audiences since the early 1970s. More...

Music quotes

I don’t care muchabout music. More...

Pocket Productions introduces Playing After Dark: Storytellers

Contributed by Pocket Productions

Join Pocket Productions for an eclectic evening of “Storytellers,” part of their Playing After Dark Series, in downtown Columbia on Friday, January 27. More...

Drink Small, Columbia’s own “Blues Doctor” since the 1950s

Photos and story by Julia Rogers Hook and Julie Jenkins

When my friend and colleague, Julie Jenkins of the online magazine BluesJunction, phoned me from California and told me she was traveling across the country interviewing blues singers, she asked if I knew of a good person to interview in Columbia. More...


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