Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Greensboro, NC --  The line was already snaked out into the parking lot and down the sidewalk before the doors even opened.  No one seemed to notice the frigid temperatures as they excitedly waited to gain entrance into The Blind Tiger. Two decades

Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Durham, NC -- After the release of their latest album So What?, While She Sleeps launched their very first headline tour in the United States.  A long way from their United Kingdom home, the band picked up He is Legend and Savage

Article by Emily Wheeler // Photos by Andrew Kopanski   Boston, MA -- Lyrical brilliance was a theme of the evening. Each of Theo Katzman’s songs are adored with lyrics so singable and so needed in our current climate, both emotional and political. Katzman, who has a multitude of heartbreak hits, writes

Article by: Emily Wheeler // Photos by: Andrew Kopanski   Salisbury, MA -- Though just yards from the frigid waters of the Atlantic ocean, those inside Blue Ocean Music Hall this past Friday would have sworn they'd spent a night in the warmth of the South. As The Allman Betts Band took

Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Greensboro, NC -- During a pre-show chat with the band, I asked The Southern Gothic what would be one of the biggest compliments they could receive from a fan.  “When they walk up to us and say that they don’t normally listen

Article and Photos by: Jason Robey   CHARLOTTE, NC -- The audience at Neighborhood Theatre in the artsy NoDa area of Charlotte, NC got to be part of one of the wildest and most unique concert experiences they may ever see on Saturday night. Big Something and Andy Frasco & the U.N.,

Article and Photos by: Jason Robey   Charlotte, NC -- Saint Motel brought their high-energy brand of indie-pop to a packed house at the Charlotte Fillmore on Friday night, complete with an elaborate stage set-up, thematic costume changes, and a dramatic lighting scheme. Los Angeles duo KOLARS kicked the show off with their

Articles and Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Charlotte, NC -- I’m a frequent flyer at The Blind Tiger, shooting at least one show a week there.  Never, have I seen the place so insanely packed full of people than I did last night.  When I pulled into the parking lot, the line