By Jim Tanner Over the past several years, Chattanooga’s Lillian has become the go-to band for vampires, vampire-adjacent and the vampire-curious. According to the band’s guitarist/keyboardist Graham Courter, the trio even got their start two decades ago performing live accompaniment for a local screening of the classic 1922 silent horror film “Nosfaratu.” These guys know…

By Jim Tanner The subject of cover bands has caused angst in Chattanooga this year, with lots of online criticism of the Riverfront Nights concert series, which features a headline lineup composed exclusively of touring tribute acts. This lineup has caused more than a small amount of vitriol from local music fans on social media,…

New Wave in an Old World By: Douglas Bales The band Lillian defies definition in a lot of ways. Their sound is modern and also retrospective. They float through an atmosphere of thick mixes and songs that bring to mind groups like The Cure, The Church, Radiohead, Wire and New Order. But, they have a…

The Rhodes Warrior By Douglas Bales James Leg is an enigma. He is arguably the most widely known artist to emerge from the Chattanooga music scene in the last couple of decades, but James Leg isn’t really his name. John Wesley Myers was born in Port Arthur, Texas. His father was a Baptist preacher, and…

THE STORY OF THE UNSATISFIED By: Douglas Bales Eric Scealf was born into the nether-regions of Chattanooga, TN and grew up in a duplex on the side of Highway 58. Like most kids in the 1970’s and ‘80’s, his head was filled with comic books, monster mags, and a never-ending stream of FM radio. Record…

SIBLING REVELRY By: Douglas Bales Brothers, Marty and Matt Bohannon, both began learning to play guitar at fairly young ages. Luckily, for us music-lovers, the two decided to form a band. The Bohannons played their first show as a four-piece in 2006. Since then, they have become one of Chattanooga’s most popular and most prolific…

By Jenn McCormick and Randy Smith“… spaces where anyone could enter but known to and attended almost exclusively by the performers and friends, plus those who could imagine themselves as such… ” — Jack Wright, The Free Musics, 2017Saxophonist Jack Wright has dedicated the majority of his artistry to improvisational work. Active in the free…

by Monique Clouse Jhett Black and Callie Sioux Schiavone are the power couple behind the Woodshop Listening room. It’s an intimate venue tucked away in the Saint Elmo neighborhood, and one of the more prolifically booked spaces in town. They bring the Blues, Bluegrass, Soul, Americana and other gems sourced locally and on tour from…

By Brian dB Chattanooga has long been known for having an ever-expanding independent music scene on the scale of a city two or three times its size. Hard-hitting local acts like the BOHANNONS, JAMES LEG, FUTURE VIRGINS, and a ton of others have put the city on the independent music map making Chattanooga a destination…