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Lettuce to perform at Snowshoe Resort

Genre-defying funk-jazz-soul-hip-hop-psychedelic-jam-art-rock-experimental-avant-garde music titans Lettuce released their sixth studio album, Elevate, on June 14 via their own Lettuce Records.Produced by Lettuce and recorded at Colorado Sound Studio outside of Denver with legendary engineer ...

Out of their league? The 10 unlikeliest JLA members

After presenting my list of the 10 most unlikely Avengers last month, in the interest of providing equal time, here's a list of the most unexpected Justice Leaguers.As with my Avengers list, I've tried to weed out folks who were written specifically to become team members (like Triumph) or made ...

Fletcher’s Grove hits festival circuit

MORGANTOWN, WV Fletcher's Grove is very pleased to announce that their new LP Waiting Out The Storm can now be heard in its entirety on retail music platforms. Live dates in support of the record begin June 2 at Mountain Music Festival in Oak Hill, W.Va.Waiting Out the Storm is a lyrically ...

Slayer and guests bring down the arena

At least five police cars with flashing lights were planted in the hotel parking lot across the way. Three more pulled in as I made my way down the block to the arena. It was an overcast evening with crisp air breezing by from time to time so it seemed like a fitting atmosphere.Starting outside ...

Joey Chestnut takes on a West Virginia tradition

No. 1-ranked competitive eater Joey Chestnut prepared for this year's Pepperoni Roll-Eating World Championship at the West Virginia Three Rivers Festival by exercising.Really."I have to be healthy," Chestnut said. "Otherwise, I'm not going to be able to push myself to a ridiculous limit."The ...

Alien superhero story – with a twist

What if Ma and Pa Kent had rescued and adopted a juvenile Kryptonian delinquent? In "Blackburn," Tori and Kyle Breyer (Elizabeth Banks, David Denman) adopt Brandon (Jackson Dunn) whose capsule crashed on the outer reaches of the Breyer farm.As he matures, Brandon discovers an immunity to pain ...

Thrash metal giants Slayer coming to WV

On Monday, May 13, four bands will descend on the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. With each band being a heavy-hitting force to be reckoned with in their own right, concertgoers will experience four titans of extreme heavy metal sharing the ...

Married life suits musicians, The Masons

Husband and wife duo The Masons recently released a new album and are ready to take their unique Americana brand of country rock music on the road in 2019.Based out of Audra, West Virginia, The Masons have been around for nearly 10 years and have released two full-length albums during that ...

The White Wolf of French Creek

Dating back to pioneer days, western Virginia has had more than its share of weird and unusual creatures seen in hollers, up in the mountains, and deep in the green expanse of forests. One such unusual creature is the white werewolf-like creature that appears in folklore. This tale comes to us ...

All Shook Up: Kick-ass punk country

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, a punk rock infused country band based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has two highly reviewed albums, an upcoming tour with indie darlings Murder by Death, and big plans for their future.Sarah Shook - a self-defined vegan, bisexual, atheist mom - leads ...