Around three o'clock in the afternoon of February 11, 2012, our music industry and millions of fans worldwide lost an icon, a superstar, a true diva. Whitney Elizabeth Houston, who was born August 9, 1963, in Newark, NJ, passed away Saturday afternoon due to causes still unknown. As of present, ...

Over the weekend, following their performance at the Riot Before Thanksgiving in downtown Charlotte, two and a half members of the headlining band Bombshell were awesome enough to sit down with me and chat about their progress as a group, what their aspirations are musically as well as a few ...

'Twas the night before Thanksgiving and through the Saloon door, the music was playing and frozen turkeys rolled across the floor. The Saloon at NC Music Factory in downtown Charlotte hosted its Riot Wednesdays show, as it does every week, but this one was special. Of course, it was the ...

"They're still around?" "Didn't they do that MMMBop song?" "I thought they died." "People still listen to them?" These are the things I hear nearly every year around this time when a favorite band of mine comes to town—Hanson. Yes, they're still around. Hanson may have died out of the mainstream music scene, but they ...