Live: If you happen to be in New York City, catch him Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. Sounds like: Jeff Buckley meets Gram Parsons Even if you are hearing one of his songs for the first time, there is a certain comfortable sense of familiarity that comes across in the performance, as if you have already been playing his CD in your car for a month. Lately he’s been devoting much of his creative output to his band, Tent Revival, and songwriting. While studying classical composition at the College of Charleston, Beverly made a name for himself playing at local bars and clubs. Online: CDs: Officina (2008) & The Working Title’s Bone Island (2009)Īlthough he was born in Mississippi and now calls New York home, Owen Beverly can definitely lay claim to having some strong musical roots here in the Lowcountry. Sounds like: Jeff Tweedy meets Rufus Wainwright The fact that the end result is pleasing to the ear is icing on the cake. We’re not talking a purposefully cerebral geek rocker here, but rather an artist who refuses to follow the typical verse-chorus-verse way of making music. His songs-performed solo or with his band, The Working Title-do something that today’s music doesn’t do often enough: it makes you think. Live: Tuesdays & Fridays at Atlanticville on Sullivan’s Island, as well as Saturdays at Toast downtownĬalling Joel Hamilton original is selling the guy short. Sounds like: Sarah McLachlan without the breathless drama Boxell mixes her lovely vocals with a piano style reminiscent of Sarah McLachlan whether she’s playing with her sometimes band, The Vicious Circle, or alongside guitarist Jim Algar. The melodic power of Annie Boxell’s music seems to waft into the listener’s ears much like the scent of home-baked bread pleasantly invades one’s nostrils. Sounds like: Evan Dando, if he were actually having fun “Fork in the Road,” the radio single from Bryan’s 2008 album, End of the Front, is as catchy as anything from Hootie’s heyday and further benefits from Danielle Howle’s soaring vocals. In addition to being an adjunct professor at the College of Charleston and founding Chucktown Music Group, he has released his own solo work, which is light enough to appeal to his Hootie base but meaty with alt-rock and alt-country influences. If you only know him as “that guy who plays guitar in Hootie,” then you only know a small part of Mark Bryan the musician. Sounds like: Ella Fitzgerald meets Janis Joplin Some favorite tunes include “Roses From Leroy’s” and “I’ll Be Blue” from her 2006 album Thank You Mark.
This folk rocker and artist-in-residence at Awendaw Green is well-known for her lovely Midlands drawl, her stream-of-consciousness banter between songs, and her seemingly endless arsenal of quality original music. Since first making the scene in the early ’90s with the band Lay Quiet Awhile, Danielle Howle has managed to stay fiercely independent.
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