Women represent a fraction of jazz musicians and educators. But a new camp for young girls from the female-majority faculty at USC's jazz program is aiming to change that with a nationwide program.
The popular dive bar and concert venue is expanding its footprint in Five Points with a smaller performance space than 632 Hard St., where New Brookland Tavern moved before New Years' Eve.
Hannah Wade
Growth and development reporter
Hannah Wade covers growth, development and new business at the Post and Courier Columbia. She previously worked as the food writer for the Free Times. Before joining Post and Courier Columbia/Free Times, Hannah worked as a reporting and photojournalism intern with The Greenville News. She graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2021.
The annual Best Of issue features businesses that were nominated and then voted on by Free Times’ audience.
The popular dive bar and concert venue is expanding its footprint in Five Points with a smaller performance space than 632 Hard St., where New Brookland Tavern moved before New Years' Eve.
For anyone searching for a view into the past, present and even future of rock and roll, Columbia band Bona Lisa provides the ultimate solution.
From PG RA's sophomore album to a new track from indie/folk duo Admiral Radio, there's lots of new music from local acts to explore.
Even though most of the tracks on “Cowboys and Cocaine” are boisterously lyrical and laced with catchy sing-along choruses, the album tends to err on the side of criticism, poking fun at the moral hang-ups in the South.
Columbia mixer DJ Wandergirl has become a fixture on the local rave scene with steady-thumping beats that meld nostalgia and modernity with irresistible rhythm.
Get your calendars ready, because we’re laying out some of the biggest shows coming to our area over the next 10 months.
On the last Thursday of every month, Fester's Last Call Hip-Hop Showcase provides a stage, a network and a crowd for rappers, MCs and singers looking to hone their skills.
Five Points was once Columbia's music hub with venues like Elbow Room and Rockafella's. Will New Brookland Tavern moving to the nightlife district help kickstart another renaissance?
World-renowned bassist Edgar Meyer will join his son, violinist George, at Columbia's Koger Center Feb. 17 for an evening of music that exists in the liminal space between classical, Americana and bluegrass.
A group of Columbia musicians will celebrate four decades of playing together with an anniversary show at Art Bar on Saturday, Feb. 10 in the Vista.
A Christ-centered band that mixes “soulful, inspirational, modern jazz fusion" puts on a show at a Main Street bar and concert venue.
Colleen Clark is set to play drums with Seth Meyer's 8G Band on late-January, an opportunity she hopes will allow young girls to see a profession in jazz and percussion is viable and possible.
Columbia musician Chris Smith's latest musical venture, Sunshone Still, portrays a mix of impossibly delicate intimacy, stellar songwriting and creative production on the new album "Two Crossed Stars."
Shaq tops the bill for Hidden City Music Festival, which will be at the Historic Columbia Speedway in Cayce, as his alter ego, "DJ Diesel."
The DIY indie music label has put music from Columbia's Dear Blanca, Stagbriar and Twin Toasters on cassettes as a way to bring the analog medium back in SC.
Columbia-based artist Toni Esther sees her music as therapy. Literally. On her upcoming project, she plans to keep tapping into her work as a counselor, her roots in South Carolina and her love of storytelling.
The rhythm section is key to a band's success. We took a look at one such bassist keeping the groove in Columbia: Cam Powell.
While we've honed in on the best records to come out of South Carolina this past year, we've also tasked our writers with sharing their favorite discs to come from outside of the state.
Here, our writers share their picks that didn't quite make it into the top 20 and why we think they still deserve some recognition.
From playing WRUK's battle of the bands and seeing Andrew W.K. to watching Paramore weeks before they made it big, SC band Sequoyah Prep School reflects on the moments they remember from two decades playing and attending shows at New Brookland Tavern.
Traces of the old Stagbriar remain, particularly on stately ballads like “Call Back in the Morning” or the plaintively strummed “Toxic,” but for the most part these are songs that romp and roll with abandon, harkening back to the halcyon '90s indie rockers, even as they carry forward the signature dual-sibling vocals of the band.
The Americana voice captivating South Carolina in 2023 was decidedly She Returns From War.
Niecy Blues' debut full-length album was not only voted the South Carolina record of the year, but it's also reaching far beyond with its acclaim, garnering rave reviews from Chicago's Pitchfork and PopMatters and even the United Kingdom's Boomkat and Resident Advisor.
Though he played with some of the biggest bands of the 1980s, bassist Tommy Stinson doesn't spend much time reflecting on the past. His latest projects will be featured at his upcoming shows in Columbia and Charleston.
Beloved SC band Sequoyah Prep School closed out decades of sold-out shows at New Brookland Tavern on State Street in West Columbia and welcomed crowds to the bar's new location on Harden Street in Five Points.
Women musicians and women-fronted bands are on the rise in Columbia, but artists said they still face barriers in the male-dominated industry.
Black Nerd Mafia's Kwasi Brown compiled a list of the best Black, independent artists creating in Columbia today for Free Times.
USC in Columbia, SC will offer a class on global pop sensation Taylor Swift that will explore business, the music industry and the success of her Eras Tour.
Columbia band Prosperity Gospel plays "a particularly brutal genre" called black metal, known for its screeching vocals and overstimulating sound, but the band took an unconventional approach for their sophomore album.
Black Nerd Mafia hosts concerts, open mic nights and showcases to platform independent artists in Columbia — creating spaces downtown where they say there aren't many for persons of color who are creatives.
Palmetto State native Darius Rucker will join thousands of other stars on Hollywood Boulevard with his very own star.
Chris Bickels forthcoming film, "Pater Noster and the Mission of Light," centers around a record store employee whose discovery of a rare, 1970s vinyl draws her into a hippie commune cult. The soundtrack for the film features a bevy of local artists, and is releasing in a slow drip.
Travel Therapy's "Sum Notes" is a nine-track roadmap to getting listeners to move their feet to artist Michael Gutshall's "electronic, melancholy pop."
The Marshgrass Mamas are a supergroup of South Carolinian women musicians who play music with traditional bluegrass instruments that's "a little bit muddy and swampy."
With 11 bands in total, the eclectic range of performers kept hundreds of music lovers entertained for more than 10 hours on Main Street.
The Jam Room Music Fest in downtown Columbia was an incredible experience. The tenth year of the festival started off with a bang. Local bands…
The Summer Camp Tour with Trucks will make one stop in the Palmetto State — and it's Soda City.
Have a holly jolly Christmas with these slate of concerts and productions happening in the Midlands this holiday season.
"Fever Dream" is Kimberly Walsh's sophomore album and a deeper exploration of the music that moves her and the lyrics that sing her story.
Women's tackle football — played in the same uniforms and by the same rules as men — is gaining in popularity across the country, bringing together women and men with a love for the game.
White Knoll High School's choir will perform "I Want to Know What Love is" with the late-1970s rock band at the Township Auditorium during their upcoming concert.
Launched six years ago, the nonprofit SC Jazz Masterworks Ensemble aims to bring high-caliber jazz talent to Midlands audiences in the style of big band.
“No offense to any stuffy libraries but, we're not your mom’s library,” said Mary-Kate Quillivan. “Whatever you thought a library was, it’s no…
Say goodbye west Columbia, New Brookland Tavern is moving to Five Points.
Five LGBTQ+ creatives who call Columbia on their art, their identities and why they choose to stay in the South.
From live music venues to flea markets, the face of a safe space varies across Columbia.
On Oct. 5, 2023, Homemade Haircuts played their last-ever show at New Brookland Tavern. The homegrown band has been playing shows across the state and region, bringing their energetic sound to crowds across the south.
That life cycle is traced in the newest single from Sumter-based folksy bluegrass band, The Green Swamp Collective. "Carolina Sun" is a rootsy, acoustic song with easy harmonies and a sunny disposition.
At a show packed with college students yearning for Declan McKenna, opener Allie Crow Buckley brought ethereal vocals and authenticity to Columbia, which charmed her, and she in return.