Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Greensboro, NC – A relatively new band coming out of Nashville, The Steel Woods released their debut album in 2017.  Their second album Old News, released last year, was recorded in Asheville within an old church turned studio and was completed within

Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Greensboro, NC --  The line was already snaked out into the parking lot and down the sidewalk before the doors even opened.  No one seemed to notice the frigid temperatures as they excitedly waited to gain entrance into The Blind Tiger. Two decades

Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Durham, NC -- After the release of their latest album So What?, While She Sleeps launched their very first headline tour in the United States.  A long way from their United Kingdom home, the band picked up He is Legend and Savage

Article By: Amanda Leonard // Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Greensboro, NC -- During a pre-show chat with the band, I asked The Southern Gothic what would be one of the biggest compliments they could receive from a fan.  “When they walk up to us and say that they don’t normally listen

Articles and Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Charlotte, NC -- I’m a frequent flyer at The Blind Tiger, shooting at least one show a week there.  Never, have I seen the place so insanely packed full of people than I did last night.  When I pulled into the parking lot, the line

Article and Photos By: Melanie Leonard   Charlotte, NC -- A long, long time ago, in a tiny bar on the outskirts of Winston Salem there was a fundraising event where several local musicians volunteered their talents for a day full of awesome tunes.  Two of these generous guys were Sam Foster

Articles and Photos by: Melanie Leonard   Charlotte, NC -- 2020 started with an audible grin for those lucky to catch Grace Potter while she’s out on tour to promote her latest album, Daylight.  Let me tell you, this chick has the most amazing set of pipes I’ve heard live in quite

Article and Photographs By: Melanie Leonard   Greensboro, NC -- Though I love to support the music, it’s rare that I ever purchase band merch due to the amount of concerts I attend on a weekly basis.  However, I snatched up a shirt for The Almost as soon as I could shuffle