Peter Holsapple

Allen Toussaint was a stylish and elegant man, from his demeanor and attire to his chord changes and melodies, all awash in tradition and guaranteed to tug on heartstrings. With his death in Spain following a performance last night, we all lost a giant, possibly the greatest ambassador of New Orleans music of all time. […]

More than two decades ago, Columbia, South Carolina’s Hootie & the Blowfish made their national TV debut on The Late Show with David Letterman, performing “Hold My Hand.” That appearance—and Dave’s enthusiastic approval—represented perhaps the beginning of the avalanche that became Hootie’s multi-platinum debut success with Cracked Rear View. It is now co-ranked as the […]

John Fry, who died last Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 69, was best known as the producer and engineer who made Big Star’s signature sound the totem it became for the thousands of guitar bands that arrived in Big Star’s wake. He was not only the guy behind the board; he was […]

Today, there is an entire community of musicians and friends in Winston-Salem who are grieving and struggling to comprehend the loss of one of our own, Faye Hunter. She died Saturday. That community extends internationally to all who had seen and heard her as Let’s Active’s able bassist throughout the 1980s. Those of us who […]