The Shrimp City Report

The Piccolo Spoleto Marion Square Jam and Awendaw Green w/ Eddie White.

Awendaw Green and City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs present an exploration of original music Barn Jam style. We feature six of our favorite artists each day from noon to 6pm playing 45-minute showcase sets. The event is in coordination with the ever-popular Farmers Market at Marion Square.
The event is free to the public. Please bring a chair or blanket and stay all afternoon.
Marion Square Jam
Sat June 8
Noon The Damrites
1pm Jockey Lot
2pm The Letter Show
3pm Paul Stone Project
4pm Dog Named Squid
5pm Hibachi Heroes
Sun June 9
Noon The Brokedown
1pm Sail Down South
2pm Meredith Foster
3pm Joe Wheaton Trio
4pm George Fox and the Edge of Americans
5pm Sill Crow

Marion Square Jam:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1353234558688127?ref=newsfeed

Piccolo Spoleto:
https://www.facebook.com/PiccoloSpoletoFestival/

Awendaw Green:
Just out of reach from the stress and clutter of the city, Awendaw Green is a safe haven for all original musicians. Email Eddie @ awendawgreen@gmail.com.
https://www.facebook.com/awendawgreen
www.awendawgreen.com

Check out the Music and Vision of Tim Falvey of Uncle Tim's Bench and Big Iron Echoes

Tim is a New York based musician and visionary that took time to sit down with us recently.  We knew him from his time kicking around in Charleston.  He shares two of his songs, Reveille and One Hit Wonder with us and we discuss big, big plans.

See him at the Triad Theater in NYC on June 28th, 7PM.

Links:

FB https://www.facebook.com/UncleTimsBench

IG: http://instagram.com/UncleTimsBench

Web: www.https://uncletimsbench.com/

 

 

Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition with Mimi, Tate and Madeline

We had a delightful and informative chat on everything about this year's award winning Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition (POSAE) with Mimi Whaley, Tate Nation and Madeline Dukes.

About the festival:

Marion Square is transformed into a beautiful open-air market as some of the finest and most creative local artists exhibit and sell their work. Stroll through the park and browse the artists’ tents as you view original oils, pastels, watercolors, acrylics, encaustics, photography, and more. With daily demonstrations and all artists on hand to personally answer questions and show their artwork, the Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition offers a memorable experience and a great way to enjoy the creativity of our local visual arts community whether you’re in the market for a new acquisition, or simply window shopping.

https://www.facebook.com/piccolospoletooutdoorartexhibition

 

Kyle Varner Lahm talks the 2024 North Charleston Arts Fest

The North Charleston Arts Fest is proudly produced by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department. The annual five-day celebration of arts and culture highlights regional and local artists and performers in the areas of Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, and Literature. For more than 40 years, the festival has made quality arts programming  accessible to the widest spectrum of the public, attracting residents and visitors to experience an array of free performances, workshops, exhibitions, and activities in a variety of venues, including libraries, community centers, schools, businesses, and parks.  https://www.northcharlestonartsfest.com/

Pete Neighbour and All That Jazz!

From relatively humble beginnings growing up in East London music has enabled Pete to travel and perform extensively. Concert and guest  appearances on land have taken him all over Europe, North America, Australia and Asia. In more recent years he has carved a niche for himself being one of very few jazz musicians to reach a wider audience by performing as a Headline Guest Entertainer on luxury cruise ships; thus enabling him to travel to some far flung corners of the world… Japan, Iceland, The Falkland Islands (some six times!) and even Antarctica to name a few. His act, when on cruise ships, focuses particularly on the 'swing era'. The music and stories from that era never fail to ensure an enthralling evening's entertainment.

Don Merckle stops by and shares some songs and stories

A darkly honest and wry singer/songwriter out of Charleston, South Carolina, Don Merckle’s songs are firmly planted among the fertile mixed traditions of American music. He is a workman's poet, capable of delivering a rock and roll growl or a quiet dose of smoky barroom introspection with equal passion. He has led the popular Appalachian/Irish outfit Loch Ness Johnny, co-fronted the rambunctious Alt-Country American Gun, and founded the jaunty Don Merckle & the Blacksmiths. In his current solo work he is leaning into more stately and thoughtful singing which highlights the darkly emotional lyrical contours that are the hallmark of his best material.

CONTACT
donaldmerckle@gmail.com
Tel: 803-413-2446

FB: www.facebook.com/DonMerckle/
TW/X: twitter.com/donmerckle?lang=en
TY: www.youtube.com/channel/UCPkGb0gdCpbkxSMwBylPfzw
IG: www.instagram.com/donmerckle

Charleston Mega Artist and Super Fun Guy Tate Nation

https://tatenation.com/

Armed with an unorthodox arsenal of knives, dry brushes and assorted unconventional implements, Tate Nation paints in multiple layers of acrylics on canvas-covered wood panels, creating vibrant paintings that are drenched in texture. Tate’s non-traditional paintings are a lively medley of bold compositions, festive themes, and a vivid color palette influenced by Caribbean art.  

His works have been commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service, Coca-Cola, Delta and United Airlines, Canon USA, Time-Life, and Radisson Hotels Worldwide, among many others. Tate’s paintings and prints are held in private and public collections worldwide and have appeared in numerous national publications.  A former freelance illustrator and featured artist for the 2000 and 2010 Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, Tate has also illustrated more than a dozen books, served as Illustrator-in-Residence for the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, and has been awarded many honors for his fine art paintings and illustrations. Two of his original works have been exhibited in the Society of Illustrators' Museum of American Illustration in New York City. 

Check out his gallery 257 King Street (between Wentworth & Beaufain Streets; directly across the street from Anthropologie). Catch him by appointment (843-568-9911) or by chance. 

Mike from Captain's Comics talks business and the Captain's Expo!

D.J., Devin and Jonathan talk with Mike from Captain's Comics in Charleston S.C. about running a business, comics and the upcoming Captain's Expo Feb 24th and 25th.

www.captainscomicexpo.com