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Scythian heating up summer of 2025 with two upcoming North Carolina shows on July 10 and July 11 in Charlotte and Boone

Everyone’s favorite Celtic rockers Scythian, also affectionately known as MerleFest’s house band, are headed down south to the land of the pines with a show in Charlotte on Thursday, July 10, and one in Boone on Friday, July 11. And if that’s not enough Scythian, you can catch them at a FREE show on Saturday, July 12, in Herndon, Virginia.

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Time Sawyer strikes all the right chords with ‘Wildest Dreams’ album release

If you are a fan of the Marshall Tucker Band and similar ’70s “Southern Fried Rock” groups, you are going to be a fan of Time Sawyer and this  Charlotte, North Carolina-based, alt-country, folk-rock band’s newest release, “Wildest Dreams.”
After a four-year hiatus, the band is introducing its sixth studio album as a follow-up to its well-received album, “Disguise the Limits.”
“Wildest Dreams” is the band’s most mature work to date, perhaps thanks to recording for the first time under the direction of Grammy-award winning producer Mike Ashworth (Steep Canyon Rangers) while recording inside the walls of the acclaimed Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville, North Carolina.

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