Author: shutter16mag2011

This is the 2011 version of Shutter16.com, our respective archives. Check back for updates on what is to come of our site. Shutter16.com is a collaborative brainchild of some of the best music photojournalists and music enthusiasts, period. Since its conception it has went from a local magazine, to a regional magazine, and has now spread it's wings to a full fledged international magazine. With a broad spectrum of talents and specialties there is no limit to the music we will cover. We want your questions, compliments, and complaints but most of all we want to tear it up with you on a dance floor, in the photo pit, and at the after-party. Staff: Dianna Augustine - Chief Photojournalist/ Artist Relations, Columnist of "WTF: This Week in News", "CD Releases - Pick of the Week" Glenn Cocoa - Tour Photographer - Celebrity Columns specialist Jennifer Bement - Music Journalist - Editor in Cheif Amanda Caines - Music Journalist / Head of Art Department Erin Blackwood - Music Journalist, Columnist of "16 Bars" Dana Haidar - Photographer Chaz Weaver - Photographer , Reviewer Alan MacNorton - Photographer Leigh Steinhouse - Music Journalist Meredith Jones- Photographer Matt Pock - Photographer Emotron - Running Columnist of "Ask Emotron" Josh Andrew Robbins - Music Journalist Sarah Blumenthal Robins - Photographer Kristin Leake - Music Journalist Phil McDougall - PhotographerLeigh Stenhouse - Music Journalist Cynthia Haithcock - Photographer Wyley Buck Boswell - Columnist "Cocktail Napkins from the Pit" Jacob Manyes - PR Analyst / Communication Specialist Michael Kermit Hill - Columnist for "TBA" Interns Josh Gooch - Photojournalist Jordan Fogul - Photojournalist, Columnist of "TBA" Andy Frisk - Music Journalist Jason "Mater" Robinson - Music Journalist Mallory Biggerstaff 0 Music Journalist Sarah Franswia - Photographer Martin Thomas- Photographer Contributors: Lane Lovegrove - Contributing Journalist Spencer Huffman- Contributing Photographer Ryan Harmening - Contributing Photographer Stephanie Michelle- Contributing Photographer Albert Gaylor- Contributing Photographer Barry Falls Jr. - Music Journalist Thomas Hendricks - Photo Journalist Jeff Grindstopher - Contributing Videographer Check back for our new tour diaries with some of your favorite bands. Add us , and tell others to do the same. Bands feel free to submit your bios, tour itinerary, request an interview and point us in the right direction to some up and coming music as we we'll do the same . New: -We're featuring "on the road" diaries with some of the biggest bands around and are always on the look out for the next up and coming things. - Columns - Tour Previews - every major tour going on announced will be set live the 1st of every month. - New Columns coming soon, March 1st will start rolling them out. - New additions to the Shutter 16 family, please make them feel at home! Columns WTF in music (weekly) CD Releases (weekly) Occupy Wall Street (CLT) (random) Notes from the Underground (as it happens) 16 Bars Top 16 Community Corner What needs to go in music Industry Tips Many more coming soon!
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Local Spotlight: Alexa Jenson

Local Spotlight: Alexa Jenson Always on the search for new music in Charlotte, I wandered into the Evening Muse for Open Mic Night. I noticed there were many different artists waiting their turn to perform. At Open Mic Night, anyone who wants to perform, shows up, signs up, waits for their name to be called, […]

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Joe Bonamassa golden strums fills Blumenthal

Joe Bonamassa golden strums fills Blumenthal Photographer: Richard Thigpen With a career that spans 16 full albums and near three decades, the blues guitar virtuoso Joe Bonamassa ventured into Charlotte last night to entertain. To those unfamiliar with his career let’s do some catch-up: he has such a collection of gear, vintage guitars, and memorabilia […]

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David Duchovny Dazzles Them At The Paramount

David Duchovny Dazzles Them At The Paramount David Duchovny, who most fans identify as Fox Mulder from the hit TV series, The X-Files, wants fans to see him in a different light. As most actors do not want to be typecast, Duchovny decided in his early fifties to take up guitar-playing, something he had always […]

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The Evolution of the American Sound

Roots of indie, heavy metal, & alternative rock           One Sunday afternoon circa 1989 I heard “I Live in the Springtime” by the Buzz Saw on Bill Kelly’s Teenage Wasteland on listener-sponsored Upsala College’s WFMU. The station has always been difficult to pick up in Brooklyn, it comes over a little better in a car radio […]

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Son Volt bring notes of blue

Son Volt bring notes of blue Back in 1995, the year Son Volt released their first album Trace, the term alternative country was just gaining traction. Now, the moniker is about as useful as a term as alternative music is when applied to a musical genre. Nevertheless, Son Volt, the brainchild of Jay Farrar, a […]

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Ricky Lov kicks off the Living Gypset music series

The ALM scene is kicked up a notch at the Gibson Showcase in Beverly Hills Patrick O’Heffernan (Beverly Hills) Powerhouse Latin fusion music promoter Julieta Isela of The Living Sessions teamed up with Gypset Magazine publisher Diana Carolina last week to launch a dynamite music series, kicked off by LA-based Latin heartthrob Ricky Lov at […]