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Bobby Osborne needn’t have sung another note beyond "Rocky Top." When he and brother Sonny hit in 1968 with what became an anthem on several fronts, their place in music history was set. […]

The Harlem Renaissance lives on within "Ain't Misbehavin,'" scheduled to alight the grand old stage of the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol, Tenn. on Feb. 4. Named after Fats Waller's song from 1929 the musical amounts to a celebration of life lived during the Harlem Renaissance, of rich art and of days and nights of excess, […]

The Miami String Quartet will perform at East Tennessee State University on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the D.P. Culp University Center’s Martha Street Culp Auditorium.  The event is co-sponsored by the ETSU Department of Music and the Mary B. Martin School of the Arts. […]

If you watch the Super Bowl mainly for the commercials, you may want to grab your smartphone or iPad during the show. […]

Mary Dudley Porterfield, the widow of Barter Theatre Founder Robert Porterfield, has died. […]

HOW TO SUBMIT INFORMATION To submit calendar entries, email features@bristolnews.com or fax (276) 669-3696. Deadline is noon on Monday.     […]

49F MOSTLY CLOUDY […]

Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain showers. Lows in the mid to upper 30s. Light winds. […]

Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Light winds. […]

Rain showers. Highs in the lower 50s. East winds 10 mph or less shifting to the south in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent. […]

Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower 50s. Temperature steady or slowly falling in the afternoon. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph. […]

Showers. Near steady temperature in the upper 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent. […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. - The Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) at ETSU and the Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) will host two free Small Business Certification classes on Tuesday, February 21 from 9 – 11 a.m., at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, 151 E. Main Street, downtown Kingsport and Friday, Febr […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. - The Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) at ETSU and the Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) and Aries Energy will host a Renewable Energy Grant Workshop on Friday, February 17 from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m., at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce, 151 E. Main Street, downtown. The workshop is […]

The Industrial Board of the City of Kingsport will meet every first Tuesday in every month except January, July and September. January 10, 2012 (annual meeting) February 7, 2012 March 6, 2012 April 5, 2012 May 1, 2012 June 5, 2012 June 10, 2012 (holiday) August 7, 2012 September 11, 2012 (holiday) October 2, 2012 November 6, 2012 December 4, 2012 2012 Office […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. – They’ve played for President Barack Obama’s Inaugural…They’ve played for Eli Manning’s Wedding…They’ve played for Donald Trump’s New Year’s Eve Party for the past three years…They played last year for your Kingsport Chamber’s 64th Annual Dinner…and now the Number One Party Band in the Nation is back to play for your Kingsport Chamber 65th […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Kingsport ChamberZone is about to hit a milestone as the show celebrates its 200th episode. The 200th episode will highlight many of the numerous accomplishments and developments that have occurred in Kingsport since the show debuted in July of 2003. The celebration show also features congratulatory messages from area media personalities. […]

KINGSPORT, Tenn. – The Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce will host Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam on Friday, January 20, 2012, at 10 a.m. at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear Governor Haslam unveil his 2012 Legislative Agenda. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP is required. Please RSVP by Mon […]

Tonight police in Bristol say an 11-year-old boy stabbed a man in the parking lot of the Mosby Apartment. The incident is still under investigation and the man suffered only minor injuries. […]

If you store your personal belongings in a storage unit you may want to check and make sure someone hasn't stolen them. […]

On Friday, Feb. 03 at 12:12 p.m. officers of the Johnson City Police Department responded to a crash with injuries on North Roan St. at Swanee Dr.   […]

A 20-year-old Kingsport man out of jail on bond after an arrest on charges he raped a child, is back in trouble again.     […]

Construction on Gibson Mill Rd. will impact water service Monday for businesses and residents along that route. […]

Every birthday is special, but some are just a little more special than others. […]

A kickoff and sign unveiling event celebrating Bristol’s new designation as an official Virginia Main Street (VMS) community was held Friday afternoon at the corner of Cumberland and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.   […]

Nicki Minaj is getting super social on the Billboard Social 50 chart, as the hip-hop diva flies from No. 16 to No. 10 -- her visit to the top 10 since the Dec. 24 tally when she ranked at No. 8. She saw a 17% gain in Twitter followers in the tracking week and an 19% rise in YouTube views. […]

Lana Del Rey's major label full-length debut album, "Born to Die," is off to a fast start. Industry sources say that the set may sell between 60,000 to 70,000 copies by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Feb. 5. That should easily give the album at No. 2 debut on the Billboard 200 chart next week. […]

Beyonce continues to tally hits on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs from her album "4," even if pop audiences don't seem to be equally enthralled. […]

Sharon Van Etten's new single, Don Cornelius's Legacy, Lana Del Rey Tries Again: see what else i trending in music today. […]

Beyond Adele's continued supremacy on the charts, both Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and The Wanted's "Glad You Came" roar up the Hot 100; while The Doors, Wilco, Tony Bennett and Blake Shelton make impressive gains on the Top 200 album survey. […]

Clear Channel announced plans Friday to premiere Madonna's new single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and its music video across Clear Channel radio stations, electronic billboards and online venues. Clear Channel, which owns 850 stations nationwide, estimated the promotional campaign would reach more than 150 million people globally. […]

Every song can and should be an app. Songpier makes it incredibly easy for musicians to turn tunes into web apps optimized for iOS and Android smartphones, with no designers required. […]

The veteran electronic musician launches a formidable one-two punch with his new full-length, ISAM, and a visually ambitious tour that pairs the record's sonically challenging music with shape-shifting 3-D animation. […]

A pair of musicians from Washington, D.C., who go by the name Bluebrain have put together a location-aware album called The National Mall. […]

There's a reason Google's personal cloud, music-streaming service is called "Beta." It's an un-baked, no-frills service just two weeks old that some day likely will store the personal music of the masses, just like Google does for e-mail, calendar appointments, blogs, documents and photos. […]

The first song to be released in the intriguing new format, which makes music sound different every time it is played, is called "Flesh Freeze," by ex-Golden Silvers front man Gwilym Gold. […]

Jordan Gray makes music from the plinking tones of hacked handheld videogames. A former punk rocker who turned damaged toys into instruments during his high school years, he went on to make music with synthesizers and MIDI sequencers before settling on his current instruments of choice -- a vintage Nintendo Game Boy and a PlayStation Portable. […]