CRESCENT Books: “Doughnuts for Amy” Author Gives CRESCENT an Extra Taste
To commemorate Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, Chef John Malik decided to give CRESCENT an extra taste of his new novel Doughnuts for Amy. If you’re asking what Charles Dickens has to do with it, don’t worry, you’ll figure it out pretty quickly. For more on Chef Malik and Doughnuts for Amy, you can read the […]
CRESCENT Books: Acclaimed Chef John Malik Trades His Kitchen for a Keyboard
One of the Upstate’s best known chefs recently made an about face. After three years as the executive chef of a busy retirement community, he now has a new title — published novelist. Many know Chef John Malik from 33 Liberty, the restaurant he owned with his wife Amy until 2008. Now, the 2008 James […]
CRESCENT Entertainment: The Piedmont Boys’ Greg Payne Talks About What Social Media Means to New Artists.
How have social media outlets changed the way you communicate, you get the word out there? It’s huge for us. It benefits us way more than it does somebody who is already a big star, obviously. Anybody…I can put anything on YouTube and, for some reason, it can just catch fire. It can be viral […]
CRESCENT Entertainment: The Piedmont Boys’ Greg Payne Opens Up on Stories from the Road and What it Takes to Get Noticed by Nashville
South Carolina is not exactly shabby when it comes to turning out musical acts. Not it’s not. We’ve got a pretty strong history in this state. Even recently, you look at Hootie, you look at Edwin. I can remember back in high school watching Edwin play acoustic, sitting on a bar stool out in front […]
CRESCENT Entertainment: The Piedmont Boys’ Greg Payne on the Band’s New Album and Touring Outside of the Bar Circuit
It’s interesting that you talk about, let’s call it “the process,” from the first record because the second does sound like you really worked hard to refine the songs. It sounds tighter. It sounds like you really…you can hear that conscious effort in there. The first album was recorded basically in a bedroom at […]
