New Earth Music Hall and the Darius Goes West Foundation are proud to present the 6th Annual Darius Goes West Day Celebration. This year’s concert will feature performances by Athens’ own Modern Skirts, Yelawolf, and Nappy Roots. Darius Weems will also be making a guest appearance on stage!!! Tickets are $10 in advance and this event is likely to sell out so snag your tickets today! Click below to purchase advance tickets:
Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life is a documentary by Logan Smalley about Darius Weems, a teenager afflicted with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who embarked during the Summer of 2005 on a 7,000 mile road trip across the United States to promote awareness of the fatal disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and to raise money for research into a cure.
Proceeds from tonight’s concert go directly to support the Darius Goes West Foundation.
Modern Skirts is an alternative rock band based in Athens, GA. The band consists of four members: Jay Gulley (guitar and vocals), JoJo Glidewell (guitar, piano, and vocals), Phillip Brantley (bass, guitar, and vocals) and John Swint (drums).
Formed in early 2004, the band quickly gained popularity and notoriety in the Athens music scene thanks largely to the buzz created by their high-energy live shows in the Athens area, mostly at the world-famous 40 Watt Club. August 2005 saw the independent release of their debut album, titled Catalogue of Generous Men. The album quickly became a standard in Athens, and won the band the first of several Athens Music Awards. The album has been praised in various media outlets, most notably in Paste Magazine and on National Public Radio. The vocal harmonies and subtle melancholy in songs like “Pasadena” and “Sugarpile” have helped to secure the groups success in Athens and around the Southeast. Modern Skirts prominent use of the piano derives from the significant influences of groups such as The Beach Boys, and their flexible use of song structure centers around catchy melodies and memorable hooks, similar to those used in Brit-Pop and by The Velvet Underground.
“When you think of Nappy, you think raw and untamed,” says Nappy Roots member Scales, explaining the hip hop sextet’s unique moniker. “But you also think pure and natural.” “That’s what we are,” chimes in partner in rhyme, Skinny DeVille. “Our name signifies our unwillingness to conform with fads. Once the fads die out, you always come back to the roots.”
Born Michael Wayne Atha to a single mother in Gadsden, Alabama – YelaWolf would find the word “home” used loosely over pretty much his entire pre-adolescent and teenage years. Holding down residence in Baton Rouge, Franklin, TN, Nashville, Atlanta and hometown Gadsden of course would be expected for a military brat, but he wasn’t. In fairness… some good came out of his nomadic upbringing because the love for Hip-Hop grew while living in Antioch, TN starting around ‘93. The suburban neighbor on the outskirts on Nashville ushered a young YelaWolf a wide view to street life and an appreciation to Hip-Hop courtesy of artists like Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, N.W.A., IceCube, Souls of Mischief, Digable Planets, UGK, Skinny Pimp, Nappyhead and Goldteeth along with local artists like Southside Hustler and Haystack. “Antioch is where Hip-Hop really became real to me, that’s where I started writing raps. It was like… I already knew about Hip-Hop, but I really didn’t jump head in first until I moved there.” There’s no denying that living in Music City and its following neighborhoods helped give him his creative spirit. “I actually got suspended for my first rap there too…read more here.
Modern Skirts, Nappy Roots, and Yelawolf Concert to Celebrate Darius Goes West
New Earth Music Hall and the Darius Goes West Foundation are proud to present the 6th Annual Darius Goes West Day Celebration. This year’s concert will feature performances by Athens’ own Modern Skirts, Yelawolf, and Nappy Roots. Darius Weems will also be making a guest appearance on stage!!! Tickets are $10 in advance and this event is likely to sell out so snag your tickets today! Click below to purchase advance tickets:
Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life is a documentary by Logan Smalley about Darius Weems, a teenager afflicted with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who embarked during the Summer of 2005 on a 7,000 mile road trip across the United States to promote awareness of the fatal disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and to raise money for research into a cure.
Proceeds from tonight’s concert go directly to support the Darius Goes West Foundation.
Darius Goes West Birthday Video from Darius Goes West on Vimeo.
.::Modern Skirts::.
Modern Skirts is an alternative rock band based in Athens, GA. The band consists of four members: Jay Gulley (guitar and vocals), JoJo Glidewell (guitar, piano, and vocals), Phillip Brantley (bass, guitar, and vocals) and John Swint (drums).
Formed in early 2004, the band quickly gained popularity and notoriety in the Athens music scene thanks largely to the buzz created by their high-energy live shows in the Athens area, mostly at the world-famous 40 Watt Club. August 2005 saw the independent release of their debut album, titled Catalogue of Generous Men. The album quickly became a standard in Athens, and won the band the first of several Athens Music Awards. The album has been praised in various media outlets, most notably in Paste Magazine and on National Public Radio. The vocal harmonies and subtle melancholy in songs like “Pasadena” and “Sugarpile” have helped to secure the groups success in Athens and around the Southeast. Modern Skirts prominent use of the piano derives from the significant influences of groups such as The Beach Boys, and their flexible use of song structure centers around catchy melodies and memorable hooks, similar to those used in Brit-Pop and by The Velvet Underground.
Modern Skirts – Soft Pedals SOM Video from Modern Skirts on Vimeo.
.::Nappy Roots::.
“When you think of Nappy, you think raw and untamed,” says Nappy Roots member Scales, explaining the hip hop sextet’s unique moniker. “But you also think pure and natural.” “That’s what we are,” chimes in partner in rhyme, Skinny DeVille. “Our name signifies our unwillingness to conform with fads. Once the fads die out, you always come back to the roots.”
Nappy Roots – Back Home from AVJ Records on Vimeo.
.::Yelawolf::.
Born Michael Wayne Atha to a single mother in Gadsden, Alabama – YelaWolf would find the word “home” used loosely over pretty much his entire pre-adolescent and teenage years. Holding down residence in Baton Rouge, Franklin, TN, Nashville, Atlanta and hometown Gadsden of course would be expected for a military brat, but he wasn’t. In fairness… some good came out of his nomadic upbringing because the love for Hip-Hop grew while living in Antioch, TN starting around ‘93. The suburban neighbor on the outskirts on Nashville ushered a young YelaWolf a wide view to street life and an appreciation to Hip-Hop courtesy of artists like Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, N.W.A., IceCube, Souls of Mischief, Digable Planets, UGK, Skinny Pimp, Nappyhead and Goldteeth along with local artists like Southside Hustler and Haystack. “Antioch is where Hip-Hop really became real to me, that’s where I started writing raps. It was like… I already knew about Hip-Hop, but I really didn’t jump head in first until I moved there.” There’s no denying that living in Music City and its following neighborhoods helped give him his creative spirit. “I actually got suspended for my first rap there too…read more here.
. Yelawolf “I WISH” the REMIX ft. CyHi Da Prynce and Pill from Willpower Omnimedia on Vimeo.