What's New Archives 2010

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Happy holidays! Just a quick note about some new stuff. The new edition of "Country Music USA," termed "the Bible of country music," is now out, and features two taken photos by me. Check out my Chatham County Line pic in the January issue of Our State Magazine.

Lots of recent travel, including photographing the Posies and Brendan Benson in Colorado, doing photos for the recent Big Star 3rd tribute shows in Chapel Hill (check out my Mike Mills photos at REM's website, www.remhq.com), the Chatham County Line holiday extravaganza in Raleigh and Asheville, and other shoots in Charleston, SC and Ohio. Recent photo shoots include Chatham County Line, Carolina Chocolate Drops, and a few others.

I hope you all have a happy and safe holiday season, and I'll see you all in 2011.
-Daniel
December 20, 2010

Wow, I can't believe I've went months without writing. My apologies for that, it's been a busy year here. There's a lot to tell you about, so let's get started.

In February of 2011, I'll be mounting a retrospective of my photography career at Circa Gallery, in Asheboro, NC. (www.circagallery.com). Entitled "Moments In Music And Life," the show will feature 50 photos from my archives, including many never before seen by the
public. There will be a gala show opening, and I will let you know when that is scheduled. I'm very excited about this show, and I hope to see you all there.

I've spent some time over the summer working on photos on the history of country music for a book due next year from Oxford University Press. I'll also have two photos in a book about music that UNC is putting out next year, as well. I also have gotten to help out on a
forthcoming biography of Alex Chilton, and have a photo in a new local book, "Charlotte's Dogs." Yes, it's been an interesting year. More on all of those projects soon.

I recently got to do photos again with Guided by Voices. You may have seen my live photos of the band in recent issues of Time Out New York, New York Magazine, Philadelphia Weekly, and the Wilmington (Delaware Weekly). You can also my photos in GBV's digital release of the recent Cat's Cradle show. It took me 15 years, but I finally got to see the original lineup of GBV, and man, it was fun.

Chatham County Line's new album Wildwood is now out, and you can also buy it (and my cover photos) on vinyl. Heck yeah, vinyl! Other folks I've recently done work with includes Carolina Gator Gumbo, Eric-Scott Guthrie, Peter Holsapple, and Garrigan. (Garrigan has also been
posting many of my new photos of the band at www.garriganmusic.com, or look them up on Youtube.) Meanwhile, there's been lots of recent work with the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Magazine, Charlotte Post, Union County Weekly, Charlotte Symphony, Mint Museum, and a host of other clients.

Tons of great live shows recently, including Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr (separately, but hey, we can dream), Crosby, Stills & Nash, Elvis Tribute Show with Ronnie McDowell, Jordanaires, Stamps Quartet, D. J. Fontana and Millie Kirkham, the NC Music Hall of Fame Induction
Ceremony, with Doc Watson, Maurice Williams, Curly Seckler and more, Wavves, Kim Richey, Heart, Helmet, Frightened Rabbit, Moogfest and a whole bunch of others.

Tangents Magazine is back and rolling along. Check out my new articles and photos at www.tangentsmag.com. Check out my recent interview with Bob Pollard of GBV in the new issue of The Big Takeover Magazine (www.bigtakeover.com). Work is also continuing on the book with Jake Berger on the NC rock scene of the 60s. Thanks to everyone that came out to the GBU/Young Ages/Mannish Boys show on Nov. 6th, featuring yours truly as both MC and tambourine player. If you'd like to talk to me for the book, please email me.

So, Daniel, you ask, when are you going to put some new pics up on your website? Soon, I promise. But in the meantime, check out this video compilation of my recent Charlotte Magazine photos of the Avett Brothers, narrated by me.

I hope you all have a happy holiday season, and I will talk to you all again soon. Best wishes,
-Daniel
November 13, 2010
P.S. Happy birthday to my mom and sister.

Once again, I blinked, and three months have gone by. I hope you're all doing well. There's been a lot going on here, so hang on for the re-cap.

One of the most exciting new projects I've had in quite a while was getting to shoot a live album for 60s folk-pop legends Chad & Jeremy in late April. Considering that their usual photographer is the legendary Gered Mankowitz, I more than happy to share the guys with
Gered. This record will hopefully be released in the next several months, so check out www.chadandjeremy.net for more info.

Lots of new records with my photos are on the way. The new Chatham County Line CD, Wildwood, will be out in early July. Out now is the new CD by Maurice Williams, a new best-of by Savoy Brown, new Mike Strauss album, and a new Woody & The Stragglers CD all feature my
photos. I've also recently done some posed work with Transmission Fields, Garrigan (aka the legendary Jay Garrigan), Maurice Williams and others. Arlo Guthrie and his family are also now using my photos from this past March. Let's see, I've now worked with the Carter
family, and the Guthrie family. Not bad!

On the print and magazine front, I've had continued work with the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Magazine, UNC-Alumni Magazine, UNC- Charlotte event department, Mint Museum, Charlotte Museum of History, and others. I've also been doing some feature story photos with the
Charlotte Post. Be on the lookout for my Arthur Lee photos in upcoming issues of Rolling Stone, and Word Magazine.

Lots of cool live shows to shoot recently. Neil Young & Bert Jansch, Procol Harum at Wolf Trap, James Taylor & Carole King, Tift Merritt (check out Tift's site for my photos from this show), Avett Brothers (good to see you guys again), Merlefest, Heroes Convention in
Charlotte, Pheonix, Levon Helm, and many others.

Thanks to all of you that came out for my Cash photo show at Dish. As some of you know, I have been busy helping to re-start Tangents Magazine, a local music and arts mag I has involved with way back when. It's now back, and can check it out at www.tangentsmag.com.
Please email us if you'd like to get involved, have us cover your favorite band, or just want to say hello. Also, check out my interviews with Big Star, Terry Manning, Midlake and others in the new issue of the Big Takeover (www.bigtakeover.com). Please also email me if you were in, or saw a North Carolina band during the 1960s. Work is going well on that book project, and we hope to hear from you soon. Best wishes to all, and take care,
-Daniel
June 17, 2010

Just a quick note about all the things that have been going on lately. The April issue of Charlotte Magazine has a large feature about my days with the Avett Brothers. Pick up a copy, and check out many more photos here.

http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/April-2010/Back-in-the-Day/

My Cash photos are now up at Dish Restaurant, here in Charlotte. Please come by and check out the photos. I'm also taking part in the first-ever Bathtub Social at the Neighborhood Theatre this Friday night, April 2nd. It's a collection of local artists showing and selling their work. Admission is free, and doors open at 7pm.

You may have seen my photos featured on UNC-TV's North Carolina Weekend, in a story on the Cat's Cradle. Recent work includes promo photos with Josh Panda and his fabulous band, irish legends Patrick Street, Ebony Hillbillies, Arlo Guthrie and the entire Guthrie Family, Lionel Cornelius (of the Cornelius Brothers), the Black Banjo Gathering in both Boone and Charlotte, NC, work with the Charlotte Observer, and Charlotte Symhpony. Recent cool live shoots include Bob Lind, Beach Fossils, Surfer Blood, Black Lips, and several others.

Work on the restarted Tangents is continuing, and I'll have more info soon. I'm also working on a book project on the North Carolina rock scene in the 1960s. If you played in an NC band during that time, saw shows around that time, or have any photos or fliers from that time, email me at danelcoston@aol.com, I'd love to hear from you.

A huge farewell to Alex Chilton (part two of my Big Star interview series coming in the next issue of the Big Takeover), Jim Marshall, and Mark Linkous, among too many others. Best wishes and take care,
-Daniel

A belated Happy Valentine's Day to you all. The last several weeks have been trapped in that "beginning to the year" freelance lull, but I finally have some news to tell you about.

To go along with the release of the final Johnny Cash/American Recordings CD, I will be bringing a show of my 2003 Cash photos back to Charlotte for the first time in over four years. Dish Restaurant, over in Plaza-Midwood, has given me their gallery space from March 15th to the end of April. This will be a rare chance to see my photos from those amazing few weeks of my life. The photos will also be for sale, and will be the last time I exhibit the Cash photos, or any of my photos, for the forseeable future. Email me, or call Dish Restaurant for more information.

I recently got to do some photos with the Temptations, when they were here in town with the Charlotte Symphony. I also did a photo shoot with the Carolina Chocolate Drops last month, some of which you'll hopefully see soon. I also did a photo shoot with Secondhand Stories, which was a lot of fun. Other cool recent live shows and photos have included Ray Price, Eric Bachmann, Those Darlins, Nick Oliveri and Furthur. I've also been helping Steve Crump put together a documentary on the legendary NC musician Joe Thompson. More on this as the year progresses.

Recent work includes several events for the Charlotte Observer, and Charlotte Magazine. I've finished new interviews with Big Star and Terry Manning for the next issue of the Big Takeover, which'll be out in May. Other folks to use my photos recently includes the NPR show State Of The Re:Union, and the latest volume of The New Encyclopedia Of Southern Culture, out now on UNC Press.

Some of you may now that I started this accidental career at Tangents Magazine, a monthly magazine based here in Charlotte from 1995 to 1998. In the spirit of the older rock bands who are now doing reunion tours, Tangents has decided to reform as a webzine, which will be officially up and running in the summer. You'll get to see many of my archived interviews from that era, including Douglas Adams, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and many more, as well as lots of new stuff. If you're a writer or artist looking for an outlet that still has a following, 13 years after it folded (much to my own recent surprise), email typoe@yahoo.com, or email me with questions here. Tangents Magazine, it's not just a job, it's an adventure.

Hope you're all doing well. Best wishes, and take care,
-Daniel