This week in Carolina music

New adventures in Southern music

The most important billboard on hwy 74.

A decade ago, I imagined — dreamed — that there would be hundreds of MJ Lendermans across the Carolinas. Gritty, guitar-driven bands made up of songwriters whose lyrics describe the quirks of everyday life in America, particularly the South, influenced by decades of bands doing the same thing. Following the well-w…