MARY LATTIMORE Sunday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m., $10–$12 Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro www.catscradle.com Quickly, how many harpists can you name? Was your first thought Joanna Newsom? Perhaps you landed on Alice Coltrane or Zeena Parkins, two brilliantly talented women whose boundary-pushing work never earned them mainstream acclaim. The roster of well-known harpists is a […]
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Tonight’s David Bowie Tribute in Chapel Hill Postponed Due to OWASA Emergency
Bad news if you were planning to hit Chapel Hill tonight to take in the Glass At 80 tribute to David Bowie. Due to an emergency with Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s water supply, OWASA customers have been told not to use any water, and UNC-Chapel Hill closed because of the problem at 1 p.m. That […]
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Here Are the Local Musicians Donating Their Bandcamp Proceeds to the ACLU Today
Earlier this week, the music platform Bandcamp announced that it would donate its cut of all music and merch sales made today to the ACLU. The move came as a response to the immigration ban that went in effect over the weekend, which prompted a massive flood in donations to the civil rights organization. So […]
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Yep Roc and UNC’s Southern Folklife Collection Have Teamed Up to Issue Three Records
The Southern Folklife Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill is one of the most valuable resources in the country for documents of the everyday stuff that makes us us. From rock show posters and T-shirts to obscure field recordings and photographs, the collection is a treasure trove of music, interviews, art, and much more. You can explore […]
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Moogfest Announces Nona Hendryx, Moor Mother, SURVIVE, and More in First Wave of Programming
For its second stand in Durham, Moogfest is rolling out its programming lineup in phases, the first of which just dropped. The overall programming themes include The Future of Creativity, Protest, Spatial Sound, Hacking Systems, The Future of Creativity, Instrument Design, The Joyful Noise of STEAM, and more. Topping the bill this round is Nona […]
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Bluegrass Whiz Sierra Hull Starts from Scratch on Her Great New Album, Weighted Mind
SIERRA HULL Friday, Jan. 6, 8 p.m., $27–$29 Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com At twenty-five, Sierra Hull is one of the brightest young stars in bluegrassand one of its best instrumentalists to boot. Having studied the mandolin since childhood, the Tennessee native took home the trophy for mandolin player of the year at October’s International […]
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How My Childhood Love of Elvis Taught Me to Question Authority and Cherish the Blues
ELVIS FEST 2017 Friday, Jan. 6 & Saturday, Jan. 7, 7:30 p.m., $12 Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro www.catscradle.com Almost two years ago, while discussing Gillian Welch’s song “Elvis Presley Blues” with the INDY, folk song slinger Jake Xerxes Fussell noted that “when you start thinking about Elvis, it’s hard to stop thinking about Elvis.” […]
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Eat This: Pie Pushers Serves Up a Decadent Southern Take on Poutine
PIE PUSHERS 117 West Main Street, Durham www.piepushers.com Pie Pushers owners Becky Cascio and Mike Hacker spent five and a half years flexing their pizza-making muscles in a tiny food truck before expanding this year into a brick-and-mortar operation above The Pinhook. But devotees know they sling a mean biscuits-and-gravy during breakfast and brunch hours […]
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Southland Ballroom to Close After New Year’s Eve
Back in the spring, we reported that Southland Ballroom, the Raleigh music venue whose building was bought out by developers in February, would likely be sticking around for at least another year. That’s changed this week, as the venue has announced that its New Year’s Eve party with Talking Heads cover band Same As It […]
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From Record Stores to Music Festivals and HB 2, Triangle Music Grappled with Growth This Year
In a year when it felt like all hell broke loose at every turn, art has remained a crucial comfort and invaluable outlet for speaking truth to power. It was a busy but rewarding year for local music as we’ve wrestled with everything these twelve months threw at us. At the beginning of JANUARY, Carolina […]
