Three years ago, the North Carolina Music Love Army formed as a musical protest movement against Pat McCrory’s government. Since then, the very government they were protesting has only gotten worse, especially in the wake of HB 2. Led by Jon Lindsay, the group has now delivered a new song, “When You Were a Young […]
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Bull City Records Celebrates Eleven Years with an August Blowout
Durham now has several brick-and-mortar spots for buying records—Carolina Soul, Hunky Dory, Schoolkids—but of all of these, the great Bull City Records has been around the longest. For more than a decade, the shop has served as an essential hub for Durham music-lovers. Now, owner Chaz Martenstein has enlisted a bunch of buddies to help […]
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Booze for Dessert: The Simple Wonder of Chuck’s Milkshakes with Shots
Chuck’s 237 S. Wilmington St., Raleigh My milkshake appears, and it is beautiful. A thin layer of frost coats the outside of the thick, cold glass. A generous chunk of chocolate cake sits atop the shake’s brown surface, stuck in the middle like some wayward jungle explorer suspended in quicksand. A circular swoop of chocolate […]
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Listen to “Shape of the One Thing,” a New Track from Horseback
We’re not quite halfway through 2016, and Jenks Miller already has his third record on deck for the year. Mount Moriah, the band he co-leads with Heather McEntire, released How to Dance in March, and Miller’s new Blues from WHAT, from Jenks Miller & Rose Cross NC, isn’t even a week old. August will see […]
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Deep Listen: Jenks Miller & Elysse Thebner Miller Discuss the New Blues from WHAT—Listen to It, Too
Jenks Miller & Rose Cross NC’s new Blues from WHAT might be only four songs long, but Miller dives deep into meditative jams here. Together, they offer thoughtful escapes from the everyday hustle. Along with his chief Rose Cross collaborator and wife Elysse Thebner Miller, Jenks sat down to discuss the record’s gradual development in […]
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Squirrel Nut Zippers to Reissue Hot, the LP that Blew Up the Band
Saturday marked a big anniversary for a former local institution: on June 4, 1996, Chapel Hill’s Squirrel Nut Zippers released Hot, the record that would propel them toward stardom with “Hell.” In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the record, the band has announced that a remastered reissue will arrive on vinyl July 29. This […]
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Death Cab For Cutie, Chvrches Turn Their Asheville and Charlotte Shows into Anti-HB 2 Benefits
Death Cab for Cutie and Chvrches are the latest artists to throw their hats into the ring over HB 2, following the Dead & Company and a long string of others. The bands mutually announced this morning that they would not cancel their June 11 and 16 shows in Asheville and Charlotte, respectively. Instead, the […]
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Live: Heritage Awards Celebrate North Carolina Craftsmanship
North Carolina Heritage Awards Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh Wednesday, May 25, 2016 On a balmy Wednesday evening, a newly minted high school graduate yelled, “Can we take a picture with the boat?!” to his confused parents. Indeed, among the capped-and-gowned grads, a fishing boat made for an odd sight in the plaza of the Duke […]
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What Do Langston Hughes, the Cello, and Folk Have in Common? The Great Leyla McCalla
Talking with the New Orleans-based cellist Leyla McCalla.
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Maybe Don’t Get HB 2?
At Friday night’s sold-out performance at the N.C. Museum of Art, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros took a stand over HB 2—kind of. As the band played its mega-hit “Home,” its production designer Jack Ryan and his husband, Dan Matthews, took the stage to renew their vows; you may have previously seen the Virginia-based […]
