My idea of luxury is probably a little stunted. I have no Champagne wishes or caviar dreams. A cold Miller High Life and some Haribo gummy frogs are enough to make me happy. Still, I’m a big fan of the “treat yourself” mantra when the occasion calls for it: a new book, a cocktail that […]
Allison Hussey
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Slightly revolutionary: Cocoa Cinnamon’s “Simón Bolívar” mate latte
If someone dumped a dollop of cayenne pepper into your morning caffeine ritual, you would probably protest. But that won’t be necessary at Cocoa Cinnamon, where one of the shop’s best signature drinks, the “Simón Bolívar,” keys on a sudden shock of heat, providing a welcome jolt for drab winter days. Cocoa Cinnamon co-owner Leon […]
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Moogfest announces Gary Numan, GZA, Laurie Anderson and more in full lineup release
Five months away from Moogfest‘s inaugural installment in Durham, the festival’s got its lineup set. It’s an impressive, dense set of bookings that includes multiple-night residencies by Gary Numan and GZA in top slots, with Laurie Anderson, Sunn O))), Bootsy Collins, Blood Orange, Explosions in the Sky and more performing over four days downtown. The […]
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ReverbNation’s great holiday bill on Friday will now benefit family of late employee Sandi Sanderlin
Friday night’s show at Motorco already offered a solid (and free) local bill: Mac McCaughan, Birds of Avalon and Zack Mexico. The gig came about through Sandi Sanderlin, who worked as an executive assistant at Durham’s ReverbNation and who collaborated with Motorco’s Glenn Boothe to set it up. What began as a private party for […]
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Review: Daddy Issues exit with some welcome girl talk
Women keep secrets that we like to share only with one another. There are things we’ll talk about together but rarely, if ever, in mixed companyfeelings, a horrifying range of bodily functions and yes, the partners we love and hate. But Greensboro’s Daddy Issues have never minded addressing these grievances and delights in public. In […]
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Record review: Jeanne Jolly’s A Place to Run
The Raleigh singer Jeanne Jolly has a powerful and versatile voice, as capable of flying high for a soulful vibrato as it is dipping low for soft country ballads. It’s earned her spots on stages with symphonies and on stages and in studios with the trumpeter Chris Botti. She’s lent it to the R&B sophisticates […]
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Live: Hiss Golden Messenger’s Heart Like a Levee paints a warm Southern setting
Hiss Golden Messenger + William Gedney: Heart Like a Levee Duke’s Reynolds Industries Theatre, Durham Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015 I don’t remember the first time I saw a Hiss Golden Messenger performance, but an early one lingers in my mind. It was in Winston-Salem at the second installment of that city’s small-but-solid Phuzz Phest. Hiss […]
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Thank you, Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings, for not surfing “the banjo wave.”
Dave Rawlings Machine Sunday, Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., $27.50–$39.50 DPAC 123 Vivian St., Durham 919-680-2787 www.dpacnc.com Between songs at a sold-out and reverently quiet performance at Durham’s Carolina Theatre last spring, the singer and songwriter Gillian Welch remembered an old joke. A decade earlier, around the time O Brother, Where Art Thou? and its successful […]
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Indies Arts Awards: The Pinhook’s Kym Register uses her rock club to empower Durham voices
2015 WinnersGreg Lowenhagen and Cicely MitchellEmil KangKym RegisterDasan AhanuChris Tonelli Previous winners When Kym Register sits on the back patio of The Pinhook, the rock club and de facto community center she opened in 2008, the layers of modern Durham unfold before her. Panning from right to left, there’s the American Tobacco Campus and its […]
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Video Premiere: Get twisted around with Teardrop Canyon’s new “Let it Rest”
Though he once led the more pop-leaning Butterflies, Carrboro’s Josh Kimbrough is taking his songs in a new direction as Teardrop Canyon. His first new track, titled “Let It Rest,” is a catchy, crunchy tune that’s got a bit of a bite to it. A tight, chugging rhythm section powers “Let It Rest,” with a […]