Durham’s reputation as a hub for great food keeps growing, and tonight, the Bull City gets another turn in the spotlight with a feature on the popular documentary series A Chef’s Life. Host Vivian Howard, who runs Kinston’s famed Chef & the Farmer, hit the Bull City with her crew last year to shoot an […]
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The drumming power of Flesh Wounds’ Laura King
Laura King didn’t love playing the bass as a kid. By the time she turned 11, her father finally understood that she needed a new hobby. “He picked me up from school one day and was like, ‘All right, Laura. Let’s go get a kit,’” she says. It proved a pivotal moment: At 39, her […]
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Video: After a year offstage, Mount Moriah picks back up at the Pinhook
Mount Moriah The Pinhook Friday, Oct. 9, 2015 Almost exactly a year since its last performance in the Triangle, Mount Moriah received a warm hometown welcome at The Pinhook Friday. After kicking off with “Calvander,” the bright lead cut from the new 7-inch the band was celebrating, Heather McEntire expressed her gratitude for the sold-out […]
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IBMA’s traditional clutches win biggest at its 2015 awards show
International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh Thursday, October 1, 2015 It felt like a wonderful, satisfying joke Thursday night when, at the big awards show for an institution I called “self-codifying,” a group that is essentially a Flatt & Scruggs cover band cleaned house. The Earls of Leicester (pronounced “Lester”—get it, kids?) are […]
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Durham’s Carolina Soul to open Main Street storefront by late December
Triangle vinyl enthusiasts, your options continue to expand: By the end of the year, a third record store will open in Durham. Carolina Soul, at 117 E. Main St., will be downtown Durham’s only record store. Carolina Soul began about a decade ago and was, for a few years, a hobby of UNC grad Jason […]
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IBMA’s Wide Open Bluegrass to move into Raleigh Convention Center due to Joaquin
It’s hurricane season, and though North Carolina’s had it comparatively easy on that front for the past few years, weather tends to be in charge of outdoor events—like the drizzly Hopscotch, last week’s wet Capital City Bikefest and this weekend’s Wide Open Bluegrass festival, which is headed inside thanks to Hurricane Joaquin. Instead of Red […]
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Does bluegrass itself limit the growth of Raleigh’s Wide Open Bluegrass festival?
A week before the International Bluegrass Music Association brought its annual convention and music festival to Raleigh for the third consecutive year, six panelists and a banjo-playing host gathered at N.C. State’s high-tech Hunt Library to discuss what, exactly, bluegrass is. They also wondered where it might be going. When most people hear the word […]
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Being comfortable with how uncomfortable Father John Misty can be
Father John Misty with Mikal Cronin Tuesday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m., $25 The Ritz 2820 Industrial Drive, Raleigh 919-424-1400 www.ritzraleigh.com We spend a lot of time and money making our lives comfortable. Our cars have heated seats. Our trash bags exude vanilla scents. Our headphones cancel unwanted noise. We quash the little life things we […]
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Listen to a new Mount Moriah song, “Calvander,” from a forthcoming 7-inch
Last month, Mount Moriah announced their first new release since their stunning 2013 Merge debut, Miracle Temple. The upcoming three-song seven-inch isn’t quite the full follow-up most folks might have hoped for, but we’re told an announcement for that is imminent. And today’s debut of the single “Calvander” proves the band is as strong as […]
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Hopscotch 2015: Rallying around guitars for one more night
The final day of Hopscotch always feels like a challenge, no matter how excited I am for the night’s performances. Still, Saturday night’s pursuits were rewarding and worthwhile, making for a good end to my sixth Hopscotch. Dwight Yoakam’s City Plaza show was one of my most-anticipated sets of the weekend. He and his band […]