Heads up, big-time music nerds: if you’ve ever wondered what goes into the creative process behind album covers, Durham Main Library has the perfect evening lined up for you on July 7. Maggie Fost, Merge Records’ creative director, will discuss the creation of different album art in varying formats, from the 25-year-old label’s early cassette […]
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Video: Southland Mission makes a stunning debut onstage
Phil Cook’s Southland Revue: Introducing Southland Mission Duke Gardens, Durham Wednesday, June 24 The program for the packed final night of Phil Cook’s Southland Revue was straightforward and self-explanatory: With the show titled Introducing Southland Mission, the band tore through Cook’s nine-song LP due out via Thirty Tigers in September. After beginning with “Ain’t it […]
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Video: The Branchettes and Charlie Parr bring more light to Phil Cook’s Southland Revue
Phil Cook’s Southland Revue: Are You Ready for the Jubilee? Duke Gardens, Durham Tuesday, June 23, 2015 A smaller crowd gathered for Tuesday’s portion of Phil Cook’s Southland Revue, but the evening sported a deeper, more electrifying spiritual current than Monday night’s (also wonderful) Trials, Troubles, Heartaches. Like the set before, the evening began with […]
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Video: Phil Cook’s first night of Trials, Troubles, Heartaches and heat
Phil Cook’s Southland Revue: Trials, Troubles, Heartaches Duke Gardens, Durham Monday, June 22, 2015 Despite the late-June heat Monday night, a decent crowd gathered at Duke Gardens for a special presentation from Duke Performances—the first installment of Phil Cook’s Southland Revue, a three-night stand celebrating Cook’s forthcoming record, Southland Mission, which arrives September 11. Cook […]
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Alison Krauss & Union Station, Earls of Leicester and more join IBMA’s 2015 festival lineup
At a press conference in Raleigh this afternoon, representatives from the International Bluegrass Music Association, PineCone and other North Carolina organizations announced the full lineup for the 2015 Wide Open Bluegrass festival. Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring dobro player Jerry Douglas, will be the main headliner, with The Sam Bush Band, Earls of Leicester, […]
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To make his excellent debut LP, Parted Ways, Josh Moore first had to flirt with self-destruction
Josh Moore with Jenks Miller & Rose Cross NC Friday, June 12, 9 p.m., $8 Cat’s Cradle Back Room, 300 E. Main St. Carrboro, 919-967-9053, www.catscradle.com Josh Moore did not need a record deal, at least not in 2008. For five years, he’d been the lead singer of Beloved, a Christian hardcore band he’d joined […]
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Blue Note Grill closed last weekend, anniversary celebrations postponed
This coming weekend was supposed to be a big blowout for Durham’s Blue Note Grill, as the restaurant renowned as a hub for excellent blues celebrated its fifth anniversary. But owner Bill Whittington says delays in construction at the Blue Note’s new space closer to downtown will disrupt moving plans, leaving them without a place […]
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Carolina Performing Arts, Town of Chapel Hill announce pricy new art space
It’s been a rough year for the UNC system, with humanities departments taking particularly tough hits. In January, system president Tom Ross gave news of his resignation. And earlier this week, the UNC Board of Governors announced that 46 degree programs across 16 universities would come to an end. Despite the ominous beginning to the […]
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The Love Language, Bombadil, more to play Raleigh Little Theatre’s Rose Garden
The season is filling up with weekly outdoor concert series. The Pour House and Younger Brother Productions have just joined the summer roster, announcing a special presentation in the Rose Garden at Raleigh Little Theatre for August 22. You won’t need your lace gloves or cotillion manners for this Garden Party: It’s a casual affair […]
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Carolina Performing Arts announces 2015–2016 season with blues, opera, butoh and more
For its 2015–2016 season, Carolina Performing Arts has announced a slate of performances that draw on old and new traditions alike. There are fantastic American roots acts like bluesman Buddy Guy, as well as a night featuring bluegrass legends Del McCoury and David Grisman, saluting the songs of Woody Guthrie. But the rest of the […]
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