During “Steady Pace,” on his 2012 LP, Big Inner, Matthew E. White croons, “As long as we are moving at a steady pace, baby, we can take our time.” The song is about relationships, but it offers a suitable motto for his own steadily ascending career, too, wherein he blends soul, gospel and rock into […]
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The Hit List: Looking back at some of Mandolin Orange’s best tunes
Since forming in 2009, Carrboro’s Mandolin Orange has grown in most every respect. They’ve shifted from an earnest bluegrassy duo to a more mature outfit that handles full-band finesse as easily as simple duo songs. They’ve moved up and up through bigger local rooms and toured internationally. It was five years ago Tuesday that the […]
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It’s May 1st. Where’s the Hopscotch lineup?
Exactly a month ago, via Twitter, the Hopscotch Music Festival promised they’d announce the 2015 lineup “this month.” April Fools, perhaps? Four weeks later, there’s still no word on when the lineup announcement will land. For the festival’s first five years, the lineup has been released between March 31st and April 24th, but there’s been […]
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Live: Emotional ins and outs with Lion and the Lamb in Durham
Ari Picker: Lion and the Lamb Duke’s Nelson Music Room, Durham Saturday, March 28, 2015 “In like a lion, out like a lamb” goes the saying about the month of March. This March ended with both in a way, thanks to the premiere of Ari Picker’s Lion and the Lamb in Duke’s Nelson Music Room. […]
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Interview: As on TV, the MythBusters live show makes skeptical science fun
MYTHBUSTERS: JAMIE & ADAM UNLEASHED Wednesday, April 29, 8 p.m. Memorial Auditorium 2 E. South St., Raleigh 919-996-8700 www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com On their Discovery Channel show, MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman dive deep into urban legends. Rather than resorting to an endless parade of droning scholars, the pair performs science experiments with plenty of flashes, booms […]
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Steve Oliva’s poster prints join UNC’s Southern Folklife Collection
If you haven’t seen Steve Oliva onstage with the likes of Spider Bags, Rat Jackson or The Dry Heathens, maybe you’ve seen his screenprinted posters tacked or taped around the Triangle. He’s done them for Hopscotch, last summer’s Music in the Gardens series at Duke and many other local rock shows. The very nature of […]
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Mipso’s Faces
Finding a band more popular than Mipso on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill once seemed impossible. A trio of bright college boys playing pretty bluegrass, they inherited a throne vacated after The Avett Brothers moved to the major leagues. Like the album that came before it, though, their 2013 LP, Dark Holler Pop, was just […]
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Live: Rhiannon Giddens brings her solo songs an ambitions to Durham
Rhiannon Giddens Carolina Theatre, Durham Thursday, April 2, 2015 Rhiannon Giddens seems to have her sights set on superstardom. From the big instrumental arrangements and flashy light rigs to the longing gazes toward the back of the sold-out Carolina Theatre last week, the singer’s desire for something bigger lingered in the air. On her debut […]
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Abigail Washburn to deliver surprise performance at UNC this afternoon
This morning, UNC announced that renowned folk artist and banjo player Abigail Washburn would be delivering a “pop-up performance” on the steps of its stately Wilson Library this afternoon. The performance begins at 3:25 p.m., and is in celebration of the undergrad students going abroad to Asia this summer and fall. Though Washburn is known […]
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The Monroe Reels: Tommy Edwards and Andrew Marlin sing Bill Monroe
In January, Tommy Edwards and Andrew Marlin convened at the North Carolina Museum of History for a rare public show. The set felt more like a peek into a jam session between buddies than a proper concert. The two have found a common language in bluegrass music, with each finding ways to learn from and […]