The Tender Fruit, Des Ark, Gross Ghost Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro Saturday, Nov. 22 It’s a late entry into the game, but The Tender Fruit’s The Darkness Comes, released on Saturday, is a serious contender for one of 2014’s best albums. Backed with a full band, Christy Smith—the mastermind behind The Tender Fruit’s devastating […]
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Record review: Lynda Dawson & Pattie Hopkins’ Traditional Duets
LYNDA DAWSON & PATTIE HOPKINS Lynda Dawson and Pattie Hopkins are familiar to area bluegrass adherents (In this IBMA state of mind, aren’t we all bluegrass adherents?) as two-fifths of Kickin Grass. In recent years, though, the two have built a repertoire of duo material, which gets its proper launch via the Kickstarter-funded LP, Traditional […]
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Listening to break-up songs and bold singers with The Tender Fruit
The Tender Fruit with Des Ark and Gross Ghost Saturday, Nov. 22, 9 p.m., $8–$10 Cat’s Cradle Back Room 300 E. Main St., Carrboro 919-967-9053, catscradle.com Record review: The Tender Fruit’s The Darkness Comes The Darkness Comes by The Tender Fruit Have you noticed how early the sun is setting? By the time you’ve clocked […]
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Indies Arts Awards: Girls Rock NC shifts the rock band dialogue, one summer camp at a time
Whether you’re at a benefit for Girls Rock NC, one of its summer camps or a showcase for the bands that form during those weeklong programs, don’t be surprised to hear shouting. “Hey girl, what’s your instrument?” someone will yell. Invariably, instantly, the crowd hollers: “It’s my voice!” Since its 2004 inception in Chapel Hill, […]
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Murphey School Radio Show combines music and literary talent for a good cause
Tomorrow night sees the return of the Murphey School Radio Show, a live variety show in the style of popular radio programs in the 1930s (or the more contemporary A Prairie Home Companion) staged at the Murphey School at the Shared Visions Retreat Center. Donna Campbell, the show’s producer, says the idea originally was for […]
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Beloved Binge’s Eleni Vlachos on the road, veganism and the end of small talk
Beloved Binge with The Wigg Report, Jews and Catholics Thursday, Nov. 6, 9 p.m. $5 The Pinhook 117 W. Main St., Durham 919-667-1100 thepinhook.com Beloved Binge isn’t a punk band. Their most recent album, 2012’s Pockets, actually packs short, bright emotional tunes, loaded mostly with rock and a little bit of pop. But like a […]
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Interview: Tony Hale of Arrested Development and Veep visits Raleigh with his new children’s book
Tony Hale Saturday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. $5–$10 ($30 for V.I.P. reception, 6 p.m.) NCSU’s Hunt Library 1070 Partners Way, Raleigh 919-515-7110 www.lib.ncsu.edu/huntlibrary Adults know Tony Hale from his TV roles as a vice-presidential aide on HBO’s Veep and as the childlike Buster Bluth on the beloved comedy Arrested Development. Now Hale is ready to […]
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Video: Alice Gerrard performs “Strange Land” at Duke Gardens
It’s hard to imagine a better afternoon than a sunny, mild one spent in the presence of a powerful singer and songwriter. Last week, I got to do just that: I hit “record” on one of three cameras capturing Alice Gerrard, the 80-year-old bluegrass legend who released her latest LP, Follow the Music, last month. […]
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Today: Know Your Poll party brings voting awareness to The Pinhook
North Carolina’s conservative-controlled government has been hard at work attempting to make it as difficult as possible for a critical mass of North Carolinians to vote. There are the controversial voter ID laws as well as still-contested restrictions on early voting times and locations. But this afternoon, an event at The Pinhook spearheaded by Schooner’s […]
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Live: Gabriel Kahane rules Chapel Hill with The Ambassador
Gabriel Kahane: The Ambassador UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill Wednesday, October 22, 2014 As the crowd at UNC’s Memorial Hall settled into its seats on Wednesday night, a soft recording of crickets chirping greeted them. They were gathered to see the world premiere of The Ambassador, a staged performance of composer and songwriter Gabriel Kahane’s […]