Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge Carolina Theatre, Durham Tuesday, October 22 I knew that Tuesday night’s performance by Chris Eldridge and Julian Lage would be good. The duo self-released a masterful EP last summer, Close to Picture, and finally followed it up with a full-length, Avalon, on October 7. What happened on stage at the […]
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Alice Gerrard’s Follow the Music
Alice Gerrard Record Release “Follow the Music” featuring M.C. Taylor Thursday, October 30 $10—$15 ArtsCenter In late September, the absence of Durham’s Alice Gerrard in downtown Raleighwhere the International Bluegrass Music Association had taken over the city center for five daysseemed like a conspicuous omission. For decades, Gerrard’s been heralded as one of bluegrass and […]
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Gabriel Kahane’s The Ambassador
GABRIEL KAHANE’S THE AMBASSADOR | WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22 UNC’s Memorial Hall 7:30 p.m. $10–$49 114 E. Cameron Ave. 919-843-3333 carolinaperformingarts.org UNC’S MEMORIAL HALLSongwriter and composer Gabriel Kahane has played the music from The Ambassador, his June album on Sony Masterworks, onstage before. But he’s never played it quite like this. During a world premiere for […]
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IBMA, Day Five: Creating a future for bluegrass from the past
Early on the final day of IBMA’s weeklong Raleigh shindig, I caught Hubby Jenkins, a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops who plays similarly vintage music solo on the side. Between songs, he talked about the history of his songs, which included stories about slavery, minstrel music and black diaspora tunes from the South in […]
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IBMA, Day Four: The crazy comes out
My Friday at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass began with Chatham County Line at noon. While Red Hat Amphitheater wasn’t packed for the locals, the crowd still boasted a strong showing, especially for an early afternoon performance on a weekday. The band ran through a mix of new and old tunes, including “Girl She Used to […]
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IBMA, Night Three: Impressions of the ‘grass
The International Bluegrass Music Association celebrated some of its finest members last night in an awards show that honored contemporary players alongside some of the genre’s surviving legends. After the ceremony, I hit the streets of downtown to get in some time with the final night of The Bluegrass Ramble. Last year, a fellow fan […]
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Performance review: Taylor Mac’s 1910s is a bubbly, serious delight
Taylor Mac: 1910s UNC Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill Wednesday, Oct. 1 2014 I hadn’t expected the first time I heard the folk standard “Man of Constant Sorrow” during IBMA week would be from the mouth of a drag performer. But it wasn’t a part of those formal festivities in Raleigh. Rather, this rendition was the […]
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Live: Lonnie Holley’s self porch-trait
Lonnie Holley UNC Center for the Study of the American South, Chapel Hill Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 Lonnie Holley, an outsider artist who makes music and “scrap” sculptures, is in Chapel Hill for a week-long residency that has him exercising his many artistic muscles. Earlier in the week, he built a sculpture using discarded materials […]
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At 20, Music Maker Relief Foundation looks to its future to preserve our past
Panel and Music Maker Blues Revue Friday, Oct. 3, 3 p.m. (panel) and 7 p.m. (show), $25 The ArtsCenter, 300-G E Main St., Carrboro 919-929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org Homecoming Celebration Saturday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m., $150 The Murphey School 3717 Murphey School Rd., Durham 919-257-7609, www.sharedvisions.org Boo Hanks has agreed to see us today. The skies are […]
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Floating Action’s Body Questions
Forgive me if it’s taking me a little while,” offers Floating Action mastermind Seth Kauffman, almost by way of apology, during “Taking Me A Little While.” The tune opens Body Questions, the latest from Kauffman’s Black Mountain outfit. Floating Action is one of the state’s best, more mysterious bands. The group rarely tours or plays […]
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