Backed by members of Drag Sounds, McHenry rages through thirteen tight rockers about the many ways that love falls apart.
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Durham Jazz Staple Ernest Turner Is Thoughtful and Thorough on My Americana
The pianist, who used to run a beloved jazz night at The Shed, does impressive work with classic tunes and originals on his new album.
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Eric Oberstein and Bill Ferris Brought Three Grammys Home to the Triangle Sunday Night
Oberstein, the interim director of Duke Performances, earned a statue for producing the Grammys’ Best Latin Jazz Album, while Ferris won two for his Voices of Mississippi set.
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Guest Conductor Karina Canellakis Brings a New Angle to Old Favorites at the North Carolina Symphony
She returns to collaborate with the symphony at Meymandi Concert Hall on Friday and Saturday.
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How the JACK Quartet’s Lights-Out Approach to Performance Enhances Its Ethereal Sounds
The string ensemble performs at The Fruit on Tuesday.
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Sons of Kemet Challenge the British Monarchy
The band caps off Friday night at The Pinhook as part of the Art of Cool Festival.
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Five Words with Guitarist Daniel Bachman
Daniel Bachman has always been in a hurry. He released albums at a fevered clip, and he played quickly and intensely, filling the space with his complex fingerpicking. But after spending a spell in Durham, he left the Triangle, issued a self-titled record, and returned to his hometown of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 2016. There, he […]
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Record Review: Elephant Micah Toys with Time on the Gorgeous Genericana
Genericana Western Vinyl There’s a lot going on in Elephant Micah’s new album, Genericana. Time itself seems to be singer/songwriter/guitarist/band mastermind Joe O’Connell’s subject. The album feels as though it operates on multiple time scales simultaneously, like a hall of mirrors, continually folding back in on itself in surprising ways. Its songs bifurcate and split […]
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Record Review: Nicolay and The Hot at Nights Chill Out on Glaciers
Glaciers Foreign Exchange Music Glaciers, the first full-length collaboration between Dutch multi-instrumentalist and producer Nicolay and Raleigh’s Hot at Nights (Chris Boerner on eight-string guitar, Matt Douglas on his usual array of woodwinds, and drummer Nick Baglio), is alternately infuriating and intriguing. On one level, it has the shimmering, inscrutable veneer of the finest waiting-room […]
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Record Review: Matt Douglas Has a Need for Reeds on His Woodwinds-Only Solo Debut
Affirmation (with Discomfort) Self-released | On the back cover of their album A Night at the Opera, Queen famously declared “No synthesizers!” It’s an attempt to claim a certain kind of rock authenticity, to assert the power of the studio and the band’s own technical virtuosity. Similarly, saxophonist Colin Stetson often boasts about how his […]