Willie Nelson & The Family Band Koka Booth Amphtheatre July 14, 2017 With temperatures hovering around the hundred-degree mark, eighty-four-year-old William Hugh Nelson causally walked onstage without introduction to kick off his latest appearance at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre. After his longtime drummer, Paul English, helped the singer’s sister, Bobbi Nelson, to her seat at […]
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Video: Watch Flock of Dimes Glow and Cover Joni Mitchell at Duke Gardens
Flock of Dimes Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Duke Gardens was packed by the time Jenn Wasner and her Flock of Dimes band mates took the stage under overcast skies in Durham last month. Wasner and company played numbers from last year’s excellent If You See Me, Say Yes to an […]
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Video: Mipso Celebrates a New LP at the North Carolina Museum of Art
Mipso North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh Saturday, May 6, 2017 Fresh off a successful showing at the thirtieth edition of Merlefest in Wilkesboro at the end of April, Mipso brought its new album, Coming Down the Mountain, back to the Triangle to celebrate its release. Despite the threat of heavy rain during the performance, […]
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Video: William Tyler and Jake Xerxes Fussell Team Up in Durham
William Tyler & Jake Xerxes Fussell Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham Wednesday, July 13, 2016 With shared connections to Mississippi, the duo of Jake Xerxes Fussell and William Tyler played a rare show together courtesy of Duke Performances’ Music in the Gardens series. Both played short solo sets in the Southern July humidity before convening […]
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Video: Sarah Shook and Blue Cactus Bring Country to the Cradle
Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Blue Cactus Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro Friday, June 17, 2016 A few weeks ago, Cat’s Cradle’a Back Room hosted two of the Triangle’s more promising roots bands. The first, Blue Cactus, is the latest project from Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez. Inspired by the Flying Burrito Brothers, the group […]
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Video: Skylar Gudasz Moves Oleander into Motorco
Skylar Gudasz Motorco, Durham Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The mid-June installment of Duke Performance’s “Music in the Garden” series was moved indoors to Motorco because of forecasted rainfall. No matter, as Skylar Gudasz still treated the substantial crowd to a complete rendition of her acclaimed album Oleander. With a backing band that reached up to […]
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Video: Tony Joe White Brings His Three Decades of Songs to Raleigh
Tony Joe White Southland Ballroom, Raleigh Saturday, June 18, 2016 Tony Joe White is in the middle of a resurgence. Returning to the Southland Ballroom after two years, he brings with him another critically acclaimed album, Rain Crow, released by local record label Yep Roc Records. With his familiar drummer Bryan Ownings, the duo filled […]
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Video: Robbie Fulks Returns to Durham with New Autobiographical Songs
Robbie Fulks with Shad Cobb and Todd Phillips Motorco, Durham Thursday, June 16, 2016 “Durham, North Carolina … top of the world” were the first words from Robbie Fulks as he kicked off his show last week at Motorco. Fulks is an alumni of the Carolina Friends School, so many former classmates sat close-by. Fulks’s […]
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Live: Dan Tyminski and Ronnie Bowman Offer the Hits at Lil John’s
Dan Tyminski & Ronnie Bowman at Lil John’s Mountain Music Festival Cane Creek Campground, Snow Camp Saturday, May 21, 2016Cane Creek Campground in Snow Camp hosted the thirty-eighth installment of Lil’ John’s Mountain Music Festival over Memorial Day weekend. I arrived late to the festival grounds Saturday, just in time to catch the young, quite […]
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Video: Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys Swoop Into Hillsborough
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys RambleRill Farm, Hillsborough Saturday, May 21, 2016 While Moogfest roared one county over, the quiet and serene setting of RambleRill Farm hosted a barn dance with California-based Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys. The concert was presented by Forty Acres, which has been presenting Americana concerts for over fifteen […]