Larry Campbell & Teresa Wiliams Southland Ballroom, Raleigh Saturday, July 25, 2015 Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Justin Guip and Jeff Hill came to the Southland Ballroom in Raleigh on Saturday. They made it look too easy. By the time the final notes rang out from the group’s encore of The Band’s “Chest Fever,” it felt […]
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Teresa Williams and Larry Campbell: Life on the road with Levon Helm
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams with Band of Heathens Saturday, July 25, 9 p.m., $20-$25 Southland Ballroom 614 N. West St., Raleigh 919-821-0023 www.southlandballroom.com Larry Campbell played guitar alongside Bob Dylan for seven years. He’s worked with B.B. King and Jorma Kaukonen, too, Paul Simon and Cyndi Lauper. But in 2012, Campbell and his wife, […]
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Video: Josh Moore and friends convene in Carrboro to celebrate Parted Ways
Josh Moore Cat’s Cradle (Back Room) June 12, 2015 Surrounded by friends and what seemed to be the majority of the Carrboro community, Josh Moore debuted his long-anticipated solo record, Parted Ways on Friday night. In years past, Moore had become a mainstay in accompanying a variety of groups throughout the Triangle, but over the […]
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Video: Finding the most relaxed music festival around during Memorial Day weekend
Turning off North Carolina Highway 87 and navigating the winding roads of rural Chatham County brought me, during Memorial Day weekend, to what might be the most relaxed music festival. Past green pastures and grazing cattle, I found the Cane Creek Campground and RV Park. For the 37th year, the grounds hosted the Lil’ John’s […]
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Video: Watch John Howie Jr. and pals pay tribute to George Jones
Playin’ Possum: A Tribute to George Jones The ArtsCenter, Carrboro Saturday, May 30, 2015 If John Howie Jr. was an actor by trade, leading a tribute show to George Jones would be the role he was born to play. Saturday night, Howie indeed helmed an all-star cast that took the late Country Music Hall of […]
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Video: After a three-year absence, Unknown Hinson haunts Southland Ballroom
Unknown Hinson Southland Ballroom, Raleigh Thursday, May 14, 2015 It’s been three years since Charlotte’s Unknown Hinson has played Raleigh. At the end of 2012, the group decided to retire, citing costs related to touring. The move puzzled the group’s rabid fan base, many of whom were turned on to the guitar-shredding vampire through the […]
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Video: Rain and cold can’t topple the back half of MerleFest
MerleFest Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro Saturday, April 25 and Sunday, April 26 Arriving early to the festival grounds of Wilkes County Community College Saturday morning, the day’s weather promised to be dreary. The wind picked up and blew coolly as crowds hurried through the front gate and to the various stages that hosted the first […]
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Video: Mipso and more make big impressions at MerleFest
MerleFest Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro Friday, April 24 “For four kids from North Carolina, it’s a dream to play MerleFest,” said Joseph Terrell, of Chapel Hill’s Mipso, during the quartet’s 25-minute set on Friday night. Several people stood and cheered for the young group, appearing at the festival for the first time. Mipso struck a […]
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Loud on every level: An interview with Lee Bains III
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires returned to Slim’s on Sunday night for what is bound to be the band’s last performance in the narrow rock club. Building on momentum from their latest album Dereconstructed, the group turned in a brief, fierce show. After watching sets from the front of the crowd by The […]
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Video: J Kutchma’s winding journey through Blue Highways
J Kutchma Motorco, Durham Tuesday, March 10, 2015 On a cool Tuesday evening in Durham, J Kutchma performed selections from his fourth album, Blue Highways. Before the show, Kutchma screened a companion film made of old public domain movies. Kutchma’s carefully crafted songs are intended as a road-trip soundtrack of sort, and the films he […]
