Time-Out’s chicken biscuits were famous long before Adam Richman’s Man v. Food came through town a few years back. But, the late-night Chapel Hill food beacon has gained more national prominence after New York emcee and self-anointed foodie, Action Bronson, found the place while in town for a March performance at Cat’s Cradle. I was […]
Eric Tullis
Bio: Eric Tullis lives in Chapel Hill, where he writes about music and basketball.Twitter: http://twitter.com/erictullis
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Bishop Nehru teams up with Dizzy Wright, 9th Wonder for new EP
New York rapper Bishop Nehru threw his first curveball a few months ago when he got U.K.’s dance music duo Disclosure to produce his cut “You Stressin’”. It was the brothers’ best attempt at nailing the oddball soundwaves of Nehru’s upcoming collaborative LP with MF Doom, Nehruvian DOOM. In the meantime, the teenage emcee Bishop […]
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Biz Markie, Da Brat among the headliners at tomorrow’s Bimbé Festival in Durham
To the hip-hop faithful, Biz Markie is the legendary emcee behind “Nobody Beats The Biz” and someone who’s evolved into such a high-caliber DJ and music aficionado that Technics gifted him with the world’s only pair of 7” turntables. To others, Biz is just the sucker behind the karaoke favorite “Just a Friend” and the […]
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Live: The Art of Cool Festival ends on several high notes
The Art of Cool Festival, Night Two Downtown Durham Saturday, April 26, 2014 After Friday night’s launch of The Art of Cool Festival in Durham, I asked readers where they thought the event’s musicians went to cavort after the horn-and-drum smoke cleared. Saturday night, they went to downtown Durham’s The Republic, one of the city’s […]
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Crisscrossing sounds: Eric Tullis on Night One at The Art of Cool Festival
The Art of Cool Festival, Night One Downtown Durham Friday, April 25, 2014 As I was headed into a downtown Durham parking deck on Friday night to jump in my car and drive to Motorco for Thundercat, the last act of Night One of the inaugural Art of Cool Festival, I came across a vehicle […]
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Preview: Eric Tullis’ guide to this weekend’s The Art of Cool Festival
So, here it is: a full-fledged, modern collection of soul and jazz and what could possibly become one of country’s most unique soul music festivals. If Durham needs another platform for its budding profile, here it is. Before Art of Cool co-founders Cicely Mitchell (a UNC statistician by day) and Al Strong (a jazz trumpet […]
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Live: The Freelon family inaugurates The Art of Cool Festival
The inaugural Art of Cool Festival kicked off in elite fashion last night, inside the Nasher Museum for a “VIP Opening Party.” Designed as an appreciation for the festival’s sponsors, supporters and VIP ticket holders, the invitation-only event brought out attendees in jazzed-up suit jackets and cocktail dresses. By tomorrow, their attire should be remarkably […]
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Free Thursday concert in Krzyzewskiville to feature Chance the Rapper, more
The “Tentagon” is the name of the towering green tent that sits on the edge of Cameron Indoor Stadium’s lawn, or Krzyzewskiville, where the Cameron Crazies have been camping out since January in tents. They’re vying for wristbands that guarantee their entry to Saturday night’s No. 4 Blue Devils’ rematch against the No. 14 Tar […]
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Wally Left’s World Series
In early 2013, Wally Left entered local hip-hop with the spirited single “Came of Age (Happy 18th),” where he turned the rap race into a struggle for survival: “I need a chance to fund the family off the talent that I was handed … but you 18 today/ gotta move out and move along.” The […]
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Bobby James’ The Ugly Duckling
Triangle hip-hop has trouble with stars. Sure, J. Cole had roots in area rap before he became a celebrity, and 9th Wonder has produced songs for some of hip-hop’s biggest names. But the Triangle has yet to produce someone with mainstay, mainstream potentiala great rapper with an ear for hits and an eye for status. […]