Carolina Theatre, Greensboro Friday, Oct. 27 “Don’t think I’ve been here before, have I?” Richard Thompson, alone onstage for this tour, asked a near capacity crowd for his debut at Greensboro’s Carolina Theatre. “If I played here before and you’re having me back, it’s amazing.” Thompson must have been joking: In an hour-and-40-minute, double-encore set, […]
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The Derailers
The Derailers vocalist Brian Hofeldt once described his band’s sound as a mix of Buck Owens and the Beatles. But, since cofounder and former vocalist Tony Villanueva left two years ago, the sound has changed slightly. Hofeldt says the band still has “that mainstream Bakersfield and Liverpool sound,” but a couple of cuts on their […]
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Stacie Collins
Stacie Collins is hardcore. Raised over a honky-tonk in Muscogee, Okla., and toughened up on the mean streets of Bakersfield, Calif., Collins has vivid memories of dancing on pool tables as a 5-year-old after stuffing jukeboxes with donated quarters to play her favorite songs by Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn. Incorporating her love for Chicago […]
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The Roc
Listen! Listen to a Yep Roc mixtape with Big Sandy, Cities and more. If you cannot see the music player below, click here to download the free Flash Player. “Hey, what’s up?” says the familiar voice at the other end of the Yep Roc Records hotline in Haw River. “This is Chuck D, Public Enemy […]
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Wayne Hancock
When you talk to Wayne “The Train” Hancock about his music, you’d better get it right. He doesn’t have any patience for fools. Today, he’s focused on the press who’ve called his latest release, Tulsa, a tribute to Bob Wills. “It’s not a tribute to Bob Wills other than the fact that we have some […]
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Fabulous Thunderbirds are still cruisingmusically and literally. Still going strong with their fiery R&B, they’ve become regulars on big-business “blues cruises” alongside Taj Mahal, Ike Turner and Irma Thomas. They just returned from one in Norway, and they hit the high seas again in January. “It’s like The Blues: Disneyland,” says T-Birds bassist Ronnie […]
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Ian McLagan
He was the small face peering out from behind the B-3. But as the keyboardist for the Small Faces and the Faces, Ian McLagan made some big noise, writing “You’re So Rude” and contributing his signature sound to Rod Stewart’s “Maggie May” and “You Wear It Well.” McLagan played on the Stones’ Some Girls and […]
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Mac here
The Rolling Stones are always labeled as the best rock ‘n’ roll band in the world. But there was another English band that should have held that title. The Faces were the standard bearers for everything that made rock ‘n’ roll dangerous and exciting. They had a sound that grabbed by the crotch and made […]
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Rakim & Kid Capri
Hip hop and fishing: Not the most ordinary analogy partners, certainly. But, today, Rakim–who has been dipping big in the hip-hop stream since his 1987 debut, Paid In Full–wants to talk bait, tackle and technique: “I know I can’t save the world,” he says from a tour stop in Austin. “But I think I can […]
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The English Beat
“If Killing Worked, It Would Have Worked By Now”: It sounds like the dogma of a war-weary statesman or the mantra of a protest, but that statement comes courtesy of a new song by Dave Wakeling, founder of second-wave ska pioneers The English Beat. Mixing ska, politics and punk, the Beat fired up disgruntled youths […]
