Tell most folks you’re going to see Jay Farrar (pictured), and you’ll likely hear “Who’s that?” Tell the same crowd you’re going to see the guy from Uncle Tupelo that’s not the sad bastard fronting Wilco, and they’ll understand. Such is the unfortunate case for Farrar, who’s bright sessions with the Tupelo-rebound crew known as […]
Grayson Haver Currin
Bio: Grayson Haver Currin was the music editor of INDY Week and the co-director of Hopscotch Music Festival.Twitter: http://twitter.com/currincy
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John Teer
Ten seconds ago, John Teer was talking about his band, Chatham County Line. To be more exact, Teer was talking about the dismay he feels whenever he hears that Chatham County Line is one of the most popular Americana bands in all of Europe. Now, though, he is clueless. Almost instantly, his ears perk up, […]
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In jammin’
Some cynics may be quick to write off the Raleigh-brewed deep electric-hopping, funakdelic grooves of Waylandsphere as just another jam band, but don’t discard these boys as granola-eating bohemians just yet. Though his guitar playing isn’t the most technically impressive in town, David Titchener–a grizzly faced, restless-eyed cat who sings with genuine down-home grit and […]
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In underground entertainment
Like some kind of subterranean aviary, Chapel Hill’s cozy Cave caters to both early birds and night owls with its two-shows-per-night format. Take this Friday for example. At 7:30 p.m., you can catch Illinois-based psych-country singer, songwriter, and freelance mortician Dave Schultz and his band the Jubilee Songbirds (told you it was an aviary). And […]
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In local music
Tift Merritt has the bona fide potential to be the ol’ time country equivalent of the stunning Norah Jones, or the more reluctant, but equally devastating blues siren Susan Tedeschi. With a beautiful voice cut from organic simplicity and capable of leaving goose bumps with any crowd, Merritt is ready for the mainstream if the […]
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In pride
Someone call the Doctor (John, that is). A Boston baked bean with perpetually whacky hair, equally kooky stage antics and G. Love’s knee-jerk cadence decided he’d be clever and throw Louis Prima, Soul Coughing, The Rebirth Brass Band, a big ass bottle of booze and a teaspoon of Medeski, Martin & Wood in a steaming […]
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“Continuum”
She resembles most anyone else her age–a slightly pale office clerk in her early 50s with thick frames perched high on the bridge of her nose, conservatively dressed in faded blue jeans and a black blazer. Her long gray hair falls over the coat, swinging freely below her generous shoulders. Her smile is huge. It’s […]
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In rockin’
It’s just another Wednesday night in the cramped bonus room above the garage in his Mom and Dad’s North Raleigh house, and Daniel Abbate of Nova Cancy has just thrown his white “The Who” T-shirt on the floor. He sits back down quickly–sweat pouring onto the shag carpet that he swears hasn’t been vacuumed in […]
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Livin’ the life of Kiley
If you met Jenny Lewis at a gig at your favorite downtown nightclub, you would probably mistake her for that inexorably cute, inexhaustibly cool chick who works at the local record store. You know, the one in every town that turns yesteryear thrift-store get-ups into sartorially brilliant “outfits”–comfortable, unique, inviting–or the one who knows every […]
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In clubs
Triangle beer-and-a-shot buzz saws The Ghost of Rock are playing out a bit more lately, so come see what new vitriolic volleys they have to hurl these days. Word has it there’s a tribute record to Evil Wiener coming out on Hypno-Vista Records. Check out the source of such pop inspiration on home turf at […]
