Hopscotch Music Festival is back Sept. 4-6 for its 15th go-round in downtown Raleigh.
Jordan Lawrence
Bio: After seven years in the Triangle, Jordan Lawrence followed his fiancée and their fluffy cat to Greensboro. He has written about music for the INDY since 2010.Twitter: http://twitter.com/JordanLawrence
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Local Releases We Loved in 2024
A chronological journey through the Triangle releases that stuck with us this year, including Sonny Miles, Magic Tuber Stringband, Fancy Gap, XOXOK, and many more.
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Long Live Kings: A Downtown Raleigh Rock Club Celebrates 25 Years
Getting the club back into a concert rhythm has taken considerable effort—but new owners Herbie Abernathy, Josh Novicki, Alan Novicki, and Mike Howell are making it happen.
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At Hopscotch, Newcomer and Veteran Festivalgoers Alike See the Light
As I bounced around downtown Raleigh, awash in a dynamic array of high-level music, one thought kept reoccurring: Hopscotch is so back.
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Fourteen Years In, Hopscotch Continues to Strike an Adventurous Balance Between Fresh and Legacy Acts
The festival business is hard. But Hopscotch’s signature curatorial blend cements the Raleigh music festival’s status as the best in the game.
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Hopscotch 2024: The INDY’s Picks
Each year, Hopscotch Music Festival offers a choose-your-own adventure. Here’s the adventure we picked.
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“The Fear of Standing Still” Rollicks and Ruminates with Equal Profundity
The 10th album from unstoppable country-rock road warriors American Aquarium, might be the Raleigh band’s best.
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Jake Xerxes Fussell’s “When I’m Called” Is Adrift in the Expanse of Time
“When I’m Called,” Fussell’s fifth album, feels both the burden and the freedom of folk music’s long tradition.
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Radio Haw’s “Counsel of Spirits” Conjures Its Folk Music Forebears
The debut full-length from Pittsboro musician Matt Gray’s musical project, Radio Haw, showcases a musician finding his way forward.
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Matt Southern’s “Tender is the Knife” Is Driven By Pleasant Utility
While the highs aren’t especially high on Southern’s eighth album, the lows don’t dip much lower, with each song more or less scratching the itch it seems intended to scratch.