Texas crooner Jimmie Dale Gilmore is the type of country musician that neither Nashville nor the “No Depression” set knows exactly what to do with. A lanky, long-haired hippie with a clear, heartbreaking high-lonesome tenor, Gilmore is simultaneously New Age and old school. On One Endless Night, his first CD in four years, he mostly […]
Karen A. Mann
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Answering with questions
Scheduled to perform at this weekend’s Transmissions Festival, guitarist John Fahey has been described as difficult to work with, prone to strange obsessions and snide to audiences who would rather hear his earlier, more traditional, acoustic guitar work than his current noisy improv and found-sound musique concrete. His first recording, passed off as the long-lost […]
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Public affairs
Did you know that North Carolina has an official David Letterman Day? If you’re a faithful fan of Allan Handelman, you probably do. In 1985, Handelman, who’s been a fixture in North Carolina talk radio for nigh on 25 years, drew up a proclamation, signed by Jim Hunt himself, proclaiming January 2 as a day […]
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The Kingsbury Manx
If you follow local music closely, you’re probably already aware of the mystery surrounding The Kingsbury Manx. All of a sudden, they showed up, seemingly out of nowhere, with a CD full of lush, droning melodies; sad, lovely lyrics; and perfect vocal harmonies that immediately put to shame most of the current local pop music […]
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Pop Till You Drop
Compilations have their pros and cons. If you like a certain genre, a compilation offers the opportunity to experience a variety of works relatively risk-free. Don’t like a certain group on the comp? Hey, just skip over them. Of course, too many times, the listener ends up liking only one or two songs on a […]
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WickedScene
Driven through downtown Raleigh in the wee Saturday morning hours lately? If you haven’t, you might not be aware of what’s happening on Hargett Street. Just a few blocks west of the gay club nexus of Legends and CC–itself the scene of a bit of revelry as dancers and barflies walk back and forth between […]
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Bob Marley
The concept behind this compilation CD is an honorable one. In an effort to teach young hip-hop fans about the music of Bob Marley, the producers, utilizing the same technology that enabled Natalie Cole to redo “Unforgettable” with her famous father, got several super-hot hip-hop stars to sing “with” Marley on some of his most […]
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Anarchy in the Piedmont
If you were to asked where the coolest, funkiest place to live in the Triangle was, Wake Forest, the quaint, tree-lined home of the conservative Southeastern Theological Seminary, probably wouldn’t be the first town to come to mind. But if you took a walk down one of those tree-lined streets, on a cold, rainy Sunday, […]