At the inaugural Project Symphony performance, composer Ari Picker would like to connect the classical musicians that dont play in rock clubs and the rock musicians who dont go lock themselves in rehearsal rooms all day. Picker, who fronts Lost in the Trees, wants to bring together high school musicians and professional players in his […]
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N.C. Symphony acknowledges kings
When you pay tribute to the songs Nat King Cole made a permanent part of the American musical canon like “Nature Boy” and “Too Young,” you have to remember what makes them so good. For William Henry Curry, resident conductor of the North Carolina Symphony, the qualities that make a simple tune part of “that […]
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Dark Meat’s “Freedom Ritual”
Listen! Download the Song of the Week. Or stream it: If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. “Freedom Ritual”the first song on Universal Indians, the debut from Athens, Ga.’s Dark Meatdoesn’t have much to do with the rest of the album. An unaccompanied female voice floats in for the […]
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Night Ranger still loves “Sister Christian” as much as you do
Maybe you don’t remember Night Ranger, the 1980s pop-metal crossover stars who drew from Ozzy Osbourne’s backing band and called California home. But you definitely remember “Sister Christian.” You know, the song with that huge chorus that explodes after the double guitars flash out: “Mo-tor-in’! What’s your price for flight?” “Sister Christian” isn’t Night Ranger’s […]
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Parts & Labor
Listen! Listen to Parts & Labor’s “Fractured Skies” from the new album Mapmaker. If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Trying to talk to members of Brooklyn fuzzy-math and acute-angle trio Parts & Labor about something other than music isn’t easy. Calling it their life isn’t being figurative: Right […]
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Ever-expanding EMF
It wasn’t too long ago that the chances of survival for the Eastern Music Festival looked dim. The six-week concert series and music school, held on the Guilford College campus in Greensboro each summer, faced the same problem many programs focusing on classical music dodecreasing attendance. Several years ago, though, EMF managed to dodge the […]