Out May 12 on Sleepy Cat Records, the album’s eight tracks are bathed in creative exaltation and catchy hooks, building a sonorous world committed to boundless artistic exploration.
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Chessa Rich’s Debut Album ‘Deeper Sleeper’ Explores the Lives We Live, Both Asleep and Awake
The album’s touchstones include rest and a rejection of the rise-and-grind mentality. It’s bookended by bops that could easily soar to the top of algorithmic streaming services.
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Mighty Poplar Transforms American Standards Into Fresh Interpretations.
The self-titled debut from the new bluegrass supergroup releases May 31 on Free Dirt Records.
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Exploring the Frontier of Moving Images With Sabine Gruffat and Bill Brown
Talking with the Cosmic Rays Film Festival cofounders about future film technologies, institutional support for challenging art, and how it all got started.
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Willi Carlisle Is a Shapeshifting Bard for Our Times
Hilarious and heart-wrenching, bluntly profane and profusely kind, the Ozark native has spent the last decade perfecting a raucous blend of old-time tradition and modern vernacular.
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With Warka, Jesse Ainslie Takes a Long Look Back
The Chapel Hill musician pairs creative renewal and intellectual inspiration in his new musical project.
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MJ Lenderman Talks Basketball, Breece D’J Pancake, and Self-Deprecation
Asheville musician MJ Lenderman’s scruffy country rock combines a beer-soaked heart of gold with a sharp eye for everyday observation.
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Joseph Decosimo Transforms Old-Time Repertoire into Cosmic Appalachia
These 14 tracks update old-time tradition for today’s fractured world.
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Carrboro Label Sleepy Cat Records Elevates Its Easygoing Camaraderie at Its Biggest Label Showcase Yet
Eleven musical acts—ranging from folk and old-time to indie rock and electro-pop—join 13 artists and makers and six food and beverage vendors for 10 hours of blissed-out joy at Down Yonder Farm in Hillsborough.
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‘Deep in the South: A Music Maker Songbook’ Taps into the Aquifer of America
Out September 20, the 89-page book showcases 27 different songs, combining guitar tablature and lyrics with riveting biographies, musicological footnotes, and evocative photos.