Father John Misty plays Cat’s Cradle Friday, Oct. 19, with La Sera and Jeffertitti’s Nile. Tickets are $12–$14 for the 9 p.m. show. I don’t remember the first song I ever heard by Joshua Tillman, but it hardly makes a difference. After purchasing the Keep Recordings re-release of his 2004 debut I Will Return and […]
Spencer Griffith
Bio: Spencer Griffith lives in Raleigh, where he teaches school and writes about bands.
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Five words with Jeanne Jolly: songwriting in North Carolina
Jeanne Jolly releases Angels Friday, Oct. 5, at Lincoln Theatre. The show starts at 7 p.m.; tickets are $12–$15. She’ll also play the North Carolina State Fair three times daily Oct. 12–16. It wasn’t until Raleigh native Jeanne Jolly moved to Los Angeles, traveled the world touring with Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter Chris Botti and returned […]
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The Kickin Grass Band talks music beyond their assumed boundaries
The Kickin Grass Band plays a CD-release show for Walk With Me Saturday, July 28, at The Pour House. Kenny Roby opens at 10 p.m.; tickets are $10–$12. The group also plays a free in-store performance at Quail Ridge Books Thursday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m. As I wait for Lynda Dawson, the lead singer […]
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The dying cry of ’90s radio lords
Barenaked Ladies, Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Cracker play Raleigh Amphitheater Thursday, July 12, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25.50–$60. Everclear, Gin Blossoms, Sugar Ray, Marcy Playground and Lit play Raleigh Amphitheater Saturday, July 14, at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $25–$39.50. Nearly every morning of my freshman year of high school, […]
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The Duhks defy traditional roles of band membership
The Duhks perform with guest vocalist Kellin Watson at Fletcher Opera Theater Friday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20–$27. See pinecone.org. For the better part of the last decade, Winnipeg-based five-piece The Duhks enthusiastically combined touches of dozens of different folk forms, from Appalachian string-band strains to the humid rhythms of South America. […]
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Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes’ Bones for Tinder
Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes play a release party for Bones for Tinder at Local 506 Friday, Feb. 3. Tickets are $8–$10. Dark Water Rising and The Tender Fruit open the 8:30 p.m. show. Justin Robinson was a founding member of the rightfully acclaimed Carolina Chocolate Drops. An African-American string band, it turned largely […]
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The Big Picture reaches across the Triangle for wild-haired, something-like-rock music
The Big Picture plays a release party for Psychic Psalms: Chapter 1 at Kings Friday, Dec. 30, at 9:30 p.m. Heads on Sticks, Toon, DJ SPCL GST and DJ Gonzo also perform. Tickets are $5–$7. As DJ Gonzo, Aharon Segal has been performing in the Triangle since 1999, backing live emcees and spinning hip-hop and […]
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Five Words with Southern Culture on the Skids’ Rick Miller
Southern Culture on the Skids plays Berkeley Cafe Saturday, Dec. 17, at 9 p.m. Pinche Gringo opens; tickets are $15–$18. Having fronted Chapel Hill’s zany rockabilly-rooted outfit Southern Culture on the Skids for nearly three full decades, Rick Miller is a bona fide stageman who’s begun producing albums as well, like this year’s Dex Romweber […]
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The Swiss bluegrass of North Carolina’s Kruger Brothers
The Kruger Brothers play Thursday, Nov. 3, at Fletcher Opera Theater as part of PineCone’s Down Home Concert Series. Tickets to the 8 p.m. performance are $20-$27. At a glance, The Kruger Brothers are a curiosity, if not a gimmick. Two Swiss siblings and a former New Yorker living in North Carolina perform progressively minded, […]
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The N.C. State Fair balances a broad range of priorities in its diverse lineup
Performances run Oct. 13-23. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and all shows start at 7:30 p.m. For more info, visit the N.C. State Fair’s entertainment webpage. Like many North Carolina natives, Raleigh local Tift Merritt has fond memories of the North Carolina State Fair, recalling a trip in grade school when the fair’s bright, flashing […]