Kobie Watkins’ Jazz Jam Playhouse Wednesdays, Free, 7–10 p.m.Beyù Caffè beyucaffe.com Kobie Watkins Group Saturday, March 15, $5–$12, 8 & 10 p.m. Beyù Caffe beyucaffe.com When Kobie Watkins was a kid in Chicago, he paid careful attention to the arrangement of the pots, pans and Tupperware bowls in the kitchen pantry. They formed his first […]
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger
Bio: Sylvia Pfeiffenberger lives in Durham and hosts a weekly Latin music show on WXDU.
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At age 57, Colombian harpist Pavelid Castañeda shares his saga
Pavelid Castañeda Saturday, Dec. 21 8 p.m., $10 Casbah About an hour outside of Bogotá, near where the Andes Mountains cut through Colombia, the Rio Tobia flows past the community of Naranjal. The name means “orange grove,” but orange trees no longer grow there. They did when harpist Pavelid Castañeda was a child. “I remember […]
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Brian Horton’s Brand New Day
Saxophonist Brian Horton has long been a mainstay of Triangle jazz, though there hasn’t been a CD that aptly documents his place in his surrounding sceneuntil now. Brand New Day is the Durham resident’s third album as a bandleader and his first recorded in his home state after a sojourn in Harlem. It not only […]
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Kim Arrington’s second album spotlights a real life of Triangle jazz
Kim Arrington Motorco Music Hall Friday, Aug. 16, 9 p.m. $12–$40 Kim Arrington never planned for her second album to spend five years in gestation. But a lot has come apart and subsequently together for the Durham singer-songwriter since her sassy 2008 debut, First Love Note of Kim Arrington. Back then, for instance, pianist and […]
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The Gravy Boys make Americana with a big embrace
The Gravy Boys with Steph Stewart & the Boyfriends Southland Ballroom Friday, July 26, 8:30 p.m. $7 The five guys dressed in overalls, caps and suspenders look as if though they stepped straight out of a scene in O Brother, Where Art Thou? Crowding around a single condenser microphone, they dive in and out in […]
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Dark Water Rising’s Grace & Grit: Chapter 1
Dark Water Rising plays Kings with Saints Apollo and Chris Hendricks Saturday, March 16. Tickets are $10-$12 for the 9 p.m. start. Since their self-titled debut CD in 2010, Pembroke-based band Dark Water Rising has both shed and added members, evolving from a six-piece to a quartet. Drummer Shay Jones joined, while Ciera Dial-Locklear and […]
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Tess Mangum Ocaña, former ArtsCenter booking agent, lands job with new downtown Durham concert series
When Tess Mangum Ocaña left The ArtsCenter last December after a 10-year tenure there, many wondered if she’d land on her feet in a way that allowed her to stay in the Triangle and maintain her stellar track record as a music programmer. Wonder no more: As Downtown Durham Inc.’s new special events coordinator, Ocaña […]
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The N.C. HIP Music Festival revives some very old instruments
The N.C. HIP Music Festival runs Sunday, Jan. 27, through Sunday, Feb. 3. For the complete schedule, lineup, venue and ticket information, visit Mallarmé’s website. When concertgoers think about “hip” music festivals, violas and harpsichords likely aren’t the first instruments that spring to mind. But for a passionate subculture of classical musicians, “HIP” actually means […]
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New Year’s Eve: Peter Lamb and the Wolves prepare a big year
Image courtesy of the band Big things are afoot for Peter Lamb and the Wolves. Raleigh reedman Lamb recently recited a litany of good news, from recent developments to upcoming events—including top billing at Durham’s Casbah New Year’s Eve, and the North Carolina Democratic Party’s Inaugural Ball in Arlington, Va., on January 21. “Certainly the […]
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The ArtsCenter lays off its longtime concerts director
Photo by D.L. AndersonIn July, Indy Week gave Tess Mangum Ocaña one of its 2012 Indies Arts Awards for her work at The ArtsCenter; earlier this week, she was laid off. Late Tuesday afternoon, Tess Mangum Ocaña—the concerts director and facility rental coordinator at Carrboro’s The ArtsCenter—announced that she had been laid off. She had […]