The Foreign Exchange Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 Dance, funk, soul, electronic, house, R&B: However you want to label The Foreign Exchange, they embraced it all during a groove-focused show at Cat’s Cradle Saturday night. Though at its core the act is the duo of frontman Phonte Coleman and producer Nicolay Rook, the […]
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Live: The Legend of Zelda comes to life through its music
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham Thursday, September 10, 2015 Over the past few years, it’s become apparent that video game music is having a bit of a moment: The Red Bull Music Academy produced a documentary on VGM’s history. UK music site FACT has gone long with […]
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Live: Floetry reunites to Durham’s delight
Floetry, Eric Roberson, The Foreign Exchange Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham Sunday, July 12, 2015 Natalie “The Floacist” Stewart’s powerful call of ”It’s my time to live right now!” carried a newfound weight on Sunday night at DPAC, during the latest stop for Floetry’s reunion tour. A response to the closing raps of Floetry’s 2002 […]
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Live: Hiatus Kaiyote brings “future-soul” stateside
Hiatus Kaiyote The Pour House, Raleigh Thursday, Aug. 15 Melbourne, Australia’s Hiatus Kaiyote label themselves as stewards of future-soul, a sub-genre they created and that aims to capture their eclectic approach. While that might seem self-important on paper, their show at Raleigh’s Pour House last week revealed that there’s really no other way to describe […]
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Jewels gone wild: Killer Mike and El-P at Cat’s Cradle
Run The Jewels: Killer Mike and El-P Cat’s Cradle Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 On Friday night, Run The Jewelsthe hip-hop BFF duo of Killer Mike and El-Palternately took the sweat-soaked Cat’s Cradle crowd to church, their hometowns of Atlanta and Brooklyn, and everywhere in between. The evening captured both the unstoppable essence of their self-titled […]