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There’s a common phrase that says no man is an island. If it’s up to Chris Hutcherson-Riddle, the same will be true for the arts in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
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There’s a common phrase that says no man is an island. If it’s up to Chris Hutcherson-Riddle, the same will be true for the arts in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
Birds of Avalon’s self-titled album opens with a flourish of horror-movie build-up, a mélange of noise that segues into an agitated drum solo.
The Triangle music scene has never been one to lie low. There’s a legacy here that stretches far into history, past Superchunk and Archers of Loaf, back to blues legends and early rock greats.
It might be the inaugural year of the HearNC Music Video Festival, but Richard Jaimeyfield is a veteran in the local music and film scenes. After directing famed Chapel Hill band the Archers of Loaf’s “Web in Front” controversial music video (featuring a pair of copulating pigs), the director spent some time in Washington, D.C.
The Scandinavian landscape is like a page out of a Brothers Grimm tale. Apparently, so is its music.
There are plenty of adjectives that would suit Junip’s sound — ethereal, zen, otherworldly — but for the most part, they’d hint at a group whose sound evokes its Swedish origins.
In many ways, The Autumn Defense is like Wilco’s more obscure twin.
Raleigh’s Chatham County Line isn’t your parents’ back-country bluegrass band. The folk- and pop-influenced outfit translates an old genre into a modern tongue, penning songs about city life, love and the weariness that often accompanies both.
Neon Indian’s Alan Palomo is the musical equivalent of Timothy Leary.
It’s often said that in the end, man’s common denominators are death and taxes — and everyone knows taxes don’t make good rock ‘n’ roll.
Stroll into Durham’s Counter Culture Coffee and it isn’t immediately clear that you’ve just walked into the headquarters of an influential international company. In the cupping room — where Friday morning coffee “cuppings,” or tastings, take place — you’ll see smooth, glistening espresso machines and rows of stools.
For Carrboro’s Nightsound Studios, Musical Chairs isn’t just a party game — it’s an indication of the great bands that the local music scene encompasses.
It’s no secret that the Triangle’s music scene is rife with venerable and established music venues, but that’s not scaring off Chris Tamplin.
The Carrboro Music Festival may not be the largest, best known or most prestigious festival in the Triangle, but there’s a good chance it’s got the most interesting history.
Like kudzu, Coca-Cola and pecan pie, there are some facets of American culture whose roots will always run below the Mason-Dixon line.
Caitlin Cary and Matt Douglas speak the language of love. Not with each other, exactly, but as The Small Ponds, a folk-infused group out of Raleigh.
L_ocal slack-rock outfit Embarrassing Fruits is deceptively casual. But don’t let it fool you.
There are some relationships that stand the test of time — Romeo and Juliet, peanut butter and jelly, wine and cheese.
The word “physics” doesn’t usually connote something lush and artful, but for Daniel Hart, frontman of local orchestral pop group The Physics of Meaning, it’s easy enough to reconcile the two.
Wylie Hunter & The Cazadores isn’t the first band to trace the footsteps of Bruce Springsteen.