Beat Making Lab turns one year old
By Mary Helen Moore | Sep. 30, 2014Pierce Freelon said he’s been asked, “Yo, you’ve got a studio on Franklin Street?” countless times in the past year. In reality, he has much more.
Read More »Pierce Freelon said he’s been asked, “Yo, you’ve got a studio on Franklin Street?” countless times in the past year. In reality, he has much more.
Read More »Composer-pianist Eric Moe will have his long-awaited Chapel Hill homecoming as the first guest in the UNC music department's “Conversations in Modern Music” series this weekend.
Read More »When Timothy Holley picks up his cello in Person Recital Hall tonight, the piece that he says will carry the most meaning will be played in memory of Trayvon Martin.
Read More »California band The Chop Tops is known for “revved-up rockability,” a term they created to describe their combination of music styles.
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Bluegrass music, a genre rooted in tradition, will meet its progressive match during a National Voter Registration Day concert later today.
Read More »Nostalgia for the 90s will blend with punk and indie styles when two Oklahoma-native bands, BRONCHO and Low Litas, take the stage at Local 506 tonight.
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Nadia Shpachenko-Gottesman is coming to UNC Sunday to challenge what students think might be just a drab piano recital.
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Banjos, mandolins and acoustic guitars will collaborate tonight at Local 506. Goodnight, Texas will perform with special guests The Bones of J.R. Jones and Less Is More, combining traditional folk with bluegrass, garage rock and a sprinkling of operatic vibrato.
Read More »Whether it’s smooth saxophone outside the Ackland Museum Store or drums in the nook of Julian’s, local musicians are using Franklin Street as their stage.
Read More »From magic tricks to trashcan drumming, the streets of Chapel Hill and Carrboro are constantly bustling with entertainment.
Read More »Raw McCartney is an eccentric band whose oddity extends well past their music. They are a self-labeled chill, psych and punk rock 'n' roll band from Indianapolis. They will be performing tonight alongside bands SOON and the mineral girls at Local 506. Staff writer Everett Handy interviewed Raw McCartney band members Jacob Gardner and Brian Bissart.
Read More »Youssou N’Dour is the most famous musician that Americans have never heard of.
Read More »The multi-talented Michael Veal is giving a multi-faceted lecture today thanks to the efforts of musicology graduate students.
Read More »Harpsichord group Duo De Jordaan is coming to UNC today to change what people think of live classical music.
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Audience members will be transported to ancient India from their seats in Memorial Hall tonight.
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UNC Department of Music chairwoman Louise Toppin has sung spirituals all around the world. And there is one question she’s always asked herself about these songs that have roots in slavery: Why are people still connecting to this music from 1865?
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That guy in English class who’s always tapping his pen to an unrecognizable beat? He might be a rapper.
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Oh my God, teens will be taking over Cat’s Cradle tonight.
Read More »With jazz, it’s all about the atmosphere.
Read More »Aiming to appeal to the wide range of musical interests on campus, the Carolina Union Activities Board announced that there would be two separate homecoming acts this year.
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