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Q&A with Mipso fiddler Libby Rodenbough

By Sarah Vassello | September 3

They started making music together when the band formed in 2010, the fall of their freshman year at UNC.

"Punk in Anarchism, Anarchism in Punk" discussion to kick off UNControllables' Radical Rush

By Trevor Lenzmeier | August 30

The Ramones broke up two decades ago, Iggy Pop is rounding seventy years old and the modern layman’s conception of punk music is likely limited to Blink-182 ...

Phil Jameson, a professor at Warren Wilson College, performs in front of an audience in Wilson Library. He recently published the book "Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance."

Author, folk dancer shares the steps of Appalachia

By Trevor Lenzmeier | August 26

Phil Jamison was playing banjo at a community dance four decades ago when he volunteered to fill in for an absent dance caller. That spontaneous decision ...

Senior Eric J. Surber practices playing the organ at Chapel of the Cross, where he has been performing at various services for three years.

UNC senior Eric Surber performs in prestigious sacred organ program

By Sarah Vassello | August 26

Senior Eric Surber wakes up every morning to a full schedule. 

William Cashion of Future Islands performs at Raleigh City Plaza as part of the 2013 Hopscotch Music Festival.

Future Islands celebrates milestone

By Sarah Vassello | July 22

The synth-pop band Future Islands from Greenville has known for a while that they would celebrate their 1,000th show.

The members of The Old Ceremony pose for a picture.

The Old Ceremony celebrates new album with Cat's Cradle concerts

By Kristina Kokkonos | July 17

The Old Ceremony is making something new. 

Nathan Taylor hosts the WXYC show Hell or High Water, which features recordings from the Southern Folklife Collection.

Southern culture goes digital

By Trevor Lenzmeier | July 9

Instead of going to Carolina in one’s mind, Southern culture will soon be accessible to folks everywhere online.

(From left) Dulci Ellenberger, Amber Sims, Amanda Platt and Melissa Hyman make up the members of Sweet Claudette, one of the bands on the bill for Cat's Cradle's Fourth of July show.

Holy Ghost Tent Revival, other bands play Cat's Cradle for the Fourth of July

By Jocelyn Rives | July 2

Eight years ago, members of Holy Ghost Tent Revival saw their future namesake on a sign as they were driving down the road. One of their most notable ...

(From the left) Scott Sawyer, Jason Foureman, Kate McGarry, Dan Davis and Dave Finucane perform at the UNC Summer Jazz Workshop on Tuesday evening.

Summer Jazz Workshop offers more for everyone

By Trevor Lenzmeier | June 18

Students of all ages enrolled in UNC’s Summer Jazz Workshop kicked off a week full of classes on music theory, improvisation and all that jazz on Monday. ...

Photo courtesy of Lissa Gotwals and Merge Records

Superchunk founder celebrates solo album

By Kristina Kokkonos | May 22

Look out, Chapel Hill – Mac is back.

Q&A with music critic Jessica Hopper

By Sarah Vassello | May 11

Jessica Hopper, a senior editor at Pitchfork and a lifelong music lover, knows music, working in the music criticism field for over 19 years.

Zimbabwean hip-hop producer F.T.R. holds pop-up show

By Jun Chou | April 15

When F.T.R, a Zimbabwean professional hip-hop producer, attended a Next Level Workshop in his native country, he had no idea how much his life was going ...

(Left to right) Brian Littrell, Joshua Turner, Carson McKee and Kevin Richardson perform at the Lexington Center in Kentucky.

Q&A with Backstreet Boys cover artist Carson McKee

By Trevor Lenzmeier | April 14

On Friday, Brian Littrell and Kevin Richardson of the Backstreet Boys were inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame. At the induction, the Kentucky ...

Mipso announces surprise show at Cat's Cradle, to give away 100 student tickets

By Zhai Yun Tan | April 9

After touring 28 states for 10 weeks, UNC-born folk band Mipso is ready to celebrate its homecoming with a surprise concert and a giveaway of free student ...

Skinny Bag of Sugar, a Carrboro rock band, performs in Pulso Pulso, a performance celebrating Spanish and English cultures (Courtesy of Augusta DeKemper).

Pulso Pulso show fuses Spanish into songs

By Madison Flager | April 6

When students in JOMC 491 walked into class the first day this semester, all they knew was that they’d be working on a creative project for a local ...

Musicians invited to improvise at UNC

By Chloe Lackey | March 31

To the untrained musician, original compositions and improvisation may seem worlds apart. But today, as part of the UNC Department of Music’s Talking ...

Kim Gordon, the co-founder of Sonic Youth, will be speaking at Cat’s Cradle with Jon Wurster on Wednesday about her memoir. Courtesy of Emilly Homonoff.

Flyleaf, Cat’s Cradle host rock legend Kim Gordon

By Ryan Schocket | February 24

Rock legend, fashion icon and bonafide rebel Kim Gordon is heading to Cat’s Cradle tonight to talk about her new memoir, “Girl in a Band.”

Alvin Ailey returns for eighth Carolina Performing Arts performance

By Gwendolyn Smith | February 24

For dancer Hope Boykin, performing at Memorial Hall today with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will bring her passion full circle.

UNC class of 2013 alum Charlie King releases sophomore album

By Sindhu Chidambaram | February 5

A guitar, a bottle of bourbon and a copy of “The Chronicles of Narnia” were all singer-songwriter and UNC 2013 alumnus Charlie King needed on his ...

Next Moogfest might call Durham home

By Robert McNeely | January 28

From concerts by electronic musicians to audio engineer instillations, Moogfest has helped create a music scene unlike any other.