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James Dunn's The Bed We Madenew
With this third release, James Dunn finds himself between rock and a chart place.
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Jim Avett's Tribesnew
With six of its seven songs being Avett originals, Tribes can be considered Avett's proper debut as a country music singer-songwriter.
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The Static Minds' 'Rich Girl Blues'new
Here, on the debut 7" from Raleigh quartet The Static Minds, there are two. A-side reasoning: She's too busy being rich and, memorably put, "dying in her own bad taste." B-side reasoning: She's too busy being a bore.
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Depression-Era North Carolina String Band is Generously Anthologized on New Two-CD Setnew
The subtitle of the anthology, The Complete Recordings of the Red Fox Chasers (1928-31), is truthful: The two discs contain the entire recorded output of Brooks, Miles, A.P. Thompson and Bob Cranford.
The Whistlestop Celebrates Faithnew
Several songs--most notably "The Money's Tight," which could have been written in the Great Depression's shadow--are the aural equivalents of the sepia-toned packaging and the vintage postcard included with the record.
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The Port Huron Statement's Straight-Up Indie Rocknew
It's fitting that Man of the Match opens with a brief instrumental that recalls "Auld Lang Syne." To these straying ears, the invocation is a welcome to genre: "Hello, indie rock, my old friend. It's been awhile."
What is Roots Music?new
A cross section of the artists who've performed during the first four years of the Carrboro ArtsCenter's American Roots Series, this disc showcases the wide range of American Roots.
'Carolina Funk': A Labor of Lovenew
Chapel Hill's Jason Perlmutter spent half a decade compiling this 22-cut, 23-page package, which travels the same high road as similar triumphs of excavation and passion.
Randy Whitt Unbottlesnew
He's on the lanky side, and his stride and stage presence suggest an abundance of energy waiting to escape.
Party at the Cartridge Family's Padnew
On Shine Like a Bottle, you'll be attending a pair of parties, both with a Replacements undercurrent.
