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Sleepsound's Radio Readynew
Sleepsound's pleas recall the grandeur of a low-budget Snow Patrol or The Fray and the empathy invitation of a Nada Surf chorus.
Tags: Leaves Change, Sleepsound
Peters Holsapple and Lang Talk Inspirationnew
On Broad Street Cafe's stage Saturday night, Peter Holsapple and Peter Lang could not have been more different.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
01-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
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.
The Allen Boysnew
N.C.'s only touring Sacred Steel band builds on traditions of faith and family.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
01-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Allen Boys
The 2007 Mixtapenew
The Triangle's best 35 songs of 2007, including Alina Simone, Birds of Avalon, Bowerbirds and more.
We Resolve ... 2008new
The wishes and New Year's resolutions of some of North Carolina's musicians. Includes Tift Merritt, Scotty Irving, Roman Candle and more.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Big Billsnew
In North Carolina's growing Triangle and a financially shrinking music industry, can mid-size rock clubs survive?
Tags: concerts
Heavenly Staircasenew
Regina Hexaphone's Sara Bell looks back on a decade with a band she never thought she could lead.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
12-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Regina Hexaphone
Old Roots, New Branchesnew
Roots music, most notably the old-time and bluegrass strains, has a timeless quality, an enduring appeal and continues to thrive in North Carolina.
Boxbomb Genre Jumps on Followupnew
The band's first full-length, My Obsession, finds Boxbomb looking to expand on and improve on the sounds from Golden, building from their grunge base with an ambitious span of assorted genres including country and blues.
Tags: Boxbomb, My Obsesssion
Yup, It's a Yep Roc Christmasnew
The debut Christmas compilation from Yep Roc Records successfully captures the range and fiery spirit of its label: Collecting new Christmas cuts from a dozen Yep Roc bands, Oh Santa! is alternately cranky or sentimental, thoughtful or whimsical and reverent or mischievous.
Hisham Mayet Travels the World Seeking Ecstasy in Soundnew
In what his label, Sublime Frequencies, calls "folk cinema," Mayet aims to capture the personal essence and rituals of cultures, from the Bori cult dance ceremony to the ancient mystical gatherings formed around centuries-old Moroccan trade caravans.
INDY Week |
Chris Toenes |
12-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Hisham Mayet
Remembering Alt.country's Big 1996 Showcasenew
Please forgive this recollection, as it comes through the haze formed by many draft beers, a cloud of music-club cigarette smoke and near whiteout snow conditions that swept through North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 3, 1996, the second day of the first Honky-Tonk-arama.
Tags: concerts
Reunited Blind Melon Reminisces About Its Time in Durhamnew
Guitarist Christopher Thorn remembers an idyllic winter in Durham the year before Blind Melon's debut album and its slightly psychedelic hit, "No Rain," made them famous.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
11-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blind Melon
Juan Huevos Creates Classic Street-Story Hiphopnew
Juan Huevos -- the outlet of Jon Gregory, a 28-year-old white dude with a killer moustache -- raps about falling off bar stools, turning Friendster photos into late-night pornography and wanting to quit bad jobs.
Tags: Juan Huevos, MC People Magazine
