By David Menconi Chapel Hill musician Kirk Ross leads something of a double life, political reporter by day and rock star by night – except, of course, for those times when the legislature’s session runs into late-night hours, or a storm is coming. Covering calamities from 2016’s infamous HB2 “Bathroom Bill” to this year’s Hurricane… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Michael Galinsky
By David Menconi Thirty years ago, Chapel Hill’s Michael Galinsky was taking a photography class at New York University. Partly for a class project and partly on a whim, he started shooting pictures at shopping malls across the country. The resulting photographs added up to a composite of a moment in time – 1989, just… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Celebrating Rocktober with Wes Collins
By David Menconi If you ever find yourself at Pittsboro’s Chatham Community Library and come face to face with librarian Wes Collins, don’t worry if he has a far-away look in the eyes – he’s probably just writing another song. The Chapel Hill resident is one of the best songwriters in the Triangle’s vital Americana… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Carrboro Music Festival
By David Menconi For such a definitively local Orange County institution, the annual Carrboro Music Festival has some origins that qualify as downright worldly. The festival began more than two decades ago, in 1998 as the local branch of a larger international festival called Fete de La Musique. It happened around the summer solstice in… Read More →
“Down on Copperline” Nathan Golub and Yep Roc Records
By David Menconi In the universe of Triangle musicians, Nathan Golub stays busy as one of the leading local pedal-steel guitarists – and if you go hear an Americana-leaning act in a club around here, chances are good you’ll see him onstage. Golub’s steadiest main gig nowadays is backing up country singer John Howie, Jr.,… Read More →