Faculty, staff and students come to UNC’s Chapel Hill campus from all over the world, but it’s hard to imagine that too many came from farther away than Alison Friedman…. Read More →
Down on Copperline
Elizabeth Cotten to be enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
If her widespread influence counted for as much as it should, Elizabeth Cotten would have made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame long, long ago. But better… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Music Maker’s Freight Train Blues Returns
–by David Menconi For the past two years, Music Maker’s Freight Train Blues concert season in Orange County has been a strictly virtual experience with performances available online-only due to… Read More →
Carolina Performing Arts presents Hip Hop South
by David Menconi As you would expect, music will play a major role in Hip Hop South Festival, which Carolina Performing Arts is putting on April 22-23 in Chapel Hill… Read More →
Big Night In for the Arts: Headliner Round-up
by David Menconi If nothing else, the March 10 “Big Night In for the Arts” fundraising telethon on WRAL-TV will serve as a local-music primer – and a reminder of… Read More →