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
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 →
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers release “It Doesn’t Change Anything”
by David Menconi “It Doesn’t Change Anything,” the most recent single and video from the new album from Chapel Hill’s Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, is a heavy song that… Read More →
