—David Menconi, Down on Copperline As you’d expect of an ensemble named after a Leonard Cohen album title (and led by a frontman named after jazz guitar legend Django Reinhardt),… Read More →
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Come sing along with local ‘PopUp Chorus’
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Lauren Bromley Hodge, driving force behind PopUp Chorus for more than a decade now, calls herself its “founder, owner, organizer, program director, comrade and dog’s… Read More →
Inside Betty’s: An Inclusive Orange County Recording Studio
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Sylvan Esso’s most recent studio album “No Rules Sandy” includes a half-dozen brief instrumental interludes, including one with the cryptic title “(Betty’s, May 4, 2022).”… Read More →
Hillsborough artist Mango Martinez nominated for Latin Grammy
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Hillsborough’s Mango Martinez is an artist who does a little of everything. He creates visual art, plays and markets and sells music, organizes things. But… Read More →
Saxsquatch: the Viral Musical Cryptid who Hails from Chapel Hill
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Some five years into his career as cryptid Saxsquatch, things are pretty positive nowadays. This past month found Saxsquatch everywhere from Chicago’s Riot Fest (on… Read More →





