—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Writing books is a popular side-hustle for musicians, with Josh Ritter, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle and the late Kinky Friedman among the many artists… Read More →
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The inaugural Hillsborough Jazz Festival arrives April 18th
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Some years back, Danielle Rose went to the annual bluegrass festival regularly held at the Moorefields estate just outside of Hillsborough. Even more than the… Read More →
The Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival returns for its 5th year
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline The Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival is a fantastic semi-annual event that offers a solid crash course in gypsy jazz. The festival’s fifth edition is set… Read More →
Mark Katz finds himself teaching music in unconventional classrooms
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Most of the time, Mark Katz teaches in pretty conventional spaces on the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus. But some of his classroom… Read More →
Meet Carrboro’s Ninth Poet Laureate: Dr. Amanda Bennett
—Arshia Simkin, The Underline When Amanda Bennett was in her twenties as a graduate student at Duke University, she was working on a dissertation about Black feminism; she remembers studying… Read More →
