Nowadays Bland Simpson is best-known as a celebrated and beloved UNC-Chapel Hill professor and author, pianist of the Red Clay Ramblers and collaborative architect of musicals including “King Mackerel And… Read More →
Down on Copperline
Down on Copperline: Remembering Tim Carless: Renaissance Man and Esteemed Arts Community Member
—Article by David Menconi You can get a good sense of a person’s standing in the world based on who shows up for memorial events after they’re gone. So it is… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Brent Lambert and Carrboro’s Kitchen Mastering
—Article by David Menconi Pretty much by definition, mastering engineers do their work behind the scenes and largely unheralded. That describes Brent Lambert, proprietor of Kitchen Mastering on Brewer Lane in… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Be Good to Yourself Album Crowdfunds for Musician Mental Health
—Article by David Menconi About two years ago, Ed Bumgardner found himself once again doing something he really hates: Attending a funeral for yet another musician friend of his who had… Read More →
Down On Copperline: The Freight Train’s Pulling into Town Once More
—Article by David Menconi The Town of Carrboro’s annual Freight Train Blues Music Series honors the music, memory and legacy of legendary native daughter Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, born there 128 years… Read More →
