—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 →
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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 →
Come Sing a Sea Chantey at Hillsborough’s Colonial Inn
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline When it comes to singing sea chanties, the appropriate setting seems like it would be aboard a ship at sea – or at least close… Read More →
Cue the music: Greg Bell joins Arts Commission team
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline If you have attended any sort of live-music event anywhere in the Triangle over the past three decades, chances are that Greg Bell was part… Read More →
Hillsborough’s Jonathan Byrd has always been more than just a musician
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Hillsborough singer/songwriter Jonathan Byrd has always been more than just a musician, working the multi-task hustle on a variety of fronts. But this year has… Read More →
