—Article by David Menconi This has been an exceptionally difficult year for arts and music communities everywhere, with the Coronavirus pandemic bringing live-music and entertainment gatherings to an abrupt halt. The… Read More →
Down on Copperline
Down on Copperline: Musicians and Murals: Scott Nurkin and Libba Cotten
—Article by David Menconi Chapel Hill resident Scott Nurkin has always led something of a double life – rock-band drummer by night, mural painter by day. While he makes most… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Step It Up & Go
—Article by David Menconi Orange County figures prominently in my new book, Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Manifold Recording
—Article by David Menconi Like most businesses connected to music, Pittsboro’s Manifold Recording has been struggling because of the COVID-19 virus shutdown. Once quarantine went into effect back in March,… Read More →
Down on Copperline: H.C. McEntire
—David Menconi Place has always loomed large in Americana singer/songwriter H.C. McEntire’s music, but never more so than on her second solo album Eno Axis (coming out this month on… Read More →