By David Menconi For such a definitively local Orange County institution, the annual Carrboro Music Festival has some origins that qualify as downright worldly. The festival began more than two decades ago, in 1998 as the local branch of a larger international festival called Fete de La Musique. It happened around the summer solstice in… Read More →
A LOOK AT THE INDIE ROCK MUSIC SCENE IN CHAPEL HILL
Piedmont Laureate presents, a History of Triangle Labels: A MRG30 Preview
Durham-based Merge Records will mark its 30-year anniversary in July with MRG30, but the history of Triangle record companies goes back much longer than that. Join 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi for a program about the history of record companies in the Triangle, going all the way back to blues pickers in the 1930s. Players… Read More →
FEATURE: David Menconi – North Carolina’s Piedmont Laureate
Piedmont Laureate presents Talking and Singing the Gospel
Join 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi with Music Maker Relief Foundation founder/president Tim Duffy and recent Grammy-winner Bill Ferris for a talk about gospel and blues music, culture and photography — as well as the fabulous new book “Blue Muse: Timothy Duffy’s Southern Photographs.” With a live performance by the acclaimed gospel group Dedicated Men… Read More →