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 →