by David Menconi “It Doesn’t Change Anything,” the most recent single and video from the new album from Chapel Hill’s Sarah Shook and the Disarmers, is a heavy song that… Read More →
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Down on Copperline: Tift Merritt & “The Spark”
–Article by David Menconi While Tift Merritt has had a great career as a Grammy-nominated musician and multi-media artist, you wouldn’t exactly call her ahead of her time – until… Read More →
John Dee Holeman, Durham’s Last Great Blues Elder, Dies at 92
Down on Copperline: XOXOK’s deep voice bursting to falsetto
—article by David Menconi Growing up in Rocky Mount, Keenan Jenkins would hear his parents playing r&b on the radio. Hitmakers like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston seem like an… Read More →
Down on Copperline with Katharine Whalen’s Jazz Squad
—article by David Menconi It’s such a natural, the only surprise is that it’s taken this long: An album of Squirrel Nut Zippers alumnus Katharine Whalen singing nothing but songs… Read More →
