By David Menconi When it comes to songwriting, it’s good to be prolific, and Michael Venutolo-Mantovani is – but the catch is he doesn’t exactly have control of when the songwriting… Read More →
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Down on Copperline: Libba Cotten/Cat’s Cradle
Featured photo by Daniel Coston By David Menconi It’s been well over a century since the late great Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten was born in what is now Carrboro, but you… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Kirk Ross
By David Menconi Chapel Hill musician Kirk Ross leads something of a double life, political reporter by day and rock star by night – except, of course, for those times… Read More →
Piedmont Laureate Presents: How to Cover Politics and Stay Sane, An Election-Year Preview
The Orange County Arts Commission and Piedmont Laureate David Menconi Present: How to Cover Politics and Stay Sane: An Election-Year Preview Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7pm Chapel Hill Library In… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Michael Galinsky
By David Menconi Thirty years ago, Chapel Hill’s Michael Galinsky was taking a photography class at New York University. Partly for a class project and partly on a whim, he… Read More →
