—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Since the early 1990s, twin brothers Michael and Mark Holland have been making music both together and apart under a variety of names, Jennyanykind,… Read More →
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Read, write, rock, roll: Florence Dore does it all
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline When most club-level indie-rock musicians hit the road to go on tour, they tend to play a straightforward schedule of nightclub venues. But UNC… Read More →
North Carolina’s Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green moves from poetry to music
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Orange County resident Jaki Shelton Green has been busy the past five years as North Carolina’s Poet Laureate, putting on programs, teaching workshops and reading… Read More →
Mipso: Introducing their new album, Book of Fools
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline In the decade since forming as a bluegrass-adjacent folk group at UNC-Chapel Hill, Mipso has become a local institution as well as a reliable quality… Read More →
Jess Klein and why you’re ‘Never Gonna Break’ Her
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline When Hillsborough’s Jess Klein decided to write a song about the difficulty of navigating this world as a woman, she didn’t have to look far… Read More →