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Sylvan Esso

Dec 05 2024

Inside Betty’s: An Inclusive Orange County Recording Studio


—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Sylvan Esso’s most recent studio album “No Rules Sandy” includes a half-dozen brief instrumental interludes, including one with the cryptic title “(Betty’s, May 4, 2022).”… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Amelia Meath, Betty's Recording Studio, david menconi, down on copperline, Nick Sanborn, Sylvan Esso

Nov 30 2023

SLEEPY CAT RECORDS & THE HUMANS BEHIND IT


  —David Menconi, Down on Copperline Based in Carrboro, Sleepy Cat Records started up in the summer of 2019 with a motto summarizing its modest intentions: “Friends making art.” Self-described… Read More →

Posted by Orange County Arts Commission · Categorized: Down on Copperline, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Alice Gerrard, Chessa Rich, david menconi, down on copperline, Gabe Anderson, Joe Terrell, Libby Rodenbough, mipso, Saman Khoujinian, Sleepy Cat Records, Sleepy Fest, Sylvan Esso

Dec 01 2021

From Jazz to Electronica: Local Artists Score Grammy Noms


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: Chapelboro, grammys, Nnenna Freelon, Pierce Freelon, Rhiannon Giddens, Sylvan Esso

Apr 06 2020

April Featured Artists: The Quarantined Arts Community Rises


April Featured Artists

By Emilie Menzel On March 30th, 2020, it was Vincent Van Gogh’s 167th birthday. On the morning of March 30th, 2020, his painting The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: Aaron Keck, Ackland Art Museum, Bakova Gallery, Chelsea Theater, featured artist, FRANK gallery, hillsborough arts council, indyweek, mandolin orange, Radio Concerts on The Hill, Sylvan Esso, The Sun Magazine, This Human Way, UNC Chapel Hill

Feb 25 2020

How Raleigh, North Carolina Became a Hotbed of Independent Music


Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: News · Tagged: carrboro, Cat's Cradle, chapel hill, Hiss Golden Messenger, Merge Records, Superchunk, Sylvan Esso, Tift Merritt, Wye Oak

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