Charlotte Music
Charlotte Music
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Luke Combs, Hattie Leeper, Dexter Romweber, and David Childers among 2025 North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees
By Cameron Lee May 5, 2025 The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 inductees, which include three Charlotte-area figures: native Hattie “Chatty Hatty” Leeper, one of the first Black women disc jockeys in the South; beloved Mount Holly folk singer-songwriter David...
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Vietnamese-American indie bedroom pop-rock artist briZB crafts songs that feel like adolescent heartache and daydreams
By Cameron Lee April 10, 2025 Photo: Jaelin Hilliard The music of budding 21-year-old bedroom indie rock singer-songwriter Bri Huynh feels like the soundtrack of adolescent heartache and daydreams on an early autumn road trip. The Vietnamese-American songsmith, better known by her stage name briZB,...
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After booking two Broadway shows, Charlotte native Phillip Johnson Richardson wants more
By Cameron Lee December 3, 2024 It’s been a landmark year for Northwest School of the Arts grad Phillip Johnson Richardson. The multi-talented actor and singer/rapper sits in the dressing room of the Shubert Theatre, home of the Broadway musical production, Hell’s Kitchen, while we...
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Lute will perform songs from ‘West1996,’ ‘Gold Mouf,’ and ‘Revenge of the Dreamers III’ with a live band for the first time
By Cameron Lee August 12, 2024 Photo: Marc Prosper It’s been well over a decade since Queen City’s own Lute released his landmark debut project, West1996, in 2012. The mixtape, a gritty sonic portrait about growing up in the west side of Charlotte, featured members...
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Jazz pianist Sean Mason is a prodigious talent that was molded by Charlotte’s music community
By Cameron Lee July 16, 2024 When jazz pianist and composer Sean Mason is not in his Lower East Side abode or trekking across the world playing gigs, he’s at home in Charlotte. For the Phillip O’ Berry Academy of Technology grad, home is not...
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Biking with Francis, a UNC Charlotte alternative hip-hop group, have released three impressive EPs
By Cameron Lee July 9, 2024 Photo: Jade Ivy In a little over a year’s time, Biking with Francis, the talented Charlotte-based trio consisting of multi-instrumentalists and producers Max Leonard and Garrett Sparrow, along with lyricist Joshua “Raw” Warren, have released three outstanding projects. Their...
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Snug Harbor will host a three-day multi-genre music showcase, Springadelia, in March
By Cameron Lee February 15, 2024 Opened in 2007, Snug Harbor has long been considered to be an anchor in the local music community. The Plaza Midwood venue is now introducing a new three-day event called Springadelia (March 7-9), a weekend packed full of psychedelic-leaning...
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Confluence will strengthen the music industry in North Carolina and help develop Charlotte as a hub
By Cameron Lee September 25, 2023 North Carolina has a storied music history across a multitude of genres. From pioneering bluegrass musicians like Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson to R&B icons like Jodeci, Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia, the state is steeped with musical tradition and...
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The Super Abari Game Bar Block Party will return in September with a stellar local music lineup
By CLTure August 6, 2023 Photo: Alex Cason Super Abari Game Bar’s popular block party will return on September 16 for the first time since 2019. The last block party took place at their old location pre-Covid, so this will be the first time the...
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North Carolina Release Radar: Our Favorite New Music Releases
By Grant Golden August 6, 2023 Trent the Hooligan ALLGASNOBRAKEZ! There couldn’t be a more apt title for Trent The Hooligan’s sophomore album, as ALLGASNOBRAKEZ!, is pedal to the floor from the jump. Trent the Hooligan simultaneously gives a nod to the Southern hip-hop history...
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