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Charlotte jazz musician Phillip Howe is continuing Bill Hanna’s legacy and going viral with his unique approach to music education and theory
By Cameron Lee November 5, 2026 Phillip Howe’s roots in Charlotte’s jazz community trace back to age 17, when he first walked through the doors of the storied Double Door Inn. A Rock Hill native, Howe was still in high school when he landed his...
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Olivia Rodrigo takes Charlotte through the seasons of love on rock-heavy ‘Unraveled Tour’
By Zach Goins October 8, 2026 Love has a way of changing with the seasons, and Olivia Rodrigo knows this cycle all too well. On The Unraveled Tour in Charlotte Wednesday night, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter took a sea of pink-clad fans on a yearlong journey...
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George Clinton will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at North Carolina Music Hall of Fame ceremony
By Cameron Lee October 7, 2026 This year’s North Carolina Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony will have a very special guest, as Kannapolis native George Clinton, the mastermind behind Parliament-Funkadelic, will be honored with the Eddie Ray Lifetime Achievement Award. Clinton helped revolutionize funk...
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Kacey Musgraves’ Charlotte tour stop was equal parts heartfelt musicianship and dazzling visual spectacle
By Zach Goins October 3, 2026 Photo: Charles Reagan The last time Kacey Musgraves was in Charlotte, she was in her healing and personal-growth era. Following an emotional breakup, The Deeper Well Tour found her reflecting on past relationships that no longer served her, searching...
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Gorillaz brought an ensemble, catalog-spanning set to Charlotte with Deltron 3030, Little Simz and Posdnuos
By Cameron Lee September 24, 2026 The weather for Gorillaz’s first-ever performance in Charlotte seemed ideally suited to the darker, gloomier world of Murdoc Niccals, the fictional bassist created by Gorillaz founders Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett. The exaggerated evil rock-star archetype is one...
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Tame Impala’s anticipated Charlotte debut delivered a mesmerizing blend of dreamlike soundscapes and psychedelic visuals
By Cameron Lee August 2, 2026 Photo: Phillip Gripper / CLTure It’s been a long time coming for Tame Impala fans in Charlotte to finally see the psychedelic music project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Kevin Parker in the city. First scheduled to perform in Charlotte...
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The opening night of J. Cole’s ‘The Fall-Off Tour’ in Charlotte felt less like a victory lap and more like a homecoming
By Cameron Lee June 12, 2026 Photo: Kent Smith / Spectrum Center The last time Jermaine Cole made an official tour stop in Charlotte was in 2017, following the release of his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only. A departure from the triumphant tone...
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Aasher Saintt’s ‘MAY GOD HEAR YOU!’ is a concept album that weaves ultra-modern hip-hop sounds with hymnal textures
By Cameron Lee July 3, 2026 Photo: Darian Carlos Aasher Saintt, the genre-defying Charlotte rapper, singer, and producer born Asher Jones, approaches his music and artistic vision through the lens of a psychological thriller set against a neo-noir aesthetic. Rather than centering on the motif...
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A$AP Rocky brought a high-production, 30-plus-song set to Charlotte, proving his cultural relevance remains strong
By Cameron Lee June 14, 2026 Photo: Phillip Gripper / CLTure Ten stops into his expansive international Don’t Be Dumb Tour, A$AP Rocky delivered a high-octane, nearly two-hour set with a production ambitious enough to forgo an opening act, captivating a crowd that spanned at...
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One-man-band Walter Boston III has become a percussive conduit in Charlotte’s live music scene
By Cameron Lee April 10, 2026 Walter Boston III, a native of Ahoskie, North Carolina, moved to Charlotte in 2007 at the age of 13, attending South Mecklenburg High School — a campus he recalls having a larger student body than his entire hometown in...
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