Music
Music
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Greensboro’s Reliably Bad is an eight-piece funk/soul group that’s vibrating at its own frequency
By Grant Golden March 3, 2021 Photo: Becca Higgins What’s a band to do when live music stops? That’s the question on the mind of many artists as we approach a full year of quarantine and other restrictions due to Covid-19. But somehow it seems...
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Watch North Carolina A&T student Victor Solomon wow John Legend on the new season of ‘The Voice’
By CLTure News March 1, 2021 North Carolina A&T senior Victor Solomon will be featured on the new season of The Voice on Monday, March 1 on NBC. The Voice recently shared a six-minute clip on Twitter of Solomon singing the Oscar-winning song “Glory” from...
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Outdoor concerts could return as early as mid-summer according to Live Nation
By CLTure News March 1, 2021 Live Nation recently revealed during a Q4 2020 earnings call that outdoor concerts could return as early as mid-summer. Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said, “a clear outline to a 75% to 100%” capacity for outdoor U.S. events in...
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‘Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album’ features an impressive roster of rap and R&B artists
By Jamel Smith February 15, 2021 The best films generally have equally great soundtracks. That is certainly the case for Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah: The Inspired Album. The film, released on February 12, examines the triumphant and tragic life and death of...
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NC Release Radar: Our favorite recent North Carolina music releases
By Grant Golden February 10, 2021 As winter rolls on and we delve deeper into our pandemic-induced hibernation, we’ve gathered a fiery collection of tunes to keep you warm as the temperature drops. With everything from searing psych-rock excursions to slow-churning soul ballads, it’s hard...
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JazzArts Charlotte will commemorate the 60th anniversary of Max Roach’s album ‘We Insist!’ from the Black Lives Matters mural
By Jamel Smith February 9, 2021 In recognition of Black History Month, JazzArts Charlotte will present a virtual tribute performance to North Carolina’s own, legendary jazz drummer Max Roach, and his 1960 protest jazz album We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite. The performance will...
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The Wormholes release mysterious new music video shot in NoDa for single “Temporary Vessel”
By Delaney Clifford February 2, 2021 Is your reality worth living in? This ominous, yet intriguing question beckons all in the latest bizarre music video from Charlotte psych synth-rock duo, The Wormholes, for their single “Temporary Vessel.” The project was produced by Joyride Productions and...
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G Yamazawa releases visually stimulating new music video for “Riddle Me This”
By Grant Golden January 24, 2021 Durham’s G Yamazawa has a knack for memorability. Bursting onto the scene with 2017’s viral sensation “North Cack,” Yamazawa has steadily released some of North Carolina’s most compelling hip-hop releases of the past few years. In December 2020, Yamazawa...
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New track “Wait” brings together all-star cast of Charlotte rappers to kick off 2021
By Jose Mujica January 23, 2021 Seemingly over a few days a legendary collab featuring some of Charlotte’s hottest rappers dropped via Deniro Farrar’s YouTube. Farrar, coming off two albums in 2020, Sole Food and Exhibit Q, released a music video on Friday for a...
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NC Release Radar: Our favorite recent North Carolina music releases
By Grant Golden January 20, 2021 The music industry has this off-kilter, unspoken rule of avoiding releases at the end of the year. Typically saturated with nostalgia-soaked holiday tunes or pre-emptive year-end coverage, it’s hard to garner much attention for late-year releases. But some of...
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