Charlotte Music
Charlotte Music
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Verbal Van Gogh aka VvG displays brow-raising lyricism with ‘Calm B4 The $torm’
By Jose Mujica October 13, 2019 Verbal Van Gogh, VvG for short, is an up-and-coming rapper hailing straight out of Charlotte’s own east side. Offering a brow-raising display of lyricism in his latest album, Calm B4 The $torm, released under his own music imprint (Currency...
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A Guide to Pitching Writers, Editors and Media
By Megan Wolford October 13, 2019 Pitching to writers, editors, and promoters can seem like an impossible task but, with the right tools and tact, self-pitching can yield results without a middleman. The digital age has allowed access to the individuals responsible for breaking acts,...
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Ancient Cities’ deliver hazy electro-rock goodness with new album ‘Spirits of Light’
By Delaney Clifford October 9, 2019 Earlier this year, Charlotte rock outfit Ancient Cities released their kick off to summer, “Heavy Sleeper,” a single that explored a new sound and possibly heralded a new era for the group. It featured a foray into an even...
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Charlotte’s DaBaby has the #1 album on the Billboard 200
By CLTure News October 7, 2019 (Updated) After signing to Interscope through a joint venture with South Coast Music Group in late 2018, DaBaby made his label debut in March with the massively successful Baby on Baby. Reaching #8 on the Billboard 200, Baby on...
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Watch the DaBaby and Stunna 4 Vegas perform on Jimmy Fallon
By CLTure News October 1, 2019 Charlotte’s DaBaby and Salisbury’s Stunna 4 Vegas performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Monday night. Fresh off the release of DaBaby’s album Kirk, which is already skyrocketing up the charts and projected to hit #1 on the...
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Future, Illenium, Lil Baby, Boogie, and Kaskade headline third annual Breakaway Festival in Charlotte
By Jose Mujica September 26, 2019 Charlotte’s Breakaway Festival will be hitting AvidXchange Music Factory October 4th and 5th. Since it’s inaugural event in 2017, Breakaway has brought some of the hottest current names in music to Charlotte. 2019 marks the three-year anniversary in the...
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New album ‘Kirk’ on the way for DaBaby
By CLTure News September 24, 2019 DaBaby has announced on Instagram that his new album Kirk will be released on Friday. Opening up about the passing of his father and the dreamlike year he has experienced on his latest single “Intro,” the new sound seems...
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Elonzo Wesley returns with tranquil and thoughtful new album, ‘Songs to No One’
By Mitchell Franklin September 4, 2019 Songs to No One, the latest album from Charlotte folk group Elonzo Wesley, transports the listener from the very first notes of track one, “Human Bean.” The recording is intimate and close, with every violin swell and pick of...
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Erick Lottary pays tribute to Plaza Midwood with new EP ‘Summer on Central’
By Jose Mujica August 28, 2019 Summer on Central, Erick Lottary’s latest release, is an end-of-summer, Charlotte-centric follow up to his 2018 project, Look Both Ways. Lottary’s been hard at work in the studio and it shows in this five-track EP which demonstrates his development...
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Charlotte Music Cuts: Elevator Jay, Chócala, Elonzo Wesley, Lofidels, and The Juke Joint
By Shirley Griffith August 25, 2019 Summer is nearly over but Charlotte musicians have been hard at work releasing heartfelt albums and planting the seeds of new lineups and recurring parties to keep everyone in the Hornets Nest dancing, bopping, or thrashing well into the...
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