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Tyler Childers, Milk Carton Kids, J. Roddy Walston, and more to play Tuck Fest 2019 at USNWC
By CLTure News December 14, 2018 Tuck Fest, the multi-day outdoor festival hosted by the U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC) announced their 2019 lineup. Rising country singer-songwriter Tyler Childers headlines the festival along with indie-folk duo Milk Carton Kids and Southern rockers J. Roddy Walston...
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Charlotte area musicians are going back to the ’80s for a great cause to benefit Levine Children’s Hospital
By Mitchell Franklin December 10, 2018 Leg warmers, hairspray, hair metal, Walkmen, fingerless gloves, video arcades: the ‘80s had it all. Eighties nostalgia is in full force in 2018 from Stranger Things to Ready Player One to the rise of arcade bars and a resurgence...
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Charlotte singer-songwriter Ross Adams returns with powerful self-reflecting album
By Delaney Clifford December 1, 2018 As the year dwindles away and the cold sets in hearts and minds tend to turn back to warmer days. Right in line with the gradual retreat to a cozy, blanket-laden couch or welcoming fireplace, Ross Adams has released...
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Erick Lottary showcases melodic R&B-driven style with EP, ‘Look Both Ways’
By Jose Mujica November 28, 2018 Earlier this month Charlotte hip-hop artist Erick Lottary dropped his latest EP, Look Both Ways, a project that showcases a more melodic and R&B-driven style. This is a new frontier for the up-to-now traditionalist rapper as he dips his...
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Ride out to new music from Charlotte rapper Phaze Gawd “D’usse”
By Jose Mujica Cover photo: Drew Kocak November 15, 2018 If you’ve walked around Plaza or NoDa at all in the last year you’re likely to have seen more than one flyers with the words “PHAZE GAWD” plastered somewhere across them. The Charlotte rapper has become...
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Former staff at Creative Loafing and local community are gathering for a “Concert Crawl” fundraiser for a new local media project
By Matt Cosper November 13, 2018 This year on Halloween a Charlotte institution got the ax. A few minutes after the week’s issue had gone to print, the entire staff of Creative Loafing lost their jobs. Publisher Charles Womack had decided to sell the paper...
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It Looks Sad release long-awaited debut album ‘Sky Lake’
By Mitchell Franklin October 31, 2018 It Looks Sad has been shrinking since their formation in 2012. Originally a quartet named It Looks Sad, That’s Why I Said It’s You, the band has gone through several lineup changes that have left them with a shortened...
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The Black Mecca festival gathers an impressive lineup of entertainment and experiences
By Shirley Griffith Cover photo: @afrohaus September 19, 2018 This weekend brings the inaugural installation of The Black Mecca, a new festival experience bringing a unique collection of music, distinctive art exhibitions, and virtual reality tech activations to Camp North End on Friday, September 21...
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Charlotte’s Maya Beth Atkins releases impressive debut album ‘Whatever You Are’
By Shirley Griffith September 10, 2018 When most Charlotteans hear the last name Atkins, they think of the talented Jason Atkins who, among having his hand in multiple bands around town, plays the famed organ for the Charlotte Checkers. Now, Jason’s daughter Maya Beth hits...
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Charlotte indie label Refresh Records turns three years old
By Mitchell Franklin August 20, 2018 The music industry can be a vile and ruthless machine. If you don’t have what it takes, it will chew you up and spit you out. Every year forward is a victory worthy of a celebration, especially for a...
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