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Abari Game Bar will host first drive-in concert with Petrov, Sinners & Saints, and SOLIS to benefit local area bars
By Charlie Leonard June 9, 2020 (updated) Abari Game Bar, in partnership with Hattie’s Tap & Tavern, Tommy’s Pub, and Four Finger Records, will be hosting the Queen City Telethon, a rooftop drive-in concert this Saturday, June 13 from 3:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m. Scheduled...
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Erick Lottary, Deniro Farrar and Well$ connect on booming new single “Give & Go”
By Grant Golden June 9, 2020 If Erick Lottary’s catalogue is indicative of anything, it’s that he’s an artist with clear vision and immeasurable ambition. Last year’s 5-track EP Summer On Central was paired with a ten-minute documentary outlining his creative process behind the release,...
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Live From The Print Shop combines two creative avenues to give musicians and artists a platform in the Carolinas
By Charlie Leonard June 8, 2020 Live From the Print Shop is a new concert series broadcast from the MacFly Fresh Print Shop in Charlotte. The series features both independent and national artists, curated to create a “sonically diverse” portfolio of sound and voice. During...
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North Carolina musicians record compilation album to fund bail for protestors
By Harris Wheless June 5, 2020 Chapel Hill-based independent record label Suah Sounds has released a compilation album, The Co-Isolation Sessions, featuring songs performed by over 20 musicians to support jailed protestors in North Carolina who cannot afford bail. The album will be released exclusively...
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Bandcamp will donate their proceeds from sales on Juneteenth to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
By CLTure News June 4, 2020 Photo: NAACPLDF.org This year on Juneteenth (June 19), the anniversary of the day African Americans were informed of their liberation in the last former Confederate State where slavery was abolished (Texas), Bandcamp will be donating 100% of their share...
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Hectorina have released a new single “Ancient Dust,” a fitting song for the times
By Shirley Griffith May 29, 2020 (updated) For the past couple of years, it seems like each day leaves behind a trail of turmoil. Climate change, political protests, mass shootings, white supremacy, and other atrocities rise to the top of an endlessly forlorn news cycle....
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Charlotte indie rockers Yes Chef! release new single “Chelsea” ahead of debut EP
By Mitchell Franklin May 29, 2020 Yes Chef!, the latest project from songwriter and guitarist Leith K. Ali of It Looks Sad and Ol Sport, is preparing to release their first collection of recorded material. Previously a solo project of Leith’s, Yes Chef! has expanded...
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Charlotte’s first drive-in concert experience will launch at The Music Yard in June
By Charlie Leonard May 29, 2020 (updated) Starting June 12, The Music Yard in South End will kick off a drive-in summer concert series that will continue every Friday through July 31. The series will be produced by Preston Abernathy, the former director of the...
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South Korean-born Raleigh native Sangstaa making waves for North Carolina
By Jose Mujica May 28, 2020 “I’ve been moving way too fast to see the signs.” Sangyeok Lee (a.k.a. Sangstaa) admits in his latest video, “No Control.” At 24 years old, the Korean-American rapper-singer has no shortage of tumultuous times to look back on. As...
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Andy the Doorbum returns with new album featuring a stellar cast of Charlotte musicians
By Shirley Griffith Photo: Lens Melody May 27, 2020 Most Charlotteans know artist and performer Andy the Doorbum as precisely that– the clear-eyed, messy-haired door guy at one of the nation’s oldest punk venues, Charlotte’s own World Famous Milestone Club. Or maybe you know him...
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