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Summer In Tha Carolinas music festival will showcase North Carolina’s ascending hip-hop talent at Moore Square Park
By Shakilya Lawrence July 13, 2021 After a year of enduring lockdowns and Covid restrictions, we’re finally seeing the return of music festivals this summer. Artists finally have the opportunity to perform live again, fulfilling a space that has been missing for several months. Raleigh...
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The curious case of Benji Hughes, a Charlotte music icon
By Cameron Lee June 29, 2021 Photo: Daniel Coston In 2014, Vulture proclaimed Benji Hughes as the best songwriter you’ve never heard of. Seven years later, that may still hold true. The lengthy exposé detailed Hughes’ time in New York working at Frisbie, a company...
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NC Release Radar: Our favorite new North Carolina music releases
By Grant Golden June 28, 2021 Lately it feels like we’re drinking from the fire hydrant of new music, artists are finally ready to drop the art they’ve been crafting during quarantine. It’s a bit of a gift and a curse; there’s only so much...
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GZA, Raekwon, and Ghostface Killah will go on tour this year, coming to North Carolina in December
By CLTure News June 23, 2021 GZA, Raekwon, and Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan are hitting the road for a 25-date run this year. Dubbed as the 3 Chambers Tour, the trio will play Greensboro’s Cone Denim Entertainment Center on December 4, performing their...
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Snug Harbor is set to reopen after several months, bringing live music back to Plaza Midwood
By Delaney Clifford June 22, 2021 Photo: Brian Twitty It’s been a long, difficult road since Charlotte’s music scene was forced to come to a screeching halt. With no tours to book and no crowds to call on, patrons could only watch as beloved venues...
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Since 2002, FloydFest has brought magic to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it’s been quite the odyssey
By Grant Golden June 2, 2021 Photo: Svetlana Nikic Ask anyone who’s attended the Virginia-based music festival FloydFest to describe it and the word you’ll hear them say most is magical. Capped at 13,500 attendees a day, FloydFest straddles the line between grandiose and grassroots,...
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Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival will return to Charlotte and Raleigh in the fall
By CLTure News May 24, 2021 Willie Nelson and Blackbird Presents have announced the return of the Outlaw Music Festival with special guests Chris Stapleton, Sturgill Simpson, The Avett Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Gov’t Mule, Lucinda Williams, Ryan Bingham, Margo Price, Yola,...
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Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price, Melissa Etheridge, Mavis Staples, LeAnn Rimes, and more will play MerleFest 2021
By CLTure News May 24, 2021 MerleFest, the Wilkesboro, North Carolina music festival founded in 1988 by guitarist Doc Watson, named for his late son Eddy Merle Watson, is gearing up for a big return this year on September 16-19. After the cancellation of the...
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NC Release Radar: Our favorite new music releases from North Carolina artists
By Grant Golden May 24, 2021 School’s out, the pools are open, and sunscreen is going on…it’s the unmistakable onset of summer. While the world may not be fully back to normal yet, many of us are soaking in a lot more sunlight and friendship...
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Belmont Jon aka Matrix P’s ‘Oh Laawd!’ is an ode to his community and Southern rap traditions
By Jamel Smith May 23, 2021 Jon Graham a.k.a Belmont Jon (formerly known as Matrix P) hails from a family of singers. In our July interview, the Belmont, NC native acknowledged the legacy of his musical family, citing his uncle and cousin as family success...
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