Music
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Renown Jazz artists will play a free concert in Uptown at Victoria Yards
By Cameron Lee April 27, 2021 Usually during this time of year, Charlotte Jazz Festival is in full force with a variety of jazz-related events all throughout Uptown. Things are now obviously toned down due to the pandemic, but JazzArts Charlotte still brings a glimmer...
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NC Release Radar: Our favorite recent music releases from North Carolina artists
By Grant Golden April 20, 2021 With the promise of live shows in our near future, music is starting to sound a little different. The screech of a distorted guitar, the resonance of bass, those few seconds when a drummer connects in the pocket– they...
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DJ E. Sudd is North Carolina’s A&R for the streets
By Cameron Lee April 15, 2021 Photo: @areyoushell Today, music is highly accessible. An artist can upload a song or album instantly to all of the major streaming platforms and be heard all across the world. But it wasn’t long ago when radio ruled the...
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Mavi is balancing the personal with political on his latest EP ‘End of the Earth’
By Grant Golden April 8, 2021 Photo: Khalid Riley In November 2019, 20-year-old Omavi Minder dropped his career-affirming debut album, Let The Sun Talk. Let The Sun Talk poised “Mavi” for stardom, garnering high praise from national outlets like NPR and Pitchfork. As the young...
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Benny the Butcher coming to Charlotte in October!
By CLTure News March 31, 2021 It’s been a long time since we’ve made a concert announcement, but it looks like many shows and festival dates will be coming in hot as the U.S. is slowly moving past the pandemic that has shut down many...
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NC Release Radar: Our favorite recent music releases from North Carolina artists
By Grant Golden March 17, 2021 For the first time in nearly 12 months, it feels like there’s a light at the end of our collective tunnel. The sun started shining a little longer, vaccine rollouts are making our world a little safer every day,...
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North Carolina will again be well-represented at the 63rd annual Grammy Awards
By Cameron Lee March 11, 2021 The past year in music has been like no other. While many artists and musicians have released projects in abundance, many of the traditional annual music events and awards ceremonies have either been delayed, cancelled or turned virtual. The...
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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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