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Faye Webster’s tranquil style of genre-bending musical artistry continues to bloom
By Hunter Bailey June 14, 2024 Photo: Wendy Hernandez If you felt underdressed for Faye Webster’s sold-out show at The Fillmore on Wednesday night, you probably fit right in. Webster’s fifth studio album, Underdressed at the Symphony, was inspired by her fixation to immerse herself...
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Petey Pablo, Merge Records, and Clarence Avant will be inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame
By Cameron Lee June 5, 2024 The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame has announced six new inductees in 2024 including Greenville native rapper Petey Pablo; fabled music executive and Greensboro native, Clarence Avant; storied Durham indie rock label, Merge Records, founded by Mac McCaughan...
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Rapsody reflects on her journey with ‘Please Don’t Cry,’ finding love for Marlanna Evans on her fourth studio album
By Jamel Smith June 1, 2024 Rapsody has been going through some things, and the only way out of it is in. For the past five years, Marlanna Evans, aka Rapsody, traversed difficult emotions and hard feelings to satisfy the question, “Do you know who...
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‘How to Save a Milestone,’ the documentary about historic Charlotte music venue, The Milestone, will premiere in August
By Cameron Lee May 28, 2024 When North Carolina filmmaker Jason Arthurs and journalist Liz McLaughlin, first came up with the idea to produce a documentary about The Milestone in 2019, they had no idea how it would end. Arthurs and McLaughlin presumed that, like...
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With splashy production and a trap-heavy set, Bad Bunny captivated fans in his return to Charlotte
By Cameron Lee May 12, 2024 Photo: Wendy Hernadez / CLTure Latin trap/reggaeton star, Bad Bunny, returned to Charlotte Friday night to Spectrum Center and put on a high-octane, crowd-pleasing performance. With a majority of the evening dedicated to his latest trap-heavy album, Nadie Sabe...
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With a near three-hour set, the Foo Fighters made the over decade-long wait worth it for Charlotte fans
By Cameron Lee May 10, 2024 Photo: Wendy Hernandez / CLTure PNC Music Pavilion was packed to the brim on Thursday night as the venerable post-grunge rockers, Foo Fighters, returned to Charlotte for the first time since the passing of beloved drummer, Taylor Hawkins. With...
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In their return to Charlotte, Alvvays treated fans to an onslaught of their whimsical brand of shoegaze-y rock.
By Cameron Lee May, 5, 2024 Photo: Wendy Hernandez / CLTure It’s been nine long years since Charlotte’s heard the shimmering guitars and ethereal vocals of Molly Rankin and her Canadian dream pop band, Alvvays. The revered indie rockers performed for a sold-out crowd at...
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Teezo Touchdown showcased his musical multiplicity on his first headlining tour stop in Charlotte
By Hunter Bailey May 2, 2024 Photo: Kurt Shackelford / CLTure Touching down in Charlotte for the opening night of his Spend The Night Tour, the fast-rising alternative hip-hop/rock singer/rapper, Teezo Touchdown, scored a sell out for his first headlining show at The Fillmore. The...
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Hozier celebrated a landmark moment in Charlotte with Allison Russell to kick off outdoor concert season
By Cicely Gordon April 25, 2024 Photo: Wendy Hernandez / CLTure Outdoor concert season in Charlotte got off to a rousing start Tuesday night as Irish folk/soul artist Andrew Hozier-Byrne graced the stage at PNC Music Pavilion for the third stop on his Unreal Unearth...
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Dreamville Fest had its ups and downs, but the vibes still remained superb in its fourth year
By Hunter Bailey April 11, 2024 Photo: Sam Shapiro / Dreamville Fest Celebrations, apologies, mic drops, guest appearances, sunshine, long lines, and 50,000-plus friends. The fourth installment of Dreamville Fest saw upwards of 30 artists take the stage and over 104,000 attendees over the weekend....
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