Music
Music
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It’s Tierra Whack’s world, we’re just all living in it
By Grant Golden September 15, 2019 Tierra Whack is a powerhouse performer; a paradigm-shifting artist that’s blazing her own path amidst a crowded music industry. From the moment she Razor scooted onto the stage at UNC’s Memorial Hall, Whack had the crowd in the palm...
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Hopscotch is a musical marathon of multiple genres
By Grant Golden Cover photo: Hopscotch September 13, 2019 Few festivals can hold a candle to Hopscotch. It’s a perfect coalescence of so many different cultural corners that it’s hard not to spend the whole weekend with a smile on your face. The patch-donning, denim...
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Elonzo Wesley returns with tranquil and thoughtful new album, ‘Songs to No One’
By Mitchell Franklin September 4, 2019 Songs to No One, the latest album from Charlotte folk group Elonzo Wesley, transports the listener from the very first notes of track one, “Human Bean.” The recording is intimate and close, with every violin swell and pick of...
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Chocala’s exuberant sounds are a celebration of the culture, providing a radically liberating atmosphere
By Shirley Griffith September 1, 2019 (Updated) Charlotte quartet Chócala (Latin slang for high-five) have cemented themselves in the local music scene as a jubilant force to be reckoned with. Despite only having a three-track demo tape, recorded in their practice space, the band’s sound and enthusiastic...
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10 acts we’re looking forward to seeing at Hopscotch Music Festival
By Grant Golden August 29, 2019 Throughout the past ten years, the Hopscotch Music Festival in downtown Raleigh has proven to be one of the nation’s most impressive and eclectic annual events. Through the festival’s diverse, ornately arranged lineups, each of the 10+ venues at...
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Erick Lottary pays tribute to Plaza Midwood with new EP ‘Summer on Central’
By Jose Mujica August 28, 2019 Summer on Central, Erick Lottary’s latest release, is an end-of-summer, Charlotte-centric follow up to his 2018 project, Look Both Ways. Lottary’s been hard at work in the studio and it shows in this five-track EP which demonstrates his development...
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Beck, Cage the Elephant, Spoon, and Sunflower Bean provide festival-like vibes in Charlotte
By Shirley Griffith August 27, 2019 PNC Music Pavilion hosted its own mini-festival Sunday night with a boastful lineup. Sunflower Bean started exactly at 6 p.m. and Spoon closed out their bouncy set as the sun lowered itself behind the horizon, leaving the night to...
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Charlotte Music Cuts: Elevator Jay, Chócala, Elonzo Wesley, Lofidels, and The Juke Joint
By Shirley Griffith August 25, 2019 Summer is nearly over but Charlotte musicians have been hard at work releasing heartfelt albums and planting the seeds of new lineups and recurring parties to keep everyone in the Hornets Nest dancing, bopping, or thrashing well into the...
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North Carolina’s Rapsody releases impressive album ‘Eve’
By Cameron Lee August 23, 2019 Snow Hill, North Carolina’s Rapsody has released the follow-up to her 2017 Grammy-nominated Best Album with her third studio full-length, Eve. The concept album that pays tribute to several iconic Black women, Eve is a 16-song poetic composition filled...
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North Carolina is home to many great independent record stores
By Harris Wheless August 20, 2019 (updated) Legendary music journalist and A&R man Tim Sommer recently once said in an interview on The New York Times‘ Popcast: “If you want to know the story of American alternative music, you look at Winston Salem in 1975,...
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