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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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2019 Hopscotch Day Party Guide
By Cameron Lee August 17, 2019 Since 2010, the Raleigh-based Hopscotch music festival has hosted a multitude of musical acts from varying genres. Spread across several downtown Raleigh venues, the festival allows you to catch some big-name touring acts like this year’s headliners James Blake,...
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Stream the incredible new Little Brother album
By CLTure News August 19, 2019 (Updated) It’s been a busy year for the North Carolina rap group known as Little Brother. The Durham hip-hop pioneers reunited at the Art of Cool festival last year, performing as a group for the first time in over...
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Greg Cox rejuvenates the spirit with new single “Good Day”
By Jose Mujica August 18, 2019 Charlotte’s own singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, and renaissance artist, Greg Cox is back and this time he’s brought the choir with him. Since his latest solo project, ETC. dropped late last year, Cox hasn’t slowed down. ETC. not only turned...
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For over 25 years Common has been starting cultural conversation with his thoughtful output
By Grant Golden August 15, 2019 Few artists have been able to cross generational and cultural boundaries the way hip-hop activist Common has throughout his decades of excellence. Common has long been a champion of the underdog and, despite the Emmy, Grammy and Oscar awards...
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Second installment in Little Brother documentary reveals how reunion at Art of Cool in Durham happened
By CLTure News August 12, 2019 Come Hear NC, the music initiative developed by the North Carolina Arts Council, has followed up their focus on legendary Durham hip-hop group Little Brother with Homecoming. The next installment in the documentary series on the pioneering hip-hop trio directed by Holland Randolph...
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