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NBA All-Star Weekend Charlotte Party and Events Guide
By Cameron Lee February 3, 2019 (Updated) The city is gearing up for the largest event to take over Charlotte since 2012’s Democratic National Convention. With an estimated $100 million in economic impact, All-Star Weekend will bring a plethora of events and parties to the...
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Charlotte Monthly Music Cuts: Side Note, Skewed, DJ Fannie Mae, JaH-Monte, Fortune Teller, and GASP
By Shirley Griffith February 1, 2019 These days we’re living in can be overwhelming, with fear and uneasiness seeming to take the lead. One philosophy that helps to overcome this is remembering to start small and radiate outward. Helping your neighbor and doing right within...
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Charlotte natives Shadowgraphs embark on a new adventure with ‘Another Time’
By Delaney Clifford Cover photo: Bridgette Aikens December 24, 2018 “I wake up every day but nothing’s changed. It’s still the same.” This line from the opening track of the latest Shadowgraphs album, Another Time, resonates with the new release in a way that even...
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Rising UK songstress Jorja Smith mesmerized the audience in Atlanta
By Mustafa Abubaker December 10, 2018 Some time ago in England’s West Midlands the artist born as Jorja Smith decided her music emphasized lyrics. Groomed by her father, a Jamaican man and part of musical group 2nd Naicha, the “Lost & Found” singer started playing...
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Charlotte area musicians are going back to the ’80s for a great cause to benefit Levine Children’s Hospital
By Mitchell Franklin December 10, 2018 Leg warmers, hairspray, hair metal, Walkmen, fingerless gloves, video arcades: the ‘80s had it all. Eighties nostalgia is in full force in 2018 from Stranger Things to Ready Player One to the rise of arcade bars and a resurgence...
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Erick Lottary showcases melodic R&B-driven style with EP, ‘Look Both Ways’
By Jose Mujica November 28, 2018 Earlier this month Charlotte hip-hop artist Erick Lottary dropped his latest EP, Look Both Ways, a project that showcases a more melodic and R&B-driven style. This is a new frontier for the up-to-now traditionalist rapper as he dips his...
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LA neo-soul quintet The Internet brought groovy vibes to Charlotte on Cyber Monday
By Jared Allen November 27, 2018 What better way to celebrate Cyber Monday than with The Internet. No, not that internet. We’re of course referring to the soul quintet born from the branches of the boisterous LA hip-hop collective Odd Future. What began as a...
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Mac DeMarco’s solo tour is perfectly unconventional
By Jared Allen November 21, 2018 Mac DeMarco is unconventional. Performing inside a retired church under religious stained glass windows, the indie rocker’s stage is set with a handful of diverse props and oddities that he likely picked up at a few different antique malls...
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Drake and Migos closed out an epic tour run in Atlanta with high production and star-studded cameos
By Mustafa Abubaker November 19, 2018 Migos grew up 30 miles from where they are playing the biggest show of their career. You wouldn’t know it by looking at them. The trio are consummate professionals that understand the music business for what it is. They...
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Ride out to new music from Charlotte rapper Phaze Gawd “D’usse”
By Jose Mujica Cover photo: Drew Kocak November 15, 2018 If you’ve walked around Plaza or NoDa at all in the last year you’re likely to have seen more than one flyers with the words “PHAZE GAWD” plastered somewhere across them. The Charlotte rapper has become...
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