By Zach Goins April 17, 2024 Festival season is here. This weekend, Riverfront Park in North Charleston will transform into a musical oasis with the sixth annual High Water Festival. Curated by Charleston folk-rock duo Shovels & Rope, the two-day event puts the Holy City’s...
By CLTure April 16, 2024 Following the original announcement of Isaiah Rashad’s 2024 tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of his debut EP, Cilvia Demo, the Tennessee native has unveiled additional dates, making stops in Charlotte (May 28 at The Fillmore) and Raleigh (May 29 at...
By CLTure April 16, 2024 Charlotte Pride has announced its headliners for this year’s festival which will feature Atlanta rapper/singer, Baby Tate. Formerly known as Yung Baby Tate, the 27-year-old artist is coming off her 2022 tour run opening for Charli XCX, and most recently,...
By CLTure March 29, 2024 (updated) Update (3/29): Ye’s Vultures 1 & 2 Listening Experience event has officially been cancelled according to a venue representative. The often problematic rapper, producer and fashion designer, Kanye West (now known primarily as Ye) and R&B/hip-hop singer-songwriter Ty Dolla...
By CLTure March 28, 2024 (updated) Infinity’s End, Charlotte’s first and longest-operating smoke shop since 1969, is partnering with CLTure to present the 2024 edition of their annual flagship event, 420 Fest. Taking place in the Freemore West neighborhood of Charlotte (between Town Brewing Co....
By Jamel Smith March 22, 2024 Photo: Jhalin Knowles Rapsody’s latest single, “Stand Tall,” is maybe her most transparent and uncharacteristically vulnerable track to date. It’s part of the Grammy-nominated rapper’s forthcoming studio album, Please Don’t Cry, set to drop on May 17. Album cover...
By CLTure May 19, 2024 Comedian Matt Rife will be returning to Charlotte for multiple shows at The Comedy Zone May 21-23. Rife, who is currently on his ProbleMATTic World Tour, which sold over 600,000 tickets in under 48 hours, is an Ohio native best...
By CLTure March 7, 2024 Photo: Brandon Todd / Dreamville Fest Dreamville Fest will return to Raleigh’s historic Dorothea Dix Park for its fourth year, taking place April 6-7, following last year’s event that drew over 100,000 attendees over the two-day weekend. This year’s festival...
By Cameron Lee February 19, 2024 Grammy Award-winning bassist Christian McBride continues a long lineage of legendary jazz musicians using their craft to interpret social injustices in America with his album, The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons. Crediting pioneers of the genre...
By CLTure February 1, 2024 According to Variety, legendary folk/blues singer-songwriter and musician Tracy Chapman will make a rare appearance at the Grammys to perform her hit song, “Fast Car,” with North Carolina’s own Luke Combs. The song was of course covered by the country...