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James Dunn's The Bed We Madenew
With this third release, James Dunn finds himself between rock and a chart place.
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Jim Avett's Tribesnew
With six of its seven songs being Avett originals, Tribes can be considered Avett's proper debut as a country music singer-songwriter.
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The Static Minds' 'Rich Girl Blues'new
Here, on the debut 7" from Raleigh quartet The Static Minds, there are two. A-side reasoning: She's too busy being rich and, memorably put, "dying in her own bad taste." B-side reasoning: She's too busy being a bore.
Tags: Rich Girl Blues, The Static Minds
Depression-Era North Carolina String Band is Generously Anthologized on New Two-CD Setnew
The subtitle of the anthology, The Complete Recordings of the Red Fox Chasers (1928-31), is truthful: The two discs contain the entire recorded output of Brooks, Miles, A.P. Thompson and Bob Cranford.
Otis Taylor Shines New Light on an Ancient Instrumentnew
With each record, Otis Taylor has blazed a trail, or at the very least carved a trailhead, moving from self-described "trance-blues" to special blends that draw on jazz and back-mountain country, on the internal and the universal. His current release, Recapturing the Banjo, brings Taylor and most of his collaborators on the project to Duke University.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
01-22-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Whistlestop Celebrates Faithnew
Several songs--most notably "The Money's Tight," which could have been written in the Great Depression's shadow--are the aural equivalents of the sepia-toned packaging and the vintage postcard included with the record.
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Navigating Stages at the Eno Festivalnew
As a festival consumer, you need some sort of plan. Or, in the spirit of the festival's fields, several plans, cutting across all three days of the fest. But keep in mind there are more than 100 performers, and we can't mention them all. In other words, yeah, we probably left out your favorite.
The Struggle for Musicians' Health Insurancenew
So why don't more musicians carry health insurance?
The Port Huron Statement's Straight-Up Indie Rocknew
It's fitting that Man of the Match opens with a brief instrumental that recalls "Auld Lang Syne." To these straying ears, the invocation is a welcome to genre: "Hello, indie rock, my old friend. It's been awhile."
Duke Performances Presents Dr. Lonnie Smith, Among Othersnew
Aaron Greenwald, director of Duke University's Duke Performances, is talking soul music, and he wants the rest of us to do the same.
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What is Roots Music?new
A cross section of the artists who've performed during the first four years of the Carrboro ArtsCenter's American Roots Series, this disc showcases the wide range of American Roots.
Old Roots, New Branchesnew
Roots music, most notably the old-time and bluegrass strains, has a timeless quality, an enduring appeal and continues to thrive in North Carolina.
Remembering Alt.country's Big 1996 Showcasenew
Please forgive this recollection, as it comes through the haze formed by many draft beers, a cloud of music-club cigarette smoke and near whiteout snow conditions that swept through North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 3, 1996, the second day of the first Honky-Tonk-arama.
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'Carolina Funk': A Labor of Lovenew
Chapel Hill's Jason Perlmutter spent half a decade compiling this 22-cut, 23-page package, which travels the same high road as similar triumphs of excavation and passion.
Randy Whitt Unbottlesnew
He's on the lanky side, and his stride and stage presence suggest an abundance of energy waiting to escape.
