Folk Revival: Jake Xerxes Fussell Gives New Life to Classic Tunes
The child of a folklorist and teacher, Fussell finds historic songs and sings them in a modern way. His latest album is When I’m Called.
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Tunes of 2024: This Year’s Standout Songs with North Carolina Ties
From folk rhythms to pop to rap, local musicians were integral to the national musical landscape this year. Here’s a playlist.
Get it on Vinyl: Pour House Pressing
Downtown music venue The Pour House expands its music ecosystem again, this time with a small-batch record press.
Altering Perspectives: Shirlette Ammons
The Durham-based musician’s latest album, Spectacles, explores identity and features cameos by lots of local talent.
Buffed to a Shine: Fancy Gap’s First Album
Charles Crossingham and Stuart McLamb, best known for The Love Language, have released a record full of polished, hook-filled songs.
Endless Summer of Shag: Meet The Embers
Raleigh’s signature beach music band is still active, roughly two-thirds of a century after they formed back in the 1950s.
Anything but Easy: Lonnie Walker’s Next Chapter
After a decade-long hiatus, the Raleigh rock band has a new album. Frontman Brian Corum shares its origins and what happened in the meantime.
Keeping the Blues Alive: The Music Maker Foundation
This nonprofit helmed by producer Tim Duffy works to keep North Carolina’s rich musical history alive, while supporting its artists.
Negative Space: The Avett Brothers’ New Album
A self-titled album from this Concord, NC roots band sounds a lot like Scott and Seth Avett’s early days as a trio with Bob Crawford.
Strange & Wonderful: Tom Maxwell’s New Memoir
The musician best known for his work in the Squirrel Nut Zippers wrote a book about the alternative rock scene in Chapel Hill in the 1990s.
While You Were Sleeping: Chessa Rich’s Dreamy Sound
The Durham-based singer-songwriter’s first 9-song album Deeper Sleeper draws atmospheric pop from her dreams
Watch & Listen: Little Brother Reflects on 20 Years of Making Music
A documentary from hip-hop duo Phonte Coleman and Thomas “Rapper Big Pooh” Jones shares the complicated story behind their music.
Getting on the Bandwagon: The Rialto Starts its Encore
The latest incarnation of the beloved Five Points theater brings the institution back to its musical roots.
Musical Gifts: 7 Local Albums to Give this Season
For the music lover in your life, consider one of these new records by Raleigh, Triangle and North Carolina musicians.