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.
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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.
Pop Icon: The Village People’s Randy Jones
Exploring the enduring appeal — and great attitude — of the disco-era frontman and Raleigh native, know for the classic song ”Y.M.C.A”.
Rambling Ways: David Menconi’s New Book about Rounder Records
The longtime North Carolina music writer tells the history of an influential Americana music label in his new book, Oh, Didn’t They Ramble.
A Change in Direction: The One Eighties
Triangle musical duo Daniel Cook and Autumn Brand have swapped country rock for a back-to-the-dance-club vibe
Chasing Leads: Who Gets to Tell Our Musical Stories?
The book Biography of a Phantom inspires a journalist to reflect on the ethics of researching musical history.