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Local Musician Puts Out New Album With The Dead Tongues

Isaac-Davy Aronson and Frank Stasio — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:35:27 +0000

After spending some time on instrumental projects, Triangle music scene fixture Ryan Gustafson decided it was time to write lyrics again. His latest project is The Dead Tongues, which released an album earlier this year.

Doc Watson Remembered Fondly As MerleFest Continues Without Him

Laura Candler — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:00:00 +0000

If you’re searching for the who’s who among bluegrass, Americana, folk, and traditional country musicians, MerleFest is a good place to start. The annual four-day festival kicks off today in Wilkesboro, just as it has every April for the past 25 years. Headlining artists include The Avett Brothers, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Jerry Douglas, Steep Canyon Rangers, Matraca Berg, and others. But this year for the first time, the festival will lack a performance from its founder, Doc Watson, who died May 29, 2012.

Chris Stamey Sings The "Love Sick Blues"

Eric Hodge — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:59:00 +0000

Chris Stamey has been a fixture on the local music scene for decades. He grew up with Mitch Easter and played with the likes of Alex Chilton, The Sneakers and the DBs. He's a sought after producer, and he even studied classical music and composition at UNC-Chapel Hill. But through it all, he's also been writing songs.

Chris Stamey has a new album of his own music out Wednesday called "Love Sick Blues."

Greg Humphreys' Farewell Show

Frank Stasio — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Greg Humphreys has been a fixture on the Triangle's music scene for 20 years. He was part of influential bands of the 90s and 2000s — Dillon Fence and Hobex. And he most recently has performed as a solo artist on the forthcoming album "Bohemia." Greg is leaving North Carolina for New York City, but first he joins host Frank Stasio to look back on his career in the Triangle and perform live in the studio.

Pop-Up Music Club: Kevin Roughton

David Brower and David Bro — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Last Saturday, we launched an experiment we’re calling WUNC’s Pop-Up Music Club. It’s a series made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council – a statewide non-profit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Pop-Up Music Club: Tshombe Selby

David Brower and David Schulman — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000

This weekend and next, we’re trying something new here at WUNC. We’re calling it the Pop-Up Music Club. It’s a kind of mobile performance adventure, where we hit the road to hear from working North Carolina musicians — up-close and in their element.

We’ll hear them play impromptu gigs on their home turf. We’ll hear the stories they tell in church, and at the bar. And we’ll hear how the culture of the places they call home shapes their music.

Pop-Up Music Club: Tshombe Selby

David Brower and David Schulman — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:27:55 +0000

Raleigh Native Tift Merritt Prepares For CD Release

Eric Hodge — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Raleigh native Tift Merritt has been releasing albums for a decade now. In that time her songs have caught the ear of fellow musicians like EmmyLou Harris who says Tift stands out 'like a diamond in a coal patch'. She's spent time in Paris and New York City, where she lives now, but enjoys returning to the Triangle --a place she still calls home. It was here where the U-N-C creative writing student got her start singing with John Howie, Jr. and the Two-Dollar Pistols in the late 90s.

Joe Thompson At 90

David Brower — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:51:09 +0000

Legendary North Carolina fiddler Joe Thompson turns 90-years-old today. He is widely recognized as being the last living link to a time when African American String Bands played for square dances nearly every weekend around here. Thompson's toured the world with his music and is still playing, but now mostly, at home with friends and neighbors.

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