Chris Robinson boasts an air of positivity as he talks about CRB, the music and the nature of both. Continue reading A HIGHER VIBRATION: Chris Robinson talks CRB recordings, returns to GLA on Friday
Armadilla’s show at Satellite on Saturday is their last trip to North Carolina’s coast for a few months; they’re preparing to head back to the studio to record their forthcoming full-length album. Continue reading ASHEVILLE ABSURDITY: Armadilla makes a final trip to NC coast this weekend before heading into the studio
With Old Crow Medicine Show, there’s an air of old-timeness—not in a stuck-in-time kind of way, but a genuine product of its origins. Continue reading OLD CROW SHOW THEIR TEETH: Ketch Secor talks Americana folk on Old Crow Medicine Show’s latest album, ‘Volunteer’
Rhiannon Giddens continues to tour in support of her last album “Freedom Highway” (February 2017) while she pursues other projects. Continue reading HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: Rhiannon Giddens pens musical about 1898 Wilmington Riots, closes Lumina Festival of Arts at UNCW
For so many Wilmingtonians, each visit to Airlie Gardens proves to be a new adventure into a secret garden. Yes, the great live oak at its center is still, well … great. Yes, the Mystery Grave remains to be “just an old tombstone”—as one woman noted to her friends while walking ahead of us last Sunday morning. Nevertheless, each square foot of Airlie is more than the … Continue reading ART INTERMINGLES WITH NATURE: ‘GNOME Invasion’ is the latest adventure at Airlie Gardens
Chatham Rabbits’ story of going “all in” caught the attention of PBS’s “My Home NC.” They’ll follow them to Wilmington’s Bourgie Nights this weekend. Continue reading A MOVE WITH MUSIC: PBS show follows Chatham Rabbits duo to Bourgie Nights this Friday
Hank “Hankenstein” Blanton and Jones “Jonesy” Smith have started their own rockabilly duo, Ratchet Bros. Continue reading ROWDY ROCKIN’ ROLLERS: The Ratchet Bros. get down and dirty with garage rockabilly, prep for two July shows in ILM
Poet Israel Sorenson cites a continuously growing group of artists, events and groups (like Athenian Press) as a new Renaissance Age for the black arts community. Continue reading TRUTH TALK: Israel ‘Negus Izzy’ Sorenson explores deep emotions in poetry, performs at Lumina Fest
For their album-release party at Bourgie Nights on Friday, July 13, Stray Local will perform as a six-piece. Continue reading ELEVATED EVOLUTION: Stray Local release new EP ‘Passenger’ at Bourgie Nights on Friday the 13th
Once called “The Shivers,” the Wilmington-based rock ‘n’ roll group Goodbye Shivers recently changed their name around the time they were preparing to drop a self-titled EP. Continue reading BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD: Goodbye Shivers changes name, releases self-titled EP in time for music fest this weekend
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