Folks can catch the Dirty Fences at Reggie’s with “glitter-gutter rock” of North Carolina’s Zodiac Panthers an Wilmington’s own punk-rockers, Helichopter. Continue reading UPBEAT AND DARK: Dirty Fences performs at Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern
Local musicians will take the stage at Bourgie Nights on Friday night for A Very Petty Christmas. Continue reading HOLIDAY HOMAGE: Local musicians celebrate the season and the late, great Tom Petty
Read an extended interview with Travis Shallow about his brand new album with The Deep End. ‘The Great Divide’ is available now. Continue reading FINDING HARMONY: Travis Shallow and The Deep End release ‘The Great Divide’
This year’s Zombiefest is slated for October 28 and is evolving into more than one night of fun. In fact, it’s three days of events… Continue reading TRIFECTA OF TREATS: The Phantom Playboys prepare for three days of Zombiefest 2017
“A black heart is a dead heart,” punk-rocker Chuck Mosley explains over the phone last week. “A blue heart has just been stomped and beaten, stabbed, chewed up and spit out—but it’s still beating. It’s bruised but it’s not dead.” Mosley, formerly of Faith No More, is musing over one of his latest songs, “Blue Heart.” It’s one of a series of new tunes he’s penned … Continue reading FINDING AN ESCAPE: Chuck Mosley set to play a series of new songs mixed with catalog favorites in ILM
“Touring is not for the faint of heart. Without a child, it is an animal exercise in mileage, calories and sleep, which leaves me plagued with thoughts about what my karma must be that I have landed in a sickly-colored motel in this or that middle of nowhere. Touring with a child is more pleasurable, a true exploration, but frankly, tiring.” The excerpt is from … Continue reading A MOTHER’S NATURE: Tift Merritt talks motherhood, writing and the road
Shannon interviews Lowcountry jammers, Dangermuffin. Continue reading CONNECTING WITH ‘HERITAGE’: Dangermuffin returns to ILM with a new album and evolving Americana sounds
Husband-and-wife-duo Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks returned to the Port City to a sold-out show at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. Continue reading ENCORE LISTENS: Tedeschi Trucks play to happy crowd at GLA
’90s rockers play The Reel this week. Continue reading ENDURANCE OF THE FITTEST: Cowboy Mouth brings faith in self and rocks The Reel in downtown Wilmington
Folks who came out to May 27’s Robert Randolph and the Family Band performance at Throne Theater likely noticed some changes. Randolph played on a newly resurfaced stage; new risers were installed to improve line-of-sight from the balcony; new sound systems and equipment were among the renovations new owner Dr. Damian Brezinski has implemented in recent weeks. “We’re getting to new bathrooms,” Brezinski quips of … Continue reading What’s in a Name?
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