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Alice Gerrard turns 80, celebrates with a new LP
There are plenty of aging musicians who probably should’ve pumped the brakes on their music career decades ago, but Alice Gerrard isn’t one of them. The Durham resident turns 80 today and has a new...
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How label mishaps shaped one of the Triangle's most vital currents of local...
PotLuck brings many artists' skills to the table to help the scene by Allison Hussey Reid Johnson had to learn the hard way about the value of self-promotion. In 2008, Johnson's veteran pop-rock...
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A new electronic niche gains a foothold in Raleigh
Artists such as Blursome lead a growing electronic scene in the capital city by Grayson Haver Currin The cops won't stop telling Mikey Perros to turn down the bass. Upstairs in Kings, the downtown...
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After a four-year battle with cancer, Durham musician Letha Rodman Melchior...
Durham painter and musician Letha Rodman Melchior died last night, following a four-year battle with cancer. She was 55. On his personal Facebook page, Dan Melchior, Letha’s husband, wrote, “My...
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At 20, Music Maker Relief Foundation looks to its future to preserve our past
Founded in 1994 in Winston-Salem, the nonprofit has rescued legions of nearly forgotten blues, gospel, soul and country greats from the blink of permanent obscurity. by Allison Hussey Boo Hanks has...
View ArticleKool DJ Red Alert hits Five Star tomorrow night
For monthly fixes of partying to the sounds of some of hip-hop’s most famed DJs, like DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Young Guru, Ali Shaheed Muhammad or Spinderella, the usual prescription has been 9th...
View ArticleMean streets: Where to go for help
Mean streets: Our guide to making downtown Durham safer for the blind—and everyone Navigating downtown Durham as a blind person takes courage, a cool head and thick skin…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to...
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Mean streets: Navigating downtown Durham as a blind person takes courage, a...
by Lisa Sorg Mean streets: Our guide to making downtown Durham safer for the blind—and everyone Navigating downtown Durham as a blind person takes courage, a cool head and thick skin…[ Read more ][...
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Mean streets: Our guide to making downtown Durham safer for the blind—and...
Navigating Durham on foot can be a challenge for the sighted—a new feature, Ground Truth, tries to make it better for the vision impaired by Lisa Sorg Open the map in a larger view How the blind can...
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Did a prosecutor and police send an innocent teenager to prison for murder?
Mentally ill. 16. Arrested for murder. Doing life. May be innocent. by John H. Tucker 1. From the start, the case seemed destined to live or die with Edward Tender.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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Dix Park: The Deal is Done
Gov. Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane were all smiles this afternoon as they announced that the state will sell the 308-acre Dorothea Dix Hospital tract to the city for $52 million. They...
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The politics of opinion, TV and saucy songs: An interview with (and a new...
Last July, longtime Triangle news anchor Pam Saulsby purged her home of all televisions. At the time, she was still employed as the co-anchor of WNCN’s evening and nightly newscasts, but two months...
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On Wolves, American Aquarium and its frontman mature with perfect timing
American Aquarium issues its best LP yet by Grayson Haver Currin By evidence of name alone, American Aquarium never intended to be a mere rock 'n' roll band. In 2004, when the neophyte songwriter B.J....
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At 80, Durham's Alice Gerrard heads to Los Angeles to (possibly) win her...
See why she's less excited than anyone else about it by Allison Hussey When the phone rang on the first Friday afternoon of December, the 80-year-old singer Alice Gerrard answered from her upstairs...
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Record review: Hiss Golden Messenger's Southern Grammar
by Jordan Lawrence Oh, let me be the one I want," Durham's Mike Taylor moans early on Haw, Hiss Golden Messenger's 2013 breakthrough. Acoustics pulse and electrics gnarl as Taylor continues, "Oh, let...
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Hear Hiss Golden Messenger cover Led Zeppelin for a Physical Graffiti tribute
40 years ago yesterday, Led Zeppelin released its sixth LP, Physical Graffiti, an extra-special culmination of the titanic band's broad abilities. The London-based music magazine MOJO assembled a...
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Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan's Half-Finished Bobcat
by Bryan C. Reed After 15 years together, the trio Cantwell Gomez & Jordan play less often than they once did, and their recordings have slowed to a trickle. But if the Triangle's preeminent...
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Record review: King Hitter's Self-titled
by Bryan C. Reed Karl Agell understands the former power of mainstream rock 'n' roll. Agell fronted Corrosion of Conformity when the Raleigh band recorded 1991's Blind.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the...
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The Mountain Goats' Beat the Champ
by Grayson Haver Currin The Mountain Goats broke the Merge Records website. In late January, the Durham label announced it would soon be releasing its third album by the longtime outlet of...
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Beyond Blind: An Interview with King Hitter
Raleigh’s King Hitter, a new band of several veteran players, released its debut EP last week, and celebrated on Saturday with a set at Southland Ballroom. Karl Agell, the singer, once led Corrosion...
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