The 8:59's are a five-piece band based out of Pittsboro, N.C. that spans the rock 'n' roll spectrum.
“We all now have families and jobs, but the musician that kind of hid away in the early parent years was kind of yearning to get out,” guitarist Neville Handel said. “We reached out to a couple of other buddies and put the band together.”
The group focuses more on the Americana part of rock, but also touches on new wave and post punk. Neville said it has sounds similar to early Elvis Costello, Tom Petty and R.E.M.
“We’re rock 'n' roll, but it’s not like you hear one song and you know what we sound like,” said Handel. “We cover a lot of territory.”
The 8:59's are in the process of recording a new album and will be playing new songs at their gig.
“The new stuff is capturing where we are as a band,” Handel said.
Durham Ukulele Orchestra
Sept. 30 – 5 p.m.
Balloons & Tunes/The Framer’s Corner
Rain contingency – will cancel in bad weather
The Durham Ukulele Orchestra displays what they call “eclectic pop.”
“We play all different types of music,” Brian Lewis, an orchestra member, said. “From pretty much every decade from the 1930s to present day.”
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The four-piece ensemble combines its talents and musical interests to create a unique blend of songs to create its sets.
“Among the four of us, we play about a dozen different instruments,” Lewis said. “So pretty much everybody plays ukulele and something else, so we have a variety of musical instruments that we play, which allows us to play a lot of different kinds of music.”
Lewis said that the Durham Ukulele Orchestra will try anything when it comes to song choices.
Ladies of the Lake
Sept. 30 — 1 p.m.
Looking Glass Cafe
Rain contingency – will move indoors
Ladies of the Lake, a five-piece, all-female group, specializes in Celtic music. Celtic is a term that encompasses music with Irish, Scottish and French-Canadian roots.
Alison Arnold described the band as “low-key,” but also rich in history.
Arnold plays the wooden flute .
“It has much more mellow sound than the metal. It blends nicely with the fiddle and other Celtic instruments," she said.
Other instruments in the band include the whistle, bodhran, guitar and bouzouki.
The Magnolia Klezmer Band
Sept. 30 - 1 p.m.
Carrboro Century Center
Rain contingency - rain or shine
The Magnolia Klezmer Band is comprised of 10 musicians and two singers. Klezmer is the dance music of the Yiddish-speaking Jews of Eastern Europe that dates back to the 18th century. The two singers sing in both English and Yiddish.
The band plays music from Romania, Moldava, Russia and the Ukraine. Band leader and drummer Elliott Mills said the music is up-tempo, rhythmic, happy and generally anti-depressive.
The Loose Lucies
Sept. 30 – 1 p.m.
Johnny’s Gone Fishing
Rain contingency – will move indoors
Long-time friends and Grateful Dead fans, The Loose Lucies got their name from the Grateful Dead song, “Loose Lucy.” The name “The Grateful Dads” was a close second.
Loose Lucies member Jon Abramowitz said the band brings a folk-rock jam band vibe to every performance.
“No two renditions of the same song ever sound the same way,” he said.
Local Flora
Sept. 30 — 2 p.m.
Auto Logic
Rain contingency – will cancel in bad weather
This four-piece band takes its roots in psychedelic rock but identifies with an ever-evolving sound.
The band takes inspiration from stream-of-consciousness jam music, such a Phish and Grateful Dead.
The group will be playing some new material along with older tunes. Local Flora said they try to respond to the audience when playing and try new things in different spaces.
“Ideally, each show has its own little special part of it,” said Charlie Garnett, vocalist and bass player.
Ancestor Piratas
Sept. 30 — 3 p.m.
Auto Logic
Rain contingency – will cancel in bad weather
This solo electronic-cumbia-punk project is straight from the mind of Peruvian musician Renzo Ortega.
Electronic Cumbia is a mixture of popular and folk music and combines electronic sounds, such as electronic drums, electric guitar and synthesizers.
This will be Ortega’s second time preforming at the Carrboro music festival, and he wants the festival to be a unique experience for all.
“Try to see all the acts. I want people to see as many acts as possible,” said Ortega.
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