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In this episode of Editors’ Notes, UNC student-led band Braless performs two of their original songs, “Smokes” and “Only Vice,” for a small audience in The Daily Tar Heel’s Franklin Street office.
Listen to Braless band members Sarah Lorenzi, Chloe Winchester, Deana Garst, Samuel Ellington, Will Poteet and Izze Steinke talk with The Daily Tar Heel’s Will Kleinschmidt about the meaning behind this college band and what the future holds for the group.
On Saturday night, UNC’s premier upper voices a cappella group, The Loreleis, held their annual spring concert in Memorial Hall. Throughout the night, the ensemble serenaded students, friends and family with an enchanting performance.
On Saturday evening, the UNC Walk-Ons, a mixed voice a cappella group, held their spring 2025 concert to a full house of students, friends and family — delivering a dynamic and emotional setlist.
In the early 1970s, a new form of music originated in the Bronx in New York City, reflecting the adversity faced by a historically marginalized population while showcasing the grit with which they responded. Initially regarded as a fad that would come and go, hip-hop has risen to become the most consumed form of music in the United States.
On Friday night, the Memorial Hall auditorium was packed with family, friends and fans who erupted with applause throughout the Clef Hangers’ spring performance.
Campus feels like it’s on the verge of collective collapse. The libraries are packed, the Pit is unusually quiet and students are surviving on iced coffee and anxiety. Finals, projects, group presentations, they’re all hitting at once. Campus Health might tell you to “take breaks” and “manage your time," but let’s be honest — during crunch time, the real therapy for UNC students isn’t a wellness handout or a CAPS appointment three weeks from now. It’s music.
For over 55 years, Cat’s Cradle has been the leading concert venue within UNC’s vicinity, hosting a variety of events including musicians, philanthropic benefits, stand-up acts and more. That status is not likely to change any time soon.
On the way to covering events, after long post-game press conferences and when it’s time to start putting words in the Google Doc, music plays a pivotal role for many sportswriters at The Daily Tar Heel. Here’s the songs that headline the soundtracks of our writers work lives:
My friends and I spend a considerable amount of time singing sections of lyrics from trending TikTok audios. Most of the songs we sing are ones that I’ve never even heard the entirety of, much less listened to the albums that they are on. As much as I love singing trending audios with my friends, I think too often in our society we don’t listen to music correctly. The accessibility to music that streaming and social media have gifted us is incredible, but it has also changed the way we listen to music, and not always for the better.
In 1961, 10-year-old Gerry Williams cut grass to save up for his first record.
Quincy Griffin III is a music major, and his love for music didn’t start when he came to UNC for undergrad. Inspired by the music in his family, namely his rapper and producer father, Griffin remembers making his first beat when he was about 9-years-old.
Any young person who ever considered themselves cool, alternative or a touch more ‘real’ than their suburban, Southern counterparts has probably uttered the phrase, “I listen to everything except country” at least once in their lives. I always hated hearing that, believing it was cliche to dismiss an entire genre as a great American embarrassment — but there are real reasons why many are turned off by the fantasy of American culture found in mainstream, commercialized country.
Legacy Productions is a student-led music collective at UNC that provides artists a space to express themselves, form a community and learn how to take a song from an idea to a finished product. On April 25, they will release an album called “Legacy Heartbeat," the second album the club has released to date.
A well-rolled joint, an orb found in an oyster and the name of UNC senior Aaron Scott's great-grandmother — all three serve as the inspiration behind his artist name, DJ Pearl.
From Missy Elliott to reggae to Taylor Swift, the lineup of walk-up songs for the UNC softball team is a musical collage that spans decades, genres and continents.
When I opened Instagram last Tuesday morning, I didn’t expect to have my day immediately ruined by Barry Keoghan’s face. And yet, there he was beaming beneath an announcement of the casting for the new Beatles biopics. As I scrolled through the comments and liked every single one questioning Sabrina Carpenter’s sanity, my eyes landed on the real heartbreak: Joseph Quinn standing beside him. That’s when the terrible realization hit me: Eddie Munson is playing my beloved George Harrison.
Nevy Ramadanovic's favorite part of UNC men's basketball games is when Associate Athletic Director Ken Cleary turns around and says three words.
Gentrification is often seen as a visual process — more outsiders, more coffee shops, more upper-middle-class apartment buildings. But just as important, argued ethnomusicologist Allie Martin in UNC's Person Recital Hall, is its effects on noise and music.
Students majoring in anything from political science to economics can find a home in classes within the UNC Department of Music. While music majors are given priority for certain courses when it comes to registration, non-majors are invited to take other music classes alongside them.
