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Lucy Dacus’ discography truly has a song to fit every emotion — wonder, grief, admiration, resentment. Her projects are well-rounded and authentic, and for that reason, she will always have a spot as one of my top artists.
On Tuesday, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater sold out the Carolina Performing Arts venue Memorial Hall.
Based out of Raleigh and inspired by punk, post-rock and post-hardcore, the band Alcantara says they're known for their "off-kilter grooves and earworm melodies.” On Friday they took the stage at the Local 506 on Franklin Street, a venue that isn’t a stranger to their electrifying music. This time, Alcantara wasn’t an opening act, instead headlining the show — a release party for their new self-titled EP.
Whether it's with a record label, at an independent studio or in someone’s backyard, North Carolina's music scene is evergreen. The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and PBS North Carolina have partnered to support this music scene. Their show, "Shaped by Sound," recently showcased the Chapel Hill band and independent label owners, Superchunk.
The Town of Carrboro concluded its celebrations for Black History Month on Sunday afternoon with sing-alongs and stripped-down spins on soul classics from the artist XOXOK.
On Monday, Feb. 24, Memorial Hall will host the UNC Symphony Orchestra’s Student Showcase. The concert will include three concertos, featuring solos performed by the annual UNC Symphony Orchestra Concerto and Aria Competition Winners.
At 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 20, my friend Jenna and I were sitting in the Cook Out parking lot drinking our milkshakes. At 12:00 a.m. on Feb. 21, we were sitting in the Cook Out parking lot drinking our milkshakes and listening to the highly anticipated album drop: “So Close To What” by Tate McRae.
Recently, I spoke to a woman who remembered vividly a concert she had once attended. It was 1965, she was fourteen years old and her father had taken her to see Bob Dylan and Joan Baez play at the Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh on March 19. She didn’t remember the exact date or even the year, but she remembered his performance of “Mr. Tambourine Man,” a song that had not yet been released, and how she ran up to the stage at the end of the show and snatched the coffee mugs Dylan and Baez had been drinking from.
In the past weeks, Americana has flooded our screens. Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance featured an all-Black cast of backup dancers adorned in the colors of the American flag, while Samuel L. Jackson dressed like the symbolic embodiment of the American political apparatus himself: Uncle Sam. A week before that, Beyoncé’s “COWBOY CARTER” dominated the Grammys by winning Best Country Album and Album of the Year, cementing a new era of Americana in today's culture.
Rebecca Kleinmann was at home hosting a rehearsal of her Brazilian Choro group, Noites Carolinas, when she stopped mid-song to unmute the 2025 Grammy Awards show playing on the television.
On Tuesday night, UNC’s Department of Music presented “Unbreakable Spirit: Music of Resilience,” featuring guest artist Nadia Shpachenko.
UNC students Jackson Miller, Noah Hancock and Joseph Sharpe never anticipated that their college lives would involve building a band from the ground up.
Riley Reid, known professionally as “Riley and the Starlights,” is a UNC alumnus with a success story straight out of the movies. Though he now lives in New York, his return to Chapel Hill is just around the corner. On Jan. 31, Reid will debut his latest short film/music video at the Argyle Film Festival in the Varsity Theatre.
On Monday at the Ackland Art Museum, an audience waited in anticipation as a quartet of string instrumentalists sat in front of them. The room was completely silent, all eyes on the artists.
On Sunday, musician Andrew Kasab, and bands Sound of Scarlet and The Will McBride Group performed at WCOM’s 20th anniversary fundraiser, hosted in the back room of Cat’s Cradle.
I’m not sure whether or not I mean it as a compliment when I say that Ethel Cain’s latest release, "Perverts," made me feel more disoriented and isolated than anything I’ve ever heard before.
On March 25, 2017, I was sitting on UNC Asheville’s quad with my friends. We were eighth graders, on campus for our Science Olympiad competition and killing time between events. I don’t remember what tests I took or rockets I launched or medals I did or didn’t earn. I do, however, remember one thing: Jake McKelvie.
Musician, family-centric and Carrboro native are all things that encompass the character of Elizabeth Cotten. The Grammy Award-winning artist was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. To commemorate Cotten’s lasting legacy, on Sunday the Town of Carrboro held the Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten Day Celebration at the Carrboro Century Center.
It’s been a successful year for music at the University. As the year comes to a close, student musicians gave thanks for their experiences and artistic endeavors.
Hasan Wilson Jr. is known online by his rap name Whizthekid. However, at UNC, Wilson is recognized as one of the crossing guards who keeps students safe from traffic on South Road.
