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Music can be one of the most important things that connects someone to the places and experiences around them.
Within the Chapel Hill music scene, a practicing cardiologist is maintaining the punchy, soulful heartbeat of North Carolina rhythms.
YTB Fatt’s “Get Back” encapsulates the attitude of the No. 9 UNC basketball team this year.
UNC sophomore and guitarist Bill Moore fell down the rabbit hole of American roots music when he found the lyrics of Olde English folk songs in familiar bluegrass and Bob Dylan tunes.
In the mid-'90s, MTV came to Chapel Hill.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the year Ira Wiggins began his role as the Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Studies Director. The error has since been resolved. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for this error.
We’re about three months out from the year’s most anticipated media holiday and you people are beginning to relax again. In the mornings before your 8 a.m. class, you open your phones with sticky iPad-kid fingers, searching for the perfect song to play.
The Daily Tar Heel's Margaret Hungate spoke with Merge Record's label manager, Christina Rentz, on the label’s history and influence on the music scene in the Triangle and beyond, as Merge approaches its 35th anniversary.
It seems like every day another artist faces a lawsuit or posts some thought that should have stayed in their drafts. There is no shortage of scandal among celebrities, from R. Kelly’s 20-year prison sentence to Kanye West’s antisemitic comments.
UNC a cappella groups have performed in a variety of places — by the Old Well on the last day of classes, at Sunset Serenade, in the Pit and even at the White House. Some groups also release their own music.
Gospel music has been in spoken word artist Ayanna Albertson-Gay’s life since she was born. She listens to it every day, even while working out.
You hold in your hands The Daily Tar Heel’s inaugural music edition, a celebration of the musicians and music lovers who have filled Chapel Hill and Carrboro with unique melodies and lyrics for decades.
Before Elizabeth Cotten was a pioneer of folk music, she taught herself how to play her brother's banjo when she was 8 years old.
While the Carrboro Town Council shares a duty to serve their community, they do not necessarily share the same taste in music. A collaborative playlist from the group of elected officials could include anything from slow R&B to black metal, with hints of local musicians like Elizabeth Cotten or drummer Laura King.
UNC junior Sharayu Gugnani first picked up the violin at age 7. When she was in eighth grade, she began to work with Nicholas DiEugenio, associate professor of violin at UNC.
A Facebook post on Feb. 16 announcing the death of Dexter Romweber, founder of the music duo Flat Duo Jets, currently has over a thousand comments by fans, local Chapel Hill music figures and beyond, as they come to pay their respects.
Every UNC sports game ends with the same familiar tune: “Hark the Sound of Tar Heel voices, ringing clear and true."
It seems in the music world, if you want to be a fan, you better pay up. Sure, you can support your favorite artists by streaming their songs, but if you really want to be a fan, be prepared to shell out hundreds of dollars on merchandise and concert tickets.
It was with great joy and mild anxiety that I stepped into my Introduction to Jazz class at the beginning of my freshman year.
In deciding the song mix she’d use for this season's floor routine, the choice for UNC junior gymnast Bella Miller was obvious: all Beyoncé instrumentals.
