Author, folk dancer shares the steps of Appalachia
Phil Jamison was playing banjo at a community dance four decades ago when he volunteered to fill in for an absent dance caller. That spontaneous decision turned into a lifelong passion.
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Phil Jamison was playing banjo at a community dance four decades ago when he volunteered to fill in for an absent dance caller. That spontaneous decision turned into a lifelong passion.
Senior Eric Surber wakes up every morning to a full schedule.
Where do broken hearts go? On a break, apparently.
The Medium email (medium@dailytarheel.com) gets sent a lot of music. So much, in fact, that it's hard to go through all of it.
From rapping on Franklin Street to performing in the cyphers in the Pit every Wednesday night, Chapel Hill is a haven for hip-hop.
Assistant Arts & Entertainment editor Ryan Schocket and Arts & Entertainment editor Sarah Vassello don't agree on most things, especially when it comes to pop culture. We've started Two Faced, a semi-regular series where we argue about current entertainment "news" with sass always and class sometimes. For our debut, we discuss the Twitter feud of Calvin Harris v. Zayn Malik.
Two years ago, a freshman sat in the Great Hall of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union, watching the a cappella stars of UNC belt out their latest mash-ups at the yearly a cappella kick-off event, Sunset Serenade.
Fifteen minutes before Atlanta-based Microwave were set to open for Sorority Noise and You Blew It! at Cat’s Cradle’s Back Room on Monday night, the atmosphere in the compact venue, boasting a crowd of no more than fifty at the moment, felt strikingly casual.
To the surprise of the world, alt-country singer/songwriter and North Carolina native Ryan Adams announced Aug. 6 that he would be releasing a cover album of Taylor Swift’s 1989.
Before he opened two visionary educational rock schools, inspired Jack Black’s character Dewey Finn in “School of Rock” and toured across the United States and beyond with his musical wunderkinds, Paul Green was a philosophy major at the University of Pennsylvania teaching music lessons in his apartment to pay his way through college. At that time, he wanted to go to law school.
The synth-pop band Future Islands from Greenville has known for a while that they would celebrate their 1,000th show.
The Old Ceremony is making something new.
In a feat of summertime nostalgia that country artists always seem to sing about, Chase Rice released his music video for "Carolina Can," a soon-to-be hit single from his 2014 album Ignite the Night.
Instead of going to Carolina in one’s mind, Southern culture will soon be accessible to folks everywhere online.
Eight years ago, members of Holy Ghost Tent Revival saw their future namesake on a sign as they were driving down the road. One of their most notable live performances was at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro in 2011.
Haotian Pan practices in one of Hill Hall’s small practice rooms on Tuesday. Pan practices there often.
When I was 8-years-old, Hilary Duff was my celebrity crush.
(From the left) Scott Sawyer, Jason Foureman, Kate McGarry, Dan Davis and Dave Finucane perform at the UNC Summer Jazz Workshop on Tuesday evening.
Students of all ages enrolled in UNC’s Summer Jazz Workshop kicked off a week full of classes on music theory, improvisation and all that jazz on Monday.
(Left) Dave Hartman (Drums), Rick Miller (Guitar/Vocals), and Mary Huff (Bass/Vocals) are Southern Culture on the Skids.