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'We got big plans': Chapel Hill band The Magnolias looks ahead at first album release

By Hannah Kaufman | September 9

“Personally I would love for this band to be a career for all of us,” lead guitarist and lyricist Sam Gatlin said. “I’d say it's definitely more ...

UNC Department of Music program provides novice instrument lessons

By Aaron Sugarman | August 10

Faculty and staff of the UNC Department of Music reference the benefits of learning to play instruments as a contributing factor in their new initiative, ...

Tour vans, live streaming, and videos: How NC musicians create during a pandemic

By Liz Johnson | August 9

With concerts and large audiences out of the question, these musicians are finding creative new ways to produce new music.

N.C. artists raise funds for Cat's Cradle as industry struggles amid pandemic

By Camila Moreno-Lizarazo | July 7

The arts is one of the industries most impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Here's how the arts community in Orange County, including longstanding music ...

'Zeroed in on funk': Chapel Hill-based band JULIA. talks creating in quarantine

By Ben McEntire | June 15

About three years ago, Torin Alston, Danlee Gildersleeve, Todd Davis and Sean Meehan came together to form JULIA., a Chapel Hill-based alternative blues-rock ...

'We felt synergy right away': Check out the Synchronicity Shindig in Durham

By Ben McEntire | January 9

The inclusive, communal event will consist of two bands along with several other local musicians.

Sarah Cahill celebrates the 19th amendment in 'The Future is Female'

By Rylee Parsons | November 14

The five-hour event will feature over 60 pieces composed by women and allows listeners to arrive and leave at any time.

'A musical safari’: Verona Quartet collaborates with local musicians for performance

By Kristen Jones | November 4

The performance will feature "The Carnival of the Animals," a 14-movement musical piece that emulates different animals' essences and sounds.

Here's how a group of UNC students is trying to use music for healing

By A.J. OLeary | October 23

Heeling in Harmony is a student-run musical therapy group that aims to soothe and calm people with their music.

Office DJ: Hark the Sound(s)

By Jamey Cross | October 21

As Assistant City & State Editor Jamey Cross looks forward to her December graduation, she shares some of the songs that will always keep Carolina ...

Office DJ: How I learned to love the theater

By Anna Pogarcic | October 10

Our City & State Editor Anna Pogarcic's 'Office DJ' brings the magic of the theater to the office.

'We are the land we live on': Celebrate the Eno River at JamborEno

By Ben McEntire | October 4

JamborEno's goal is to spread awareness of the Eno River and its importance to the community with games, live music, jam sessions, camping, food and drinks. ...

Bounce for what? Dr. Lauron Kehrer presents lecture on queer voices in mainstream hip-hop

By Elyse Ribbons | October 4

Bounce is a genre of Southern hip-hop with strong queer identity originating in New Orleans and has made its way into mainstream music with songs like ...

Office DJ: Punk for nerds

By Maeve Sheehey | September 15

"This playlist is punk for beginners — or punk for nerds as I like to call it. The songs are relatively tame and have truly fascinating stories behind ...

Office DJ: The paradox of Beatles deep cuts

By Ryan Wilcox | September 9

How to make a playlist of lesser-known songs from the most well-known musical act of all time?

Ya like jazz? Check out MUSC 145 with musician and professor Stephen Anderson

By Pranav Chintalapudi | September 6

“I want them to go and check out music and just really listen, and really think about it — to think about what’s going on onstage.”

First-year 'Speedy Sprag' splits his time running track and rapping

By Nathan Wesley | September 3

UNC track and field and cross country runner Michael Spragley recently ventured out from being a SoundCloud rapper and released an album called, "Overthinking." ...

Office DJ: Relive your old man’s glory days with these ‘80s tunes

By Jessica Hardison | September 3

Pay some homage to your dad by jamming out to these 1980s chart toppers.

The goose is loose: Meet the UNC student band Mangoose

By Alec Critser | August 29

"You can’t play music if you’re thinking about the past or if you’re thinking about the future. You have to be in the now.”

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A UNC playwright is challenging audiences, first in Chapel Hill and now in New York

By Karen Stahl | May 31

Producing plays that challenge audiences is exactly what Gage Tarlton, a Chapel Hill based playwright, plans to do following his first play's production ...