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Bill Moore remains true to the energy and history of local music traditions

By Emi Maerz | February 28

You'd be likely to hear swing, jazz and blues guitar styles in the streets and warehouses of the N.C. Piedmont region a century ago, but Bill Moore, a ...

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By Emma Cooke , McKenzie Bulris , Coleman Rambo and Natalie Bradin | February 28

You'd be likely to hear swing, jazz and blues guitar styles in the streets and warehouses of the N.C. Piedmont region a century ago, but Bill Moore, a ...

Who's on aux: Employees set the mood in Chapel Hill establishments

By Morgan Brenner | February 27

On Franklin Street, wide varieties of music escape the insides of different storefronts. Passersby may wonder who is playing the music and how they ...

Q&A: Merge Records has had worldwide success, but loves its home in N.C.

By Margaret Hungate | February 27

The DTH's Margaret Hungate spoke with Merge Records label manager, Christina Rentz, on the label’s history and influence on the music scene in the Triangle ...

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Former Chapel Hill student bands remember a lifetime of music

By Hamsini Sivakumar | February 27

Countless bands are started in Chapel Hill by college students whose love of music outlasted the groups themselves. Not every band formed at UNC ...

Triangle jazz scene embraces vibrant artists and an evolving genre

By Madison Gagnon | February 27

The jazz scene in the Triangle became as colorful, vibrant and connected as it is today because of the efforts of members of the jazz community in the ...

The story of Elizabeth Cotten, the 'Freight Train' picker

By Walker Livingston | February 27

Elizabeth Cotten, a Carrboro native, wrote her song 'Freight Train' at the age of 11 or 12 about the section of North Carolina Railroad that she could ...

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Vinyl, CD listeners feel connected through physical media

By Laney Currin | February 26

When WXYC graduate student DJ Luke Cimarusti buys a vintage record, they don't know how many people have owned it, or have many stores it has been ...

UNC and State Department program connect global communities through hip-hop

By Jackson Fromm | February 26

Next Level is reaching its 10th year as a diplomacy program at UNC. Mark Katz, the creator of the program, said that the group is all about building a ...

'Listening to the world': UNC Beat Lab allows students to explore beatmaking

By Maria Sullivan | February 26

The UNC Beat Lab was founded in 2013 by UNC John P. Barker Distinguished Professor of Music Mark Katz, who transformed a tuba storage space into a place ...

Column: You can appreciate art without supporting the artist

By Emma Green | February 26

"But, there is still merit in the art created, despite mistakes the artist may have made. When we reduce music to the singer or songwriter who composed ...

'Inspiring for everyone': Rock legend remembered by Carrboro music scene

By Sydney Brainard | February 26

Dexter Romweber, widely considered a legend of the Chapel Hill music scene, died from cardiac arrest at 57 on Feb. 16. Romweber, the founder of music ...

Local favorites to rock legends: What Carrboro Town Council members are listening to

By Grace Whittemore | February 26

Staff writer Grace Whittemore reached out to Carrboro Town Council members to ask about their music tastes and the impact of the music scene on Carrboro ...

Column: Hey, are you listening?

By Maggie Mead | February 26

"The unique way Spotify and similar services have commercialized music has propagated a culture in which people are more invested in the act of ...

Column: Artists promote overconsumption. Don't buy into it

By Mary Blake Nobles | February 26

"There is nothing problematic about fans wanting to support their favorite artists or show their taste in music through purchasing merchandise — music ...

Column: Value music as an academic subject

By Madelyn Rowley | February 25

"But music, loaded with theory, history and skill, demands that its practitioners cultivate both a logical and artistic aptitude for something that cannot ...

Column: Get off Genius, interpret music for yourself

By Teo Almaguer | February 25

"Art is rarely explained by the artist for good reason. One of the most important aspects of interacting with art is grappling with what it means."

Musicians, students jam out at Carolina Jazz Festival

By Madison Gagnon | February 21

At the end of this week, soulful melodies and improvisations could be heard throughout campus during the Carolina Jazz Festival, which connected jazz ...

Long-awaited Cat's Cradle expansion planned on Brewer Lane for late this year

By Lola Oliverio | February 20

“We're happy to have Cat's Cradle here, and we're happy to see that they're continuing to expand here and make Carrboro their home,” Jon Hartman-Brown, ...

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Carrboro concert series celebrates heritage and influence of N.C. Black musicians

By Mila Mascenik | February 12

During the month of February, the Carrboro Century Center is hosting artists for their third annual Black History Month Sunday Concert Series as part ...