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The Real Dolls Mix Glam and Goth with New Releases
After listing guitar-strumming lyricists and troubadours like Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Elliott Smith as musical influences, Tessa Harmon insists…
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A Return Visit to Supperland in Plaza Midwood
I hadn’t figured on humming Percy Faith’s title theme to A Summer Place with fellow Queen City Nerve scribe Perry…
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Queens University Celebrates Legacy of Margaret Bonds
By the late 1960s, Margaret Bonds should have been riding high. Through her tireless, highly productive career, the 54-year-old composer…
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Soul Violinist Emanuel Wynter to Drop Stunning Live Album
There’s a moment in “From Orbit,” the title track from Emanuel Wynter’s new live album, where the vocalist/violinist and his…
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Roman Candles Light a Fuse with Latest Track Releases
The bright bubbling synthesizer evokes New York City’s Danceteria, the fabled 1980s nightclub where Wham!, R.E.M. and Sonic Youth rubbed…
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Ricky Singh Balances a Life in Art and Education
Ricky Singh remembers having no future. “I could see tomorrow,” Singh says about growing up in Brooklyn’s embattled Bushwick neighborhood…
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Second Ward High School Celebrates a Century of Legacy
They come from all over the country, says Arthur Griffin, to return to their home. It’s five days before a…
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Harmonic Tales from Sayurblaires Tune Into Identity
On “Double Helix,” the energetic tune that kicks off Sayurblaires’ debut album, You No Longer Live Inside My Head, I’m…
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Janelle Sy’mone’s Unexpected Win and Evolving Music Journey
Janelle Sy’mone says she wasn’t supposed to win the 2019 Carolina Music Award for Best Female R&B artist. The eclectic…
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Charlotte Pride’s 2023 Main Stage Music Lineup
Our 2023 guide to Charlotte Pride is sponsored by the Charlotte Pride Parade & Festival. Enjoy week-long festivities throughout Charlotte as…
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From ‘Da Baddest Bitch’ to Hip-Hop Icon: Trina’s Journey
In a hip-hop scene that boasts powerful, scatological take-no-prisoners artists like Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj, rap’s…
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Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce Brings Vibrant Energy to Charlotte Pride 2023
“Charlotte is one of my favorite cities anywhere,” Big Freedia says. “My fans are strong here and so welcoming to…
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Te’Jani Turns Dark Thoughts Into Deep Noise
In January, singer-songwriter, producer, engineer and multi-instrumentalist Te’Jani Inuwa did something he had seldom done before: He celebrated his birthday.…
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Hellfire 76 Conjures Devilish Grooves
Over a swaggering blues-rock riff and Rhodan-stomps-Tokyo drums, Hellfire 76 guitarist and vocalist Von Bury drawls a street corner preacher’s…
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Cicatrice Plays Industrial-Strength Trans Activism
As a heavy snake-charmer guitar riff coils through a dense cloud of industrial noise, Anastasia Weiss’ distorted vocals deliver a…
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Susong Brothers Duet Over a Distance to Close the Gap
In susong’s single “Tinseltown,” ratcheting guitar and insistent electronic percussion set the wistful tune’s tempo as Matt and Michael Susong’s…
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