Music Features
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Jaah SLT Rides Viral Wave to Alamo Records Deal
Jaah SLT remembers the first time his music was made into a meme. It was November 2019 and the south…
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Neighborhood Theatre Launches GoFundMe with Bills Piling Up
For Gregg McCraw, founder of Charlotte-based booking agency Maxx Music, which books shows for the Neighborhood Theatre, the journey of…
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Quarantine Sessions Show Four Finger Records’ Ability to Adapt
You could say Leonardo Solis has been preparing to make music under quarantine his whole life. He’s spent more than…
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‘Self Medicate’ EP a Personal Guide from Kil Ripkin and Jah Freedom
In the opening scene of Kil Ripkin and Jah Freedom’s new video for “Self Medicate,” the title track from the…
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Old Moons Debut Album Online While Nothing Grows Outside
It’s the fever dream soundtrack for our times: Children sleep fitfully and clocks spin rapidly in reverse as sinuous bass…
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PREMIERE: Hectorina’s Dylan Gilbert Lashes Out in ‘Boneyard’
Dylan Gilbert is out on his own, and the loneliness appears to be taking its toll. Gilbert, front man of…
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PREMIERE: Kil Ripkin and Jah Freedom ‘Self Medicate’ as a Team
When Kil Ripkin and Jah Freedom began working on their first collaborative EP, Self Medicate, last year, they had no…
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Local Music Scene Adapts to a Quarantine
As the COVID-19 virus has shut down venues and kept most of us (the responsible ones) inside, local musicians are…
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David and Robert Childers Bond Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
David Childers has been to hell and back. The Mount Holly singer/songwriter/poet/artist and former attorney has been chronicling mankind’s and…
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ClannDarragh Hosts Monthly Irish Jam Session for Young and Old
Walk into Tyber Creek Irish Pub in South End on the last Sunday of any given month, and you’ll hear…
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Stuff Smith is a Forgotten Legend who Began in Charlotte
Jazz is in the air these days. Charlotte’s new Middle C Jazz nightclub, the Bechtler Museum’s sold-out monthly jazz evenings,…
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Radeena Stuckey Puts the Originators First at Gottaswing Charlotte
Part of Radeena Stuckey’s job as a lead instructor with local swing dance group Gottaswing Charlotte includes showing YouTube clips…
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Phil Lomac Reunites Regional Veterans of the Scene
As a teenager in Cold War-era Germany, Phil Lomac witnessed the Berlin Wall come crashing down. That may be why…
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Punk Pirates King Cackle Set Sail for Snug Harbor
When heavy roots rock combo King Cackle played a July 19 gig at Skylark Social Club, Queen City Nerve had…
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Near-Death Experience Inspires New Jah Freedom Project
Unsure of how long he had left on this earth, Geoffrey Edwards was forced to look back on his life…
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Vanessa Ferguson Pays Tribute to a North Carolina Icon
The video starts with a shot of people milling about in front of a small house on Fred Lyles Circle…
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