Music Features
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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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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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Cyanca Returns With New EP, Readies Debut Album
Charlotte’s hip-hop and R&B communities are having a moment. Mavi, a Queen City hip-hop stalwart, is reverberating nationwide, selling out…
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SkinnyJay’s Resilience Shines Amidst Cancer Diagnosis
Sitting inside Archive CLT in a shopping center at the corner of Beatties Ford Road and LaSalle Street, it would…
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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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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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Lisa De Novo Looks on the Bright Side With New Music
Having spent years playing the open mic circuit in Charlotte, performing her uplifting style of what she calls “bubblegum jazz”…
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Confluence Music Convention Returns With Renewed Vision
In August 2019, the U.S. National Whitewater Center hosted two days of live music, panel discussions and workshops that aimed…
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Dane Page Confronts Life, Love and Loss on New EP
Dane Page has been going through lots of changes in his life. With a new baby born in November 2022…
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Dennis Reed, DJ Fannie Mae Bring Sainted Trap Choir to the National Stage
With all the editing and scripted nonsense that goes into reality television, it’s hard to tell if what you’re watching…
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Melvin Crispell III Proves True Gospel Ain’t Dead
When you think of the local music scene, church might not be the first thing that comes to mind. In…
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