Music Features

The Mystery Plan Is Just Part of Jason Herring’s Master Scheme

Driving outside Columbia, South Carolina, just as night fell, Jason Herring was looking for a sign. After  launching three successive…

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Eastern North Carolina Gospel Takes Center Stage in ‘Sacred Soul’

“This is my favorite part of the song,” intones Anthony Daniels. “Where I sing these words.” The sentiment, enfolded by…

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Lawn Friends’ Siesta Sands Tells Tale of Greed, Violence and Redemption

Thunder growls and a zigzag of lightning cracks the sky. Tires spitting gravel, a rain battered MGB pulls into a…

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Ogres Makes Music That Sounds Like Gaston County

Despite its location just over the Gaston County border, closer to Charlotte than more popular spots like Crowders Mountain or…

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Jail Socks Release Debut Album and Discover a New Lease on Life

As Aidan Yoh tells it, Jail Socks began with a bang — quite a few of them, actually. Years before…

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Krystle Baller Gets Personal With Primus’ Les Claypool

Sometimes it appears that the universe intercedes on our behalf. A seemingly random event jumps out like a signpost on…

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America’s Got Talent Singer Ray Singleton Has Love To Spread

On the Tuesday, July 13, episode of America’s Got Talent, Ray Singleton took the stage, or so he’s told.  The…

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Evergone Returns to Charlotte Music Scene With First Release in Seven Years

“We’ve been threatening to put out an album for a couple years,” Scott Harding says. The lead singer and rhythm…

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MoonLander Puts on the Rocket Boosters in Charlotte for 2021

If you’re putting your music out to the masses, hate should be expected; it comes with the creative territory. And…

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Terrence Richard Fully Opens Up as Alan Charmer

In the era we live in, where life runs at a breakneck pace and clout can make one complacent, starting…

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Maria Howell Is a True Working Musician with Range

Everybody sounds good in the shower, but to be a working musician is different. There is the honing of a…

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Yung YuNo’s Growth Is Propelled By Ambition Through Struggle

As we entered 2020, there was the typical anticipation for what each of us might do differently the moment the…

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Greg Cox Prepares for Another Career ‘Milestone’ with New Album

Greg Cox couldn’t believe his good fortune. At 19, the Wilson, North Carolina, native had the run of Stevie Wonder’s…

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Natalie Carr Charts a Course for Success on Her Own Terms

During an especially hectic couple of days in May, Natalie Carr nearly drowned on one afternoon, then lived to pull…

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Menastree Returns to Evening Muse for a Staple Jam Session

Menastree founder and leading light Jesse Lamar Williams has jumped in and out of multiple genres, including rock, soul, R&B,…

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Waiting for the Fourth Wave of Ska in Charlotte

Like the one that got away, Kevin Riggs remembers the gig that got shut down. In 2006, Riggs, fresh out…

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