Get Nung! by The Nee Ningy Band The Triangle area’s own Nee Ningy Band were big on the festival scene in the late 70’s and 80’s. With seemingly every sound and instrument on earth at their disposal (except guitar – no guitars!), they get called world music, corralling everything from Cajun to Appalachian music to […]

Girls Rock Gets the Blues—And That’s a Good Thing By Allison Hussey Photo by Alex Boerner – Lena Mae Perry Cohen’s Girls Rock NC residency runs through Thursday, but Perry will be on hand July 18–20, and Wilder will join July 19–21. For more information on Girls Rock NC’s camps and other programming, visit www.girlsrocknc.org. For […]

270 Haystack Rd. by Benton Flippen With summer in full swing it’s tough not to think about our old friend Benton Flippen from Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Ask anyone that’s into old-time music about some the fore fathers of old fiddle music and Benton’s name will surely come up. His style and this tune, Cumberland Gap, […]

Bob Stephens is a “road warrior.” Forty-eight years of performing and countless miles on the road are what separates Bob from what he and fellow touring musicians call the rest of us: “civilians.” Bob’s first trip on the road was with the world famous gospel troubadours, The Mighty Clouds of Joy at age 17. When […]