On Thursday, October 19th piedmont blues-woman Etta Baker will be inducted the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in Kannapolis. Etta was an inspiration to American musical greats such as Taj Mahal and Bob Dylan, and continues to inspire musicians around the world with her elegant guitar work. Learn more about Etta Baker HERE Here are the other […]

Sing It Louder by Cary Morin It’s hard to understand how Cary Morin fits all those notes on his guitar, and never breaks the rhythm. It’s hard to understand how he does so much work, and sounds so unfazed by the effort. It’s hard to understand how he makes you feel like you’re eavesdropping, but […]

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, […]