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Artist Feature: Charles Chace of Speed Stick

The Carrboro, NC supergroup Speed Stick is an ever-evolving project among a group of friends—Ash Bowie (Polvo), Charles Chace (The Paul Swest), Laura King (Bat Fangs), and Thomas Simpson (The Love Language)—whose musical achievements reach back as far as

Music at the Museum Artist Feature: Tumbao's Diego Avilez

Tumbao’s style varies from song to song, floating between salsa, bossa nova, funk and Afro-Cuban beats. They released a single in January (expect their first EP later this year) and have an impressive slate of upcoming shows.

Behind the Boards: Highlighting North Carolina Hip-Hop Producers

Photos By Sandra Davidson/Graphic Design by Ai-Ling Chang

"Scatter and Gather" with Shay Martin Lovette

Shay Martin Lovette is a songwriter and guitar player, based out of Boone, North Carolina. Growing up in Wilkesboro, the home of Merlefest, he was raised around NC music. Despite his early indoctrination into roots music, he resists any classification as an “old-time” musician.

Music at the Museum Artist Feature: Charlie Smarts

Last week Charlie Smarts, MC and founding member of Kooley High, brought down the house at the second installment of Music at the Museum.

Music at the Museum Artist Feature: Lakota John

It was such an exciting evening of music at the NC Museum of Art with Lakota John! John Lakota Locklear hails from both the Lakota and Lumbee tribes, and grew up in Pembroke, NC, near the Lumber River.

WWNC, Citizen Vinyl, and a Building's Legacy

 

Bringing Back the Funk

For the past five years, Kinston's Choci Gray has hosted the Chitlin Circuit: an annual community event that features stellar performances by some of the town's most celebrated Black musicians. Gray's Chitlin Circuit event hearkens back to the time of segregation, when Black entertainers were forced to leave white clubs immediately after their performances. These entertainers would head to a Black-owned venue in the same town to perform, eat, and be in fellowship. This network of venues was called the Chitlin Circuit.

 

Stray Local Explores Solitude

The band Stray Local was formed in Wilmington by married duo Hannah Lomas and Justin Rowen. Originally organized as a largely live band, their music is changing in a world with less live music.

Rissi Palmer and Color Me Country Artist Fund Provides "Postcards from God"

Rissi Palmer is a Black woman in country music. In her career she has brought a genre-bridging approach to her work. Beyond her musicality, she is dedicated to highlighting other country artists of color, continuing this mission in her show Color Me Country Radio and in the Color Me Country Artist Fund.