/tags/blues-music Blues Music en-US Copyright Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:06:12 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Dealing with the COVID-19 crisis means coping with feelings of fear, confusion and sadness. For musicians, it also means financial precarity as venues and… Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:06:12 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /arts-culture/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Dealing with the COVID-19 crisis means coping with feelings of fear, confusion and sadness. For musicians, it also means financial precarity as venues and… Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:06:12 GMT /arts-culture/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-06/getting-into-danger-with-the-doug-prescott-band The Doug Prescott Band started in 1996 as a musical project between friends. Now, its an evolving group of up to eight people who create Americana folk… Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:08:28 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-06/getting-into-danger-with-the-doug-prescott-band Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2020-03-06/getting-into-danger-with-the-doug-prescott-band The Doug Prescott Band started in 1996 as a musical project between friends. Now, its an evolving group of up to eight people who create Americana folk… Fri, 06 Mar 2020 17:08:28 GMT /arts-culture/2020-03-06/getting-into-danger-with-the-doug-prescott-band Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-13/the-high-priestess-of-soul-nina-simone-comes-to-life-in-one-woman-show The musical legacy of Nina Simone is celebrated throughout the world, but to North Carolina she is a special treasure. Simone was born in the town of… Tue, 13 Aug 2019 16:43:39 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-13/the-high-priestess-of-soul-nina-simone-comes-to-life-in-one-woman-show Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-08-13/the-high-priestess-of-soul-nina-simone-comes-to-life-in-one-woman-show The musical legacy of Nina Simone is celebrated throughout the world, but to North Carolina she is a special treasure. Simone was born in the town of… Tue, 13 Aug 2019 16:43:39 GMT /arts-culture/2019-08-13/the-high-priestess-of-soul-nina-simone-comes-to-life-in-one-woman-show Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-09/duplin-countys-southern-rock-legend-keeps-finding-silver-stages Harvey Dalton Arnold found fame on Southern stages, rocking out in bell-bottoms topped with big buckles. But before he opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd touring… Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:33:56 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-09/duplin-countys-southern-rock-legend-keeps-finding-silver-stages Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-08-09/duplin-countys-southern-rock-legend-keeps-finding-silver-stages Harvey Dalton Arnold found fame on Southern stages, rocking out in bell-bottoms topped with big buckles. But before he opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd touring… Fri, 09 Aug 2019 16:33:56 GMT /arts-culture/2019-08-09/duplin-countys-southern-rock-legend-keeps-finding-silver-stages Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-08-06/aging-southern-musical-artists-celebrate-25-years-of-music-maker The life of an aging blues or folk musician is not always pretty. Many of these old soulsters have not been able to retire with dignity. For the past 25… Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:23:40 GMT /arts-culture/2019-08-06/aging-southern-musical-artists-celebrate-25-years-of-music-maker Leoneda Inge /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-21/and-the-grammy-goes-to-north-carolinas-bill-ferris William Ferris is known around North Carolina as a folklorist — a man whose passion is to chronicle the stories, music and culture of the American South.… Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:18:53 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-02-21/and-the-grammy-goes-to-north-carolinas-bill-ferris Dana Terry, Frank Stasio