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Tip Jar: A Tale of Loss, Redemption, and Fulfillment That Is All True and Uplifting
When I was just back from my first year in college, I was staying in the house in Lexington on Hunt Road, and I was just getting things together and rehearsing and ... -
Live Review of CY&I
Cat’s Cradle Carrbora, NC Contact: cysteelecobb@gmail.comWeb: instagram.com/cy_and_i_bandPlayers: Max McMichaels, guitar, vocals; Cy Steele-Cobb, keys; Gus O’Brien, drums; Aidan Gillette, bass The CY&I Christmas Show at the Cat’s Cradle Back Room ... -
Live Review of Robert Lester Folsom
Cat’s Cradle Carrbora, NC Contact: zach@mexicansummer.comWeb: robertlesterfolsom.comPlayers: Landon Gay (Howdy), pedal steel; Kevin Peacon, guitar; Mike Monahan, drums; Robert Lester Folsom, lead; Brooke Gardwood, glockenspiel; Jeremy Marshall Blanton, bass; Jeremy ... -
Tip Jar: Low-Cost Guitars That Earn Their Place on Stage
By the time a guitar survives years of live performances, price becomes irrelevant. What matters is whether it holds tune, projects reliably through a PA, and delivers a sound that ... -
Industry Profile: Fame, The Swampers, and the Concrete Bunker: A Walk Through Muscle Shoals, Where ...
Three years ago, somewhere between a string of shows across Alabama, Nashville, and Mississippi, this writer did what musicians have been doing for decades: we pointed the car toward Muscle ... -
Industry Profile: Steel, Soul, and Six Strings: Inside the World of Mike Slotboom’s Telecasters & ...
This writer met Mike Slotboom in Memphis, TN, at the International Blues Challenge—though at the time, we had no idea we were standing next to one of the most respected ... -
Tip Jar — The Cost of Culture: How Art and Entertainment Left the Common Man ...
A few weeks ago, I went to see Elvis Costello in concert—one of my longtime heroes, a songwriter once known for his sharp wit, his political bite, and his uncanny ... -
Live Review of Noeline Hofmann
Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC Contact: sydney.collett@tmwrk.netWeb: noelinehofmann.comPlayers: Noeline Hofmann, vocals, guitar; Alex Lyon, bass; Tyler Guenther, guitar; Cam Buie, keys; Nik Winnitowy, drums; Ciara Hager, fiddle As Nashville country continues ... -
Live Review of Leith Ross
Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC Contact: windjack@birthdaycakemedia.comWeb: leithross.comPlayers: Leith Ross, guitars, vocals; Keiran Placatka, keys; Soona Lee-Tolley, guitar; Zoe Sparks, bass; Vania Lee, drums It’s a strangely heroic thing to stand on ... -
Live Review of Kitty Craft
Cat’s Cradle Durham, NC Contact: g@garretscullin.comWeb: @kittycraft_band Players: Carrie Hansen, vocals; Pamela Valfer, vocals, guitar; Nils Bryant, guitar The Cat’s Cradle is a big stage. Even bigger when there are ... -
Live Review of Shakori Hills Music Festival
Shakori Hills Art Center Pittsboro, NC Contact: shakorihillsgassroots.org Web: shakorihillsgassroots.org Players: Various Don’t pack away that tie-dye just yet. For nearly two decades, the Shakori Hills Music Festival has been ... -
Live Review of Beth Stelling
Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC Contact: ahong@mosaicla.com Web: bethstelling.com Players: Beth Stelling, vocals Stand-up comedy is hard. And the transition from a TV writers’ room (funny behind the scenes) is a ... -
Live Review of Deep Sea Diver
Motorco Durham, NC Contact: kevin@redlightmanagement.com Web: thisisdeepseadiver.com Players: Jessica Dobson, lead vocals; Peter Mansen, drums; Michael Dondero, bass guitar; Elliot Jackson, guitar, synthesizer; Kristyn Chapman, guitar, vocals The room was ... -
Live Review of Chuck Prophet
Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC Contact: daniel@truecho.com Web: chuckprophet.com Players: Mario Cortez, percussion, backing vocals; Alejandro Gomez, keys, guitar, backing vocals; Chuck Prophet, guitars, lead vocals; Vicente Rodriguez, drums, backing vocals; ... -
Live Review of Elizabeth Moen
The Arts Center Carrboro, NC Contact: elizabethmoen.mgmt@gmail.com Web: elizabethmoen.com Players: Elizabeth Moen, guitars, vocals; Jack Brereton, drums; Augustus Martini, bass; Tristan Huygen, guitar Elizabeth Moen put ashiny object in the ... -
Live Review of Theo Kandel
Cat’s Cradle Backroom Carrboro, NC Contact: icecreamfordinner.com/contact Web: theokandel.com Players: Theo Kandel, vocals, guitar; Jacob Friedman, keys; Joe Ulmer, drums; Andre Vasconcelos, guitar; Charlie Hackemer, bass While most of the ... -
Live Review of Mei Semones
Cat’s Cradle Backroom Carrboro, NC Contact: chad@pitchperfectpr.com Website: meisemones.com Players: Mei Semones, guitars, vocals; Noah Leong, viola; Claudius Arippa, violin; Noam Tanzer, bass; Ransom McCafferty, drums The audience was in ... -
Live Review of Daughter of Swords
Cat’s Cradle Backroom Carrboro, NC Contact: martin@theglowmgmt.com Web: daughterofswordsmusic.com Players: Alex Sauser-Moning, guitars, vocals; Molly Sarle, guitars, keys, vocals; Amelia Meath, vocals, percussion; Nick Sanborn, guitar, keys; Caleb Wright, drums, ... -
Live Review of Julien Baker and Torres
Haw River Ballroom Hillsborough, NC Contact: lisag@grandstandhq.com Web: julienbakerandtorres.com Players: Julien Baker, guitar, piano, vocals; Torres, guitar, vocals; Hannah Reid, vocals; Noah Forbes, keys; Larz Brogan, percussion, bass; Matt Sweeney, ... -
Gang of Four at Cat's Cradle
Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NCWebsite: facebook.com/gangoffourContact: ryan@kmmltd.comPlayers: Jon King, vocals, melodica, microwave; Hugh Burnham, drums, backing vocals; Gail Greenwood, bass, backing vocals; Ted Leo, guitar, drone guitar, feedback Emerging from a ...
