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Born in Bethel, North Carolina, David Lee Jones, has gained massive popularity in the country music world. After winning Best Male Artist in 2022, Jones has become a 3x winner of the Carolina Music Awards. While currently living in Washington, NC, David travels and performs across the U.S. with his wife, Amy, and three children.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 11 Issue 5, September/October 2022,
p16-18
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42810
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On September 26, 2020,trumpeter Willie Bradley's recording "It's On Now" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Smooth Jazz chart. Bradley was a former music instructor in the Cumberland County and Fort Bragg School systems.
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Beaufort County Traditional Music Association is keeping traditional music alive in eastern North Carolina. Brief sketches of several noted members including Rob Cuthrell, Sidney and Delores Moore, Lina Boyer and Duane Harris are included.
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Washington the Magazine
(NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 9 Issue 2, March-April 2020,
p42-45
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28752
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Raleigh’s BJ Barham, founder and frontman of the band American Aquarium, talks about the ups and downs of the band, their fans, and perseverance.
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Matt Douglas, a Raleigh musician, became known in the Triangle area for his saxophone work with the Chris Boerner Quartet and his own band, The Proclivities. Douglas is now playing with two instrumental jazz bands known as The Hot at Nights, and the Mountain Goats. The Hot at Night has a new record, Three Kids, features music influenced by local musicians and diverse musical styles.
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Patrick Darius Mix Jr., also known as P.A.T. Junior, is a Raleigh rapper using his music to spread messages about personal growth, faith, forming connections among the Triangle’s expanding hip-hop scene. Mix is known for engaging with the crowd, and treats his voice as an instrument that is part of an ensemble. This approach has translated to a broad and multicultural appeal for local audiences.
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Caroline Dare is a sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter from Greenville, North Carolina. Dare released her first record, “Me,” in April. She wrote or co-wrote all six songs with her guitar teacher, Eric Halbig.
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27076
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Skylar Gudasz didn't give up when record labels didn't respond to her songs. Instead, she used the extra time to make them better, to finish one of the most exquisite local records in recent memory. With the help of renowned producer Chris Stamey in Chapel Hill, she is releasing her album Oleander.
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Eric Bachmann is a North Carolina indie rock icon and leader of the Chapel Hill band Archers of Loaf. After settling down, Bachmann created what is arguably the best record of his career. The album is a nine-song set titled Eric Bachmann, and was released in March.
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Raleigh singer-songwriter Al Riggs is devoted to sharing North Carolina’s tough stories from a peculiar, necessary perspective. Since recording his first album at nineteen, Riggs has released sixteen more albums. His latest, Blue Mornings, may be his best, as Riggs deviates from the pent-up art rock of his past towards folk minimalism.
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27217
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The Avett Brothers, a popular band from Concord, North Carolina, released their fourth record called True Sadness. The album is different from their usual bluegrass rock sound, demonstrating how the band has grown as musicians. In a recent interview, the band discussed how they don’t take a public stand on political state issues they aren’t qualified to speak on.
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Raleigh’s Chatham County Line is a bluegrass quintet that has been playing for thirteen years. In their latest record, Autumn, the band continues to utilize the traditional bluegrass tool kit of acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, and upright bass in service of a more modern sound.
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27654
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Garden and Gun interviews North Carolina natives, the Avett Brothers, ahead of the release of their new album True Sadness.
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Garden and Gun
(NoCar AP 2 G247), Vol. 10 Issue 3, June-July 2016,
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28794
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The local Triangle music scene was active in 2016 amidst North Carolina politics and civil rights issues. In response to House Bill Two, music festivals and musicians used their shows as platforms for protest and fundraisers for organizations like Equality NC and the Human Rights Campaign.
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North Carolina bluegrass icon Tommy Edwards and bluegrass newcomer Andrew Marlin of Mandolin Orange frequently team up to collaborate, especially at the North Carolina Museum of History as part of PineCone's Music of the Carolinas series.
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