Record #:

39864

Author(s):

Goldsmith, Thomas

Abstract:

Huddie Ledbetter, later known as Lead Belly, grew up in the south and eventually became part of a trio with John and Alan Lomax, a father-son team of song collectors. Lead Belly collected, wrote, and sang songs in several different styles, including Blues. He is also credited with helping to define American vernacular music in the 20th century.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 65 Issue 1 & 2, 2018, p22-28, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Musicians; Musicians--African American; Blues musicians; Raleigh

Record #:

39866

Author(s):

Stern, Lew

Abstract:

Tommy Thompson spent 22 years in the Chapel Hill band Red Clay Ramblers before moving on to writing songs for plays.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 65 Issue 1 & 2, 2018, p53-97, por, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bands (Music); Musicians; Theater; Playwrights; Chapel Hill

Record #:

40666

Author(s):

Amata, Abigail

Abstract:

The fifth anniversary of the opening of Isis Music Hall will have a month long celebration featuring artists who helped shape the music hall into what it is today.

Source:

Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 14 Issue 10, , p51

Subject(s):

Music; Music venues--Asheville; Musicians

Record #:

41182

Author(s):

Anderson, Natasha

Abstract:

Joshua Messick found his love for the hammered dulcimer at a young age. Messick became a full time musician in his late twenties, and has since had his music featured in films as well as producing several albums.

Source:

Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 14 Issue 11, November 2017, p74, por

Subject(s):

Musicians; Dulcimers--hammered

Record #:

42703

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

A music performance at East Carolina College (now University) almost didn't happen on the evening of February 5, 1958. The Dave Brubeck Quartet integrated the school for the first time that very night when school authorities were pressured to allow the Quartet's one African American musician, Eugene Wright to be on stage.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 88 Issue 5, October 2020, p208-214 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

East Carolina University--History; Integration; Musicians; Musical groups; Dave Brubeck Quartet

Record #:

42789

Author(s):

Griffin, Deborah

Abstract:

Tyrrell County's Bob Waters traces his interest in music back to elementary school in Hagerstown, MD. Last year Waters received a North Carolina Arts Council Artists Support Grant to write a one-act, one-person musical docu-drama on the life and songs of Stephen Foster, Father of American Folk Music

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 13 Issue 1, January 2021, p54-56 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Musicians; Musicians--Tyrrell County