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One of Nashville's most prolific songwriters is Jim Lauderdale, a North Carolina native. He released his first album in 1991 and has released seven more since 1998, including two with bluegrass legends Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. van Vleck discusses songwriting and performing with Lauderdale.
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In the last decade Tiff Merritt, who grew up in Raleigh, has gone from a regional sweetheart to a national up-and-comer. She has done a number of things including doing the late-night television circuit and releasing two records on a major label; however, the recordings sold less than 120,000 copies and the company dropped her, despite critical acclaim for her work. Merritt and companion, musician Zeke Hutchins, have moved to New York, seeking a restart to their careers.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 25 Issue 12, Mar 2008, p15-19, il Periodical Website
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From the late 1950s to the early 1980s, David Lee, aged 74, of Cleveland County had a diverse music career as songwriter, performer, producer and manager. He wrote successful songs for other singers for decades; yet, he never received the recognition he deserved until recently. A new album compiles Lee's best work from the sixteen records he released over the years.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 79 Issue 3, Aug 2011, p18- 20, por Periodical Website
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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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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 22, June 2016, p26-27, por Periodical Website
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Brice Randall Bickford and his wife, Lara Khalil, left their metropolitan lifestyles to go backpacking in South America. In 2012, they returned to Durham, North Carolina to record their album called Paro. The themes of the record reflect observations from the couple’s travels and the downfalls of a modern, advanced world.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 30, July 2016, p20-21, por Periodical Website
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Tift Merritt, a country soul singer and songwriter, recently moved back to Raleigh following a break-up and a period of intense transition. Reflecting on her life, Merritt reissued Bramble Rose, the debut LP she released on Lost Highway fourteen years ago.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 8, Feb 2016, p20-21, por Periodical Website
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John Darnielle and the Durham-based band the Mountain Goats are profiled. Darnielle’s history is explored, including his time as a poet, nurse, author, and blogger. Darnielle’s difficult abusive childhood and his famous Durham home are described as well. Additionally, the band’s history and what they represent for fans is also explored and their success on Durham’s Merge Records is noted.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 14, April 2011, p17-21 Periodical Website
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Kym Register and her band Loamlands has a new record featuring the song Sweet High Rise. Register wrote the song in protest against to the forthcoming high rise development by the Pinhook music club in Durham. Register has become one of the strongest forces standing up for the Durham community.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 41, Oct 2016, p21, por Periodical Website
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John Moreland, a singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, is performing at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro on July 19, 2017. His music is a mixture of folk, country, and roots rock. In an INDY interview, Moreland discusses his solo approach to the new record, Big Bad Luv, his musical influences, and recent songwriter discoveries.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 25, July 2017, p22, por Periodical Website
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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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Greenville: Life in the East (NoCar F264 G8 G743), Vol. Issue , Fall 2017, p42-44, por
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31579
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The song, “I Like Callin’ North Carolina Home,” became a statewide hit when it began airing as public service spots on radio and television stations in August, 1977. The song was put together by producer Chuck Blore and radio broadcaster Jim Heavner, and largely supported by the state’s government. Now an unofficial state slogan, the song proclaims that North Carolina is a great place to live because of the good people who help to make it that way.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 10 Issue 11, Nov 1978, p22-23, il
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Bettie Freshwater Pool, a native of Pasquotank Co., NC, was disfigured in infancy, became a note authoress and songwriter. Her song, ‘Carolina, A Song,’ published in 1909 was proposed to be the official State Song. She is long remembered for her article on Theodosia Burr in the North Carolina Booklet in 1909. Pool spent most of her adult life supporting herself and her sister, Patty, by operating a private school in her home in Elizabeth City, NC.