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Reckless Kelly
For Braun, the music of Reckless Kelly is a bit of a melting pot, a term he could also apply to its fans in Austin.
By Rick Cornell | 9 Apr 2008

Spoon
Spoon  
If you give the new Spoon record a spin, you'll find 10 masterfully mixed tunes of sharp, minimal and moody pop.
By Thomas Costello | 9 Apr 2008

Quintron and Miss Pussycat
The pair's unflagging spirit wants to have fun, to party, to do what they do best in New Orleans, especially at funerals: to celebrate.
By Chris Toenes | 12 Mar 2008

Dr. Ralph Stanley brings his
Clawhammer-style banjo player, bandleader and high tenor Ralph Stanley, now 79, is as dedicated to traditional mountain music now as he was when he first started playing it as a boy in his hilly southwest corner of Virginia.
By T. Ballard Lesemann | 27 Feb 2008

N.C. Symphony resident conductor William Henry Curry
The Symphony's latest program will pay tribute to Cole and gospel/Broadway performer Paul Robeson.
By Margaret Hair | 16 Jan 2008

Skeeter Brandon
When he plays now, Skeeter Brandon still keeps that same exuberance he had when he'd get to sing in the old Baptist church near Roxboro.
By Chris Toenes | 16 Jan 2008

Dillinger Escape Plan
The Dillinger Escape Plan has been a band of marked men ever since its debut, with a thousand generic, mediocre alt/metal pretenders biting at their heels while legions of newborn fans beg for a reprise.
By Chris Parker | 16 Jan 2008

Bettye LaVette
"When I hear a song, I don't even hear the other person singing it," LaVette says. "I hear me singing it."
By Rick Cornell | 9 Jan 2008

Travis Morrison
The details of Morrison's online life are indicative of two important threads in the 34-year-old songwriter's career post-Dismemberment Band, the D.C. dance-punk heroes he founded in 1993 and disbanded a decade later.
By Grayson Currin | 5 Dec 2007

Badi Assad
Assad's blend of classical guitar and Brazilian folk music frequently shifts shapes, mixing disparate sounds as it does so.
By Laura White | 28 Nov 2007

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