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Simple Music Video Series: Kenny Roby's "The Craziest Kid Around"

Dan Schram — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:39:00 -0400

I first encountered the name Kenny Roby while listening to a Whiskeytown bootleg from The Brewery, recorded Oct. 22, 1999. Not having been in the Triangle during the great alt-country hope, I never got to see the band for which he is best known, 6 String Drag.…

Simple Music Video Series: Old Quarter's "Wolves"

Dan Schram — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:12:00 -0500

Today's session features Old Quarter, a band that, despite having released only one EP to date, is one of the more promising groups in the Triangle.…

Simple Music Video Series: The Debonzo Brothers' "The Way You Look at Me"

Dan Schram — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:12:00 -0500

The Debonzo Brothers are one of the hardest-working groups in Raleigh. Confident in their sound regardless of the publicity (or lack thereof) it garners, they can be seen at nearly every venue in the Triangle during the course of a year, from playing Sadlack's outside in December to a quiet acoustic performance at The City Tap in Pittsboro.…

Simple Music Video Series: Patrick Dyer Wolf of Goodnight, Texas plays "Wristwatch"

Dan Schram — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:04:00 -0500

In early 2012, Christy Smith performed a few songs from her Tender Fruit project for this video series.…

Simple Music Video Series: "Painter Man Blues" by Dan McGee of Spider Bags

Dan Schram — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:57:00 -0500

It took us a while, but we were finally able to track down Dan McGee of the Spider Bags to come do a few songs.…

Simple Music Video Series: Chip Robinson's "Angelita" and "Bells"

Dan Schram — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:13:00 -0500

It was difficult not transforming into a complete fanboy when Chip Robinson came to perform several songs a few days ago.…

Simple Music Video Series: The Human Eyes' "Born to Die" and "Let Me In"

Dan Schram — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:07:00 -0400

"A Sight for the Human Eyes," the opening track of Guiding Eyes for the Blind, is mesmerizing—very dynamic and layered.…

Simple Music Video Series: Phil Cook & His Feat's "Frazee, Minnesota" and "Scorned"

Dan Schram — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:00:00 -0400

If there could be good news from the fact that his full-time group Megafaun is taking some well deserved time off, it is that folks in the Triangle will get to see Phil Cook & His Feat perform more often.…

Simple Music Video Series: Josh Moore covers Ryan Adams' "Tomorrow"

Dan Schram — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:58:00 -0400

Since his time with Beloved and Classic Case, Josh Moore has occasionally appeared with new music—opening a local show, releasing a sporadic seven-inch record, popping up to sing background vocals.…

Simple Music Video Series: Town Mountain's "Run Junior Run" and "Greenbud on the Flower"

Dan Schram — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:20:00 -0400

When we set out to do this series, I wanted to represent all of North Carolina.…

Simple Music Video Series: Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express' "Willie Mays Is up at Bat"

Dan Schram — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:03:00 -0400

Three years ago at another of her roots shows in the damp and dark Berkeley Cafe, local promoter Marianne Taylor turned me on to Chuck Prophet.…

Simple Music Video Series: The Weather Station's "Came So Easy"

Dan Schram — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:25:00 -0400

A farm in Hillsborough provided the perfect warm-up for The Weather Station, the Canadian act making their first North Carolina visit to perform at Hopscotch Music Festival.…

Simple Music Video Series: The Morning After's "Higher Ground"

Dan Schram — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:25:00 -0400

A little more than two years ago, Rachel Koontz — then a bartender at my favorite sports bar on earth, Woody's City Market — told me she was starting a band.…

Simple Music Video Series: American Aquarium's "Jacksonville" and "Northern Lights"

Dan Schram — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:10:00 -0400

When asking BJ Barham of American Aquarium about his then-recent recording session with Jason Isbell, an immediate smile came over an otherwise exhausted face: "Fucking amazing!"…

Simple Music Video Series: Shirlette Ammons

Dan Schram — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:53:00 -0400

It’s always a pleasure when an artist comes in to debut new material, as was the case recently with Durham emcee Shirlette Ammons.…

Simple Music Video Series: Kutchma's Orphanage and I'll Survive

Dan Schram — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:33:00 -0400

I don't know that there is a harder working musician in the triangle than Jason Kutchma.…

Simple Music Video Series: The War on Drugs' "I Was There"

Dan Schram — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:20:00 -0400

Today's session is the first we shot at Capital Club 16.…

Simple Music Video Series: Gross Ghost's "Devious" and "Leslie"

Dan Schram — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:10:00 -0400

Today's session brings us Gross Ghost, who came to Capital Club 16 to play a few songs on a bright Sunday afternoon in late June.…

Simple Music Video Series: Ryan Gustafson's "The Harbor"

Dan Schram — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:32:00 -0400

Generally speaking, when we've shot these sessions people bring lots of gear.…

Simple Music Video Series: Damien Jurado's "Let Us All In" and "Working Titles"

Dan Schram — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:21:00 -0400

There are times when you see a musician live for the first time and their songs hit you like a sledgehammer in the gut.…

Simple Music Video Series: Mandolin Orange's "Horse Tune"

Dan Schram — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:11:00 -0400

When Mandolin Orange rolls back into town on Wednesday to play the Duke Performances Music in the Garden Series, they may not quite be the band you saw just months ago. Besides stepping out of their comfortable stomping grounds in the Southeast for their first Midwestern tour, they've also added Josh Oliver (formerly of the everybodyfields) to the fold.…

Simple Music Video Series: Django Haskins' "Elsinore"

Dan Schram — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:16:00 -0400

Back in February when we filmed this session with Django Haskins of The Old Ceremony, he alluded to a busy couple of months ahead. Since then he has done some overseas touring with Big Star, and his band The Old Ceremony signed with Yep Roc Records to release their next album, Fairytales and Other Forms of Suicide on Aug. 20.…

Simple Music Video Series: The Tender Fruit's "Weighted Down"

Dan Schram — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:31:00 -0400

When we began brainstorming artists for this series, Christy Smith and her Tender Fruit project were one of the first I wanted to recruit.…

Simple Music Video Series: Wylie Hunter's "Child of Summer"

Dan Schram — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:38:00 -0400

Today's session brings us Wylie Hunter, who came to Capital Club 16 on a Monday afternoon to perform a few songs off his excellent recent release, Someone You Used to Know. The album is yet another produced by the ever-budy James Wallace and Jeff Crawford at Arbor Ridge Studios.…

Simple Music Video Series: Hiss Golden Messenger (with Megafaun)

Dan Schram — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:39:00 -0400

Sunday afternoon at Capital Club 16, Hiss Golden Messenger, or Michael Taylor, visited Raleigh to film an installment of the Simple Music Video Series. He brought along two special guests: Phil & Brad Cook of Megafaun.…