(Updated 08/31 – setlist and link to concert recording) Van Morrison celebrates his 70th birthday today (08/31) with 2 concerts on Cyprus Avenue, the tree-lined Belfast street that gave its name to a song from his Astral Weeks album. Reportedly, Continue reading
On the 20th Anniversary of his Passing “It is a good thing, I believe, that we lived in the same time as this man did, and it is not likely that we shall see charms or skills so transcendent, and Continue reading
The Rolling Stones today announced a 15-city tour of North America, with a show in Raleigh’s Carter-Finley Stadium July 1. The Zip Code Tour of North America 2015 begins May 24 in San Diego and winds up July 15 in Continue reading
Some clever guy put an iPhone inside his guitar body and recorded a video of the strings as he played. Here’s what he got. The effect is the result of “rolling shutter” on the camera, explained here…and in greater detail Continue reading
(Updated February 7, 15 and 23 and March 1 and 9 – see below.) To commemorate the band’s 50th anniversary, surviving members of the Grateful Dead will reunite for 3 shows, July 3-5, at Chicago’s Soldier Field, site of the Continue reading
Rickie Lee Jones celebrated her 60th birthday November 8. She appears on the recently-released Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro from pianist/composer/arranger Billy Childs, an album of 10 Nyro songs interpreted by Childs and artists including Shawn Colvin, Alison Continue reading
Blue Note Grill owner Bill Whittington got the first call Wednesday (09/24) afternoon. A local BNG patron had friends & relatives visiting Durham, one of whom was a singer looking for a place where she & friends might play that Continue reading
Today is the anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth in Hamlet, NC on September 23, 1926. This year, the autumnal equinox coincides with his birthday, as it did the year he was born, according to one source. Coltrane’s composition “Equinox” was Continue reading
Local blues fans are excited that, after experimenting with a variety of formats in recent years, the 2014 Bull Durham Blues Festival returns to Historic Durham Athletic Park (the “old ball park”) on Saturday, September 6. The show features Kermit Ruffins, Continue reading
Sad and surprising news for Triangle music & food lovers. Owner Mel Melton has closed the doors at Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse music club & restaurant in Durham. Melton, the award–winning “zydeco chef” and leader of the Wicked Mojos band, made Continue reading