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Aaron Sharpe — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:00:20 +0000

Now is the time to renew your support, make your first ever pledge, or give an additional gift to WNKU because everyone doing so by June 30th will be automatically entered to win the ultimate VIP summer concert experience from our friends at Riverbend Music Center and PNC Pavilion.

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Top-flight acts in town this week

Bill Thompson — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:48:32 +0000

It’s another fine week for live music. In addition to Wednesday’s double-header of Anders Osborne at the 20th Century and Mary Chapin Carpenter with Tift Merritt at the Taft Theatre, here are four more shows worth consideration.

Monday morning notebook

Bill Thompson — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 04:20:19 +0000

Rick McCarty has seen weeks like this before. He calls it coincidence, but more mystical types might call it this summer’s harmonic convergence.

Monday morning notebook

Bill Thompson — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:49:24 +0000

Dar Williams invited more than 200 folks over Saturday night for a spirited evening of songs and stories.

In lieu of hosting at her house, which is in New York, Williams turned the Redmoor in Mount Lookout into a suitable stand-in as she played eight of the 10 tunes from “In the Time of Gods,” and six others with the help of keyboard player Bryn Roberts and guitarist Josh Kaler.

The music was certainly the centerpiece, but it was some unexpected moments that lent the night its homey feel.

Monday morning notebook

Bill Thompson — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 04:17:10 +0000

To see or not to see the Beach Boys, that is the question.

Monday morning notebook

Bill Thompson — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:33:23 +0000

Hundreds of people gathered in Deep Gap, N.C., Sunday to say goodbye to Doc Watson, one of the true giants of American music who died May 29 at the age of 89.