Brian Burns

1 week ago | wunc.org | Brian Burns

Raleigh Wide Open, the new music festival that will take the place of IBMA's World Of Bluegrass in Raleigh this Fall has announced its initial lineup, which includes a ton of local favorites like Blue Cactus, Charly Lowry, and Sonny Miles. The festival takes place October 3-4. It's also produced by PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Raleigh.

1 week ago | wunc.org | Brian Burns

Raleigh's latest music venue has a unique twist: It's designed specifically for local bands and artists who are just getting out to play their first shows. The business model is different from most other music venues. Bands who have never played out before or are just getting started can rent out the space to play a show, but they keep ticket revenue if they make sales. Cannonball Music Hall recently opened in Raleigh Iron Works.

1 week ago | wunc.org | Brian Burns

Raleigh's latest music venue has a unique twist: It's designed specifically for bands and artists who are just getting out to play their first shows. The business model is different from most other music venues. Bands who have never played out before can rent out the space to play a show, but they keep ticket revenue if they make sales. Cannonball Music Hall recently opened in Raleigh Iron Works.

2 weeks ago | wunc.org | Brian Burns

On her critically-acclaimed latest record "Black Rainbows," English singer-songwriter Corinne Bailey Rae draws inspiration from all over the map. It's a stylistically diverse collection of songs that were all inspired by a visit to the Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago. On this visit, Bailey Rae was drawn into the stories of both beauty and darkness that the Bank's collection had on display.

2 weeks ago | wunc.org | Brian Burns

After a 23-year hiatus, Chapel Hill's Mayflies USA are back with a brand new record called "Kickless Kids."The band formed in 1996, an interesting era for music in Chapel Hill according to bassist and singer Matt Price. “It was the afterglow of that larger Superchunk/Archers of Loaf/Polvo moment, all angular dissonant guitars, but we were playing unstylish music," Price said. "Nobody else was writing harmonies.