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NC’s own Carolina Chocolate Drops perform in downtown Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall on Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. Their latest release, "Leaving Eden," follow-up to their Grammy winning "Genuine Negro Jig," has received widespread critical acclaim.

PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, & Outback Concerts partner to present singer-songwriter icons Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard at Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Tuesday, Aug. 7.

Two-time Grammy winner and world renowned blues legend Taj Mahal performs in Raleigh on Saturday, Feb. 18, closing out PineCone's 2011-2012 Down Home Concert Series.

Four members of the original Duhks will perform in Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts at Fletcher Theater on Friday, Feb. 10 with NC's own Kellin Watson. The Busy Bee Cafe will host an acoustic music jam after the show!

Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky recorded a collaborative project in 2010 called "Red Horse." Now this power-house trio is taking the show on the road for a limited number of performances, and they will stop in Raleigh on January 21!

Grammy Award winners David Holt, Bryan Sutton, and T. Michael Coleman have each been inspired by and performed with Doc Watson over the years. As Deep River Rising, they honor Watson's musical legacy with a Jan. 6 concert in Raleigh.

Hot Rize took the bluegrass world by storm with their fresh, contemporary approach to traditional music. These bluegrass legends play in Raleigh one night only - Sunday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. in Meymandi Concert Hall at the Progress Energy Center.

Fall in love with the Toronto-based Good Lovelies in Raleigh on Oct. 6! Part folk-roots, part Western swing, the Good Lovelies offer unerring three-part harmonies and clever songs and stories. This concert is part of their first NC tour.

PineCone presents the Sam Bush Band with special guests Bearfoot at the Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. The show starts at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17. Call 919-664-8302 to reserve tickets.

Limited tickets remain for Jake Shimabukuro's Raleigh performance on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011! PineCone has presented Shimabukuro twice before, and both times his concert has sold out. His music also helped bring together Raleigh's Hawaiian community.

PineCone & the NC Museum of History present a free concert by Triangle-based Magnolia Klezmer Band as part of the Music of the Carolinas series on Sunday, Nov. 14. The exhibit Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina will be open throughout the day.