North Carolina Music News (United States)

As the music scene in Charlotte, NC continues to grow, emerging groups like Carolinas' BFAM are continuously contributing to the local music. Their sophomore album (From The Cradle 2 The Stage) is definitely a reason to support independent artists.

A well-rounded DJ and producer indeed, Forge has his eyes focused on future legendary status.

NSMT Loudspeakers has introduced the Chorus, a powerful, compact, high efficiency, audiophile loudspeaker for music lovers, home theater enthusiasts, Single-Ended amplifier aficionados, musicians, Djs and PA Systems.

The first Festival of Gnarnia will be held August 9th through the 11th, 2012. This music event takes place far beyond the dirty sneakers hidden in the depths of your closet in Eastern America’s highest town, Beech Mountain North Carolina.

Nickel allergies are responsible for disrupting band practice! Children and teens who unknowingly are allergic to nickel are facing itchy rashes around their mouths, chin, neck, and fingers due to nickel found in the band instruments.

An exciting flurry of nominations marked the close of the nomination period for the GA Music Awards. Nominees contending for an award will be announced at the Gold Room in Buckhead on March 9, 2012.

To celebrate the fifth year of the Carolina Music Awards, O Ent, Inc. is offering a special ticket price for all tickets purchased during the month of March.

Help keep community based radio alive by supporting Asheville's only internet radio station!

Notion Music is searching for musicians to appear in their "You Are Next" international promotional campaign.

New members will join an existing advisory board of 19 business and community leaders.

Tate Music Group new artists, DOWNPOR & Shield Of Salvation announce 2012 Tour and partnership with the Richard Tilley Youth Foundation!

DryCASE is launching new waterproof headphones! The DryBUDS and DryBUDS SPORT will now have a waterproof microphone. DryBUDS waterproof microphones will allow users to talk on the phone while being active.

OD Movie Development launches website this month, begins filming Ocean Drive in spring 2012

Dj Ty and Vyzion Radio wants to take this time to introduce to you the newest show on Vyzion Internet Radio titled "The Best Kept Secrets". Why call it "The Best Kept Secret"? Because the name speaks for itself!

Hot New Single “We Must Change” from Bishop Christopher Brinson ft. Dianna Hobbs off the CoCo Brother Presents Gospel Mix V Compilation CD Now Available

Matt Strickland to Serve as Organization’s First Executive Director

Singer/Songwriter Jon Shain to perform acoustic Beatles tunes, followed by the Beatles cover band, The BackBeat at The General Store Cafe to help Guardians of Angels Humane Society's campaign kick-off for a cat and dog adoption center in Pittsboro.

An entire day of incredible American music and fun for the entire family.

Top catering services company in the greater Raleigh NC area, Catering by Design, is sponsoring Guardians of Angels Humane Society's community event for a Chatham County cat and dog adoption center on Saturday September 24 at The General Store Cafe.

Three music ensembles with connections to the Creedmoor, NC Landis Family will perform at South Granville High School on August 28 at 4 p.m. as part of the 77th annual Landis family reunion. The concert is open to the public; admission: $5/person.

As the music scene in Charlotte, NC continues to grow, emerging groups like Carolinas' BFAM are continuously contributing to the local music. Their sophomore album (From The Cradle 2 The Stage) is definitely a reason to support independent artists.

Recording Artist Releases New EP, Eventualities, Featuring Lead Single, “Wake Up, Women!”

carboncepts.net is pioneering the world of carbon fiber guitar fabrication. We will be updating this blog on a weekly basis to help the consumer realize the benefits of carbon fiber over wood.

Record-breaking total to support health care for Wake County’s uninsured

The Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce presents the 1st Annual Bluegrass By The River on May 12, 212 at the Ft. Fisher Air Force Recreation Area.

PineCone returns to Cary's Sertoma Amphitheatre for another Summer Series at Sertoma. This year, Asheville-based trio Red June will kick things off with an evening of music you won't want to miss on Saturday, May 12 at 6 p.m.

Tri-coastal DJ specializing in top 40, dance and hip-hop lends his skills to DJ at Soundfest.

From the playboy mansion to Raleigh! Animal is back and ready to shake things up!

SPCL GST Noun: Veteran DJ, Producer, Teacher, Director with the ability to produce distinctive sounds by moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable while optionally manipulating the crossfader on a DJ mixer.

To believe in what you're doing is not just important. It is everything...

With $500 to his name, he had a choice: pay for rent that month, or use it to buy a pair of Technics that a friend had for sale. To his landlord's dismay, he chose the turntables, and that's when DjSix07 was born.

With over 17 years of professional dj experience, Dj PhatRabbit brings the noise. Traveling up and down the east coast from from FL to Conn, this local EDM legend and NC favorite continues to provide the crowds with breaks to make your booty shake.

North Carolina’s own Grammy winning Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off PineCone’s 2012 Down Home Concerts at Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 17 at 10 a.m.

From the West coast to the East coast, DJ Sami Automatic set to play at Soundfest Raleigh 2012.

A well-rounded DJ and producer indeed, Forge has his eyes focused on future legendary status.

Music is a universal language and on May 11th, Concert Singers of Cary will demonstrate that by performing a concert where nearly every song is in a different language and from more than a dozen different world cultures.

ViolinFingerChart.com has teamed up with beginner violinists to promote the instrument and create a new generation of talented violin performers, using a proven method for instrument mastery.

NSMT Loudspeakers has introduced the Chorus, a powerful, compact, high efficiency, audiophile loudspeaker for music lovers, home theater enthusiasts, Single-Ended amplifier aficionados, musicians, Djs and PA Systems.

NU-BLU Launches New Single To Raise Awareness for Duke Children’s Hospital - Pinecastle Records Offering Free Download of “Family Quilt”

The first Festival of Gnarnia will be held August 9th through the 11th, 2012. This music event takes place far beyond the dirty sneakers hidden in the depths of your closet in Eastern America’s highest town, Beech Mountain North Carolina.

NC's FIRST DJ Showcase by the DJ's for the DJ's Soundfest 2012 at Longbranch Raleigh, NC Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 4:00 PM

Nickel allergies are responsible for disrupting band practice! Children and teens who unknowingly are allergic to nickel are facing itchy rashes around their mouths, chin, neck, and fingers due to nickel found in the band instruments.

Musicians from novices to experts can select from an array of classes at the 300-acre historic campus of John C. Campbell Folk School in picturesque Western North Carolina.

Spring Concert at Koka Booth Amphitheatre to Benefit Urban Ministries of Wake County

Alejandro Santoyo will debut a new, original composition inspired by photographs taken be José Galvez at a special concert on Sunday, April 15; he will also perform traditional Latin American folk songs! The concert is free and open to the public.

Get in the St. Patrick's Day spirit early with a free concert at the NC Museum of History featuring award winning musicians Patrick and Cathy Sky! The concert is scheduled for Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m.

An exciting flurry of nominations marked the close of the nomination period for the GA Music Awards. Nominees contending for an award will be announced at the Gold Room in Buckhead on March 9, 2012.

To celebrate the fifth year of the Carolina Music Awards, O Ent, Inc. is offering a special ticket price for all tickets purchased during the month of March.

The Award Show Network is expanding the number of shows they produce during the year. Plans to add three new shows during 2012-2013 were announced this week, and two shows are already set as a country music holiday special and the Education Awards.

"Scene In San Francisco" by Ed Hale is #28 on the Billboard AC Chart and #25 on the R&R Mediabase AC Chart.

Help keep community based radio alive by supporting Asheville's only internet radio station!

Notion Music is searching for musicians to appear in their "You Are Next" international promotional campaign.

Four bands to compete for opening spot at Band Together’s main event, $3,500 cash prize

Mr 704 along with sultry songstress J Spears bring your Fast Cars. The phenomenal new video production by McGill Original Films.

O Ent, Inc, producer of the Carolina Music Awards, is spreading the music and the money to local charities. A percentage of ticket sales during the month of February will be donated, in addition to donating a number of tickets to fundraising events.

Preacher Stone is excited for their bass player of 3 years, JOSH SANDERS, who recently got his golden ticket to compete on American Idol 2012!

Boo Hanks is a North Carolina-born blues musician who plays Piedmont blues in the style made famous by Blind Boy Fuller. Hanks performs a free concert on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m.

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!

Raleigh Event DJ, the Mobile Disc Jockey arm of CoordEgy, Inc., an entertainment and events powerhouse based in Central North Carolina, has been recognized for providing customers with superior service and value.

Cartel Music Group has expanded by adding three new operating offices through out the Southeast, as well as a newly organized Management Division. CMG enters 2012 with the organziational structure for a future monopoly.

Tawanda Robbins and Community Volunteers continue the Love Epidemic by showing Love in Action to Nursing Home Residents and Homeless in Uptown Charlotte and by Partnering with The King’s Kitchen “To Feed the Hungry & To Heal the Brokenhearted”.

Artist Development does matter if you want the world to see and hear your tallent.

New members will join an existing advisory board of 19 business and community leaders.

Tate Music Group new artists, DOWNPOR & Shield Of Salvation announce 2012 Tour and partnership with the Richard Tilley Youth Foundation!

DryCASE is launching new waterproof headphones! The DryBUDS and DryBUDS SPORT will now have a waterproof microphone. DryBUDS waterproof microphones will allow users to talk on the phone while being active.

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!

The Kickin Grass Band celebrates their 10-year anniversary with a special hometown concert at Durham's Carolina Theatre on January with appearances by the Apple Chill Cloggers and band members from the ensemble's past. Tickets are only $15!

A Native American slide blues musician, 14-year-old Lakota John Locklear, will perform at the NC Museum of History in Raleigh on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 3 p.m. This concert is part of the Music of the Carolinas series and is free and open to the public.

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.