The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in Kannapolis, N.C. has announced this year’s eight inductees! Check out this list of some of NC’s finest musicians:
The Avett Brothers – folk rock/bluegrass/Americana, from Concord, NC.
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Band of Oz – popular pioneer Beach music band, from Raleigh, NC.
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Chuck Brown (deceased) – funk guitarist known as the “Godfather of Go-go,” from Gaston, NC.
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Rhiannon Giddens & The Carolina Chocolate Drops – Grammy award winning old time string band, from Greensboro and Durham, NC.
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Percy Heath (deceased) – jazz musician/bassist and member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, born in Wilmington, NC.
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David Holt – Grammy Award winning folk musician & story teller who appears regularly on PBS television, from Asheville, NC.
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Kellie Pickler – country vocalist and American Idol contestant, born in Albemarle, NC.
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Ron Tyson – longtime member of the Temptations, from Monroe, NC.
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