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LBLB Interview: LAIRS
Durham trio LAIRS dropped by the WKNC studios to chat with DJ Sparrovv and Whatsherface before their gig that night at Local Band Local Beer. They chatted about what brought the band together, their songwriting process, and the story behind “Desert Girl.” Click to hear their interview.
DJ Iron Mic Interview with Black Boye
Hillsborough, N.C. rapper Black Boye stopped by the WKNC studios to chat with DJ Iron Mic about his new single, “War.” Click here to listen.
DJ Iron Mic talked with Defacto Thezpian during Wednesday’s local rap lunch to preview his performance this Friday, April 8 for WKNC’s Fridays on the Lawn. Listen it to their interview to learn about some of Defacto’s other upcoming gigs, including Durham’s Art of Cool Fest, and his top four celebrity crushes.
Goldlink // Elhae // WELL$ – Monday 3/21 @ Kings Barcade
Slothrust // Yung – Tuesday 3/22 @Cat’s Cradle Backroom
Palm // Gnarwhal // SLMH // Doc Ellis Dee – Wednesday 3/23 @ Kings Barcade
Bleak // Lesser Life // Trudge // Junior in His – Thursday 3/24 @ Local 506
Aaron Carter – Friday 3/25 @ Cat’s Cradle
Bonus! Thanks to the help of Live Nation, WKNC will also be giving away tickets to Live Nation’s “Locals Only” event on April 3rd ! Be on the listen for the next two weeks to win tickets to this awesome showcase of local music!
And as always keep it locked to 88.1 all week to win tickets to these great shows! Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it and you could be a winner!
Drive-By Truckers // Thayer Sarrano – Thursday 3/17 @ Cat’s Cradle
Grandchildren // WOOL – Thursday 3/17 @ Kings
The Snails (ft. members of Future Island) – Friday 3/18 @ Kings
Laney Jones & The Spirits – Saturday 3/19 @ Kings
As always, just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it and you could win tickets to these great shows! Keep it locked to 88.1 FM all week long!
Thanks to our friends at Live Nation, we are giving away tickets for Puscifer at the
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center in Raleigh on April 19th ! Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com but WKNC DJs are giving them out ALL WEEK (March 14th – 18th). Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks and you could see Puscifer Live! Check out there official music video for “MONEY SHOT” here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd6gWzuVb5Q
Coheed and Cambria – Monday 3/7 – The Ritz Raleigh
Sunflower Bean // Cold Fronts – Friday 3/11 – The Pinhook
Alex G // Porches – Friday 3/11 – Cat’s Cradle Back Room
Pentagram // King Giant // Colossus // Demon Eye – Cat’s Cardle
Maple Stave // The Bronzed Chorus // Wailin Storms – Saturday 3/12 – Cat’s Cradle Back Room
Nap Eyes // Cian Nugent // Northgate Syndicate
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.
Band of Oz – popular pioneer Beach music band, from Raleigh, NC.
Chuck Brown (deceased) – funk guitarist known as the “Godfather of Go-go,” from Gaston, NC.
Rhiannon Giddens & The Carolina Chocolate Drops – Grammy award winning old time string band, from Greensboro and Durham, NC.
Percy Heath (deceased) – jazz musician/bassist and member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, born in Wilmington, NC.
David Holt – Grammy Award winning folk musician & story teller who appears regularly on PBS television, from Asheville, NC.
Kellie Pickler – country vocalist and American Idol contestant, born in Albemarle, NC.
Ron Tyson – longtime member of the Temptations, from Monroe, NC.
Thanks to Live Nation for approving us to give away tickets for Ray LaMontagne at Red Hat Amphitheater in Raleigh on July 15th! Grammy award winning, Ray LaMontagne (Lā-Mon-Tain) will be touring with a full band (including members of My Morning Jacket) to support his new album Ouroboros. Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 4th, but WKNC DJs will be giving them away every day this week! Make sure to keep it locked to 88.1 all week for a chance to win tickets to this sweet show!
Earthly Interview: Double Barrel Benefit
Sometimes music is better described using objects, colors, and feelings rather than sounds. When listening to Earthly, you picture yourself skiing down the sides of red, blue, and yellow ice cream cones, falling onto a rubbery drum set and slingshotting back to that one class field trip in elementary school when you caught a crawfish by hand.
DJ iCloud caught up with Edaan and Brint of Earthly, who played WKNC’s Double Barrel Benefit Night 2. They talk about some of Earthly’s beginnings, inspirations, and future plans for the project.