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Thanks to Live Nation, this week we are giving away 5 pairs of tickets to see Dave Matthews Band at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre! Be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it, and you could win a pair of tickets for the May 22nd show! Tickets are available for purchase from Live Nation here, and we’ll be giving away one pair each day during the week of May 18th – 22nd.
Phian interviewed Wool last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh
They Played two songs during the interview: Stars and Bulletin Air.
Check out Wool at their Bandcamp.
Doc Aquatic talked with Phian last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh
They played four songs during the interview: On the Run, Weird Ed, Spinning, and Crook Factory.
Check out Doc Aquatic at their Bandcamp!
Thanks to our friends at Live Nation, we have 5 pairs of tickets to see Death From Above 1979 at The Ritz! They will be playing Monday, August 10. Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for calls and you could win a pair of tickets! Tickets went on sale today at 10:00 am on livenation.com, via the Live Nation app, all Ticketmaster outlets, or via phone at 800-745-3000. Listen to their latest single “Virgins” off The Physical World here:
The Crypt’s DJ Soulwood visited the Art of Cool Festival in Durham, North Carolina the weekend of May 1, 2015. American R&B singer-songwriter and producer Anthony Hamilton stopped by the press tent before his headlining performance at the Durham Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon. Listen to his press interview here. (Apologies for the food trucks in the background-Durham is kind of loud.)
Anthony Hamilton Press Photo
Delta Rae will be performing back home in the Triangle at the Ritz on Saturday, May 9 and WKNC has your chance to win tickets starting today!
Chicago-based hip hop, funk, jazz group Sidewalk Chalk called in to WKNC to talk with DJ Soulwood after their performance at the Durham, North Carolina Art of Cool jazz festival. Their creative blend of hip hop, rap, jazz and funk brought the house down at the Durham Armory Saturday evening. If you were unable to make it out to the festival, please listen to their interview here.
Above: Sidewalk Chalk Press Photo
Thanks to our friends at Live Nation, we have 5 pairs of tickets to
see Brandon Flowers of the Killers! He’ll be playing at the
Ritz on August 14. Just be the correct caller when the
DJ asks for it and you could win yourself a pair of tickets! Tickets for
Brandon Flowers go on sale on Friday, April 24 at 10am at RitzRaleigh.com, TicketMaster.com, The Ritz Raleigh box office, and all Ticketmaster outlets!
Thanks to our friends at Outback Concerts, we have 5 pairs of tickets to see Old Crow Medicine Show and Sturgill Simpson! They’ll be playing the Koka Booth Amphitheatre on May 2. Just be the correct caller when the DJ asks for it and you could win yourself a pair of tickets! Tickets for Old Crow Medicine Show and Sturgill Simpson are available at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre, through etix.com, or via phone at (800) 514-3849.
If you know anything about folk music in North Carolina, chances are you’ve heard of MerleFest, the annual, “traditional plus,” music festival in Wilkes County that the late great Doc Watson started in memory to his son Merle Watson. Thanks to our friends at MerleFest, WKNC is happy to announce we have 3 pairs of single days tickets, good for any day of the festival. Merlefest is held this year from April 23-26 on the campus of Wilkes Community College. A few of the big artists include The Avett Brothers, Dwight Yoakam, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, The Marshall Tucker Band, Robert Earl Keen, and many, many more! Tickets and more information are available at www.merlefest.org. Tune in to Both Kinds Radio this Sunday from 4pm to 6pm after the NC State baseball game coverage to win a pair of tickets to a day of MerleFest!