As always, Tir Na Nog Irish Pub and WKNC 88.1 FM have put together a great schedule for Local Beer Local Band. Join us this week as we celebrate DJ Cantona’s birthday with music by Maple Stave, Auxes and (Double Barrel Benefit 4 alumnus) Fin Fang Foom. It’s FREE and our friends 21 and up can enjoy tasty local beer specials.
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Boxbomb vocalist and guitarist Ryan Gustafson will be in the WKNC studio today for an interview at 1 p.m. Durham’s Gustafson has been working on a solo project and will be performing tomorrow, August 6 at Local 506.
Tune in to hear him fill us in on life as a solo artist and what’s next for him in his music career.
Check out his music here.
Summer Reggae Fest 2009 featuring Dub Addis, Mickey Mills & Steel, and Tony Dread & Give Thanks Band will be on the scene at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC this Friday, August 14.
Here at WKNC’s Strictly Reggae, we do our best to keep an eye out for great local acts, and when I found these tickets in the studio it was a definite eye catcher. This shows promises to be a hit as Dub Addis, one of the best roots reggae bands on the east coast, will perform. Dub Addis has roots in Ethiopia, the holy land of reggae music and Rastafarian culture, so it is fitting that their sound is authentic and rich with African rhythm and roots music. Having seen them live before, I can promise they will not disappoint. Mickey Mills, a legendary steel drummer, also brings weight to the line-up. With a long history in reggae music you now have a chance to see true musicians at work. Congratulations to Greg Chase who won a pair of tickets last week. Be sure to stay tuned for your chance to snag a pair.
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A Prodigal’s Return
Dear, dear Americana Blues & Company listeners. This is Sweet Annie Rich here, back from a summer-long hiatus and announcing here that I have returned to the glorious Triangle area to fill your ears with sweet, sweet tunes once again. I’m sure that DJ Caid has done well in my absence (he even wished me a happy twenty-first birthday, I heard, and I would like you all to know I had not imbibed nearly as much as he implied). “Oh, Sweet Annie,” you might ask, “where have you been all this time?”
Dearest listeners, if I told you I’d have to kill you.
Rather than meet certain death and wondering at my past three months’ whereabouts, I suggest tuning in this Saturday, August 8th. I’m back on the air, folks, and I’m gonna be here for a good long while once again.
All this week, be listening to Underground on 88.1 FM for your chance to see Lil’ Wayne in concert. Live Nation presents Lil’ Wayne with special guests Soulja Boy, Young Jeezy, Drake, and Jeremih on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek. Former WKNC hip-hop music director DJ Nominal named Lil’ Wayne’s Carter III as one of his favorite hop-hop albums of 2008. Your first chance to win tickets is this Saturday, Aug. 1 during The 2.0 Show with D-Cutta.
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Local Beat preview 7/31/09
The Local Beat section of the WKNC blog has been keeping a low profile recently, in part because I’m a control freak and don’t want to tell someone else to do it instead, in part because I’ve been working on a research paper that’s due tomorrow, and in part because I’ve been moving out of a disgusting 6-person college student house all week.
But that doesn’t mean we’re not giving you more than your daily prescribed dose of local music tonight at 5pm. In fact, we’re ODing on it.
At 5:00 Violet Vector & The Lovely Lovelies and Mike Dillon of Gross Ghost will be by to talk about their show next Friday at Slim’s.
Then at 6:00 Jeff Crawford and Nick Jaeger of The Tomahawks–and every other band you’ve ever loved–will be playing some songs and chatting about the MS Open Eye Series. They’re playing tomorrow (Saturday 8/1) at the Open Eye Cafe in Carrboro at 8pm (suggested $5 donation to support Zach Terry’s MS Ride team).
And last but CERTAINLY not least is The Proclivities, who’ll be playing The Pour House Music Hall tonight alongside Modern Skirts and Heypenny. They’ll be stopping by right around 7:00.
And of course, in between all the chatter will be your favorite local music–and there’s so much good new local music right now it’s ridiculous. So tune in at 88.1 FM or wknc.org/listen. No, seriously: do it.
The Independent Weekly has recognized Durham producer 9th Wonder in the 2009 Indies Arts Awards. Formerly a member of the Little Brother trio, 9th Wonder is an instructor at N.C. Central University and produces with artists such as Ludacris on the side. He also won a Grammy for his work with Mary J. Blige.
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Schooner on WKNC Today
Reid Johnson, front man for local indie rock band Schooner, will be on WKNC today around 5:30 pm. He’ll bringing some brand spankin’ new tunes, as well, so don’t miss it.
As a side note, Schooner will be playing a show Friday at The Pinhook in Durham along with Lonnie Walker and a following dance party DJ’ed by yours truly. The show is at 10pm and is 21+, with a suggested $5 donation
- Bowerbirds –Upper Air
- Deradoorian –Mind Raft
- Magnolia Electric Co. –Josephine
- Double Dagger – More
- Dirty Projectors –Bitte Orca
- You And Your Effects – You And Your Effects
- Stardeath And White Dwarfs – The Birth
- Invisible Cities – Houses Shine Like Teeth
- Mew – No More Stories [EP]
- Ha Ha Tonka – Novel Sounds Of The Nouveau South
- Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
- Portland Cello Project – The Thao And Justin Power Sessions
- Wilco – Wilco (the Album)
- Deer Tick – Born On Flag Day
- Megafaun – Gather, Form, And Fly
- Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
- Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
- Light Pines – The Light Pines [EP]
- Tomahawks – Like A Horse On A Beach
- Portugal. The Man – The Satanic Satanists
- St. Vincent – Actor
- Violet Vector And The Lovely Lovelies – EP II [EP]
- Bronzed Chorus – I’m The Spring
- Sonic Youth – The Eternal
- Passion Pit – Manners
- Throw Me The Statue – Creaturesque
- Talbot Tagora – Lessons In The Woods Or A City
- Boogie Boarder – Pizza Hero
- Black Moth Super Rainbow – Eating Us
- Veelee – Three Sides
Compiled by Daytime Music Director Jenna St. Pierre
The Beastie Boy’s Adam Yauch was recently diagnosed with cancer in his salivary gland.
Fortunately, his voice will not be affected.
The Beastie Boy’s tour dates have been canceled and their new album, “Hot Sauce Committee Part 1,"will have its release date (originally mid-September) postponed.
Their appearance at Lollapalooza has been canceled. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs will take over the status of headliner.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7CH3M7cECI
More information can be found in his video announcement posted here.
We at WKNC 88.1 are bummed out big time about this and we wish for Adam to have a full recovery so he may continue rocking our faces off.