Album reviews: Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite and Count Basie
New album: Get Up! Artist: Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite Label: Concord/Stax Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Charlie Musselwhite and Ben Harper have spent their careers perfecting all types of...
View ArticleJ.Locke coming to Vernon Park Mall
A concert Saturday at the Vernon Park Mall promises singing, dancing and something for everyone. The big name is J.Locke, a North Carolina native who has generated interest around the country and on...
View ArticleConcert to celebrate African American Music Trail
WILSON — The Arts Council of Wilson is planning a special concert to celebrate the African American Music Trail with Rhythm & Blues legends and The Monitors Saturday at the historic Boykin Center...
View ArticleLizzy Ross Band comes to Kinston Friday
The Lizzy Ross Band has been touring professionally since 2009, and the group will bring its music to The Red Room Friday. The group includes Luis Rodriguez on the guitar, Max Palmer on the drums and...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Ultraista and Charley Pride
New album: Ultraista Artist: Ultraista Label: Temporary Residence Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Ultraista is a trio consisting of producer Nigel Godrich, session drummer to the stars Joey Waronker and...
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NNENNA FREELON/Kinston World class vocalist Nnenna Freelon will spend an intimate cabaret evening with her audience Saturday at the Community Council for the Arts, 400 N. Queen St. An up close cabaret...
View ArticleInaugural ‘Second Sunday Series’ to feature classic love songs
A collection of love songs, setting the mood for Valentine’s Day, will be performed Sunday by a trio well honed in performance. The first concert of the Second Sunday Series — sponsored by the...
View ArticleOral history event celebrates Black History Month
In days gone by, much time was spent on front porches or in the yard under shade trees telling and listening to stories. These were history lessons of the people, the land, the times, and often...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: My Bloody Valentine and Barry White
New album: MBV Artist: My Bloody Valentine Label: mbv Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Just before My Bloody Valentine dropped off the face of the earth in the early 1990s, the band released the seminal...
View ArticleAll aboard!
The Kinston Area Railroad Modelers Association will host its 10th annual Model Train Show and open house Saturday and Sunday. Views of KARMA’s own layout will be joined by operating model train...
View ArticleIn the galleries
New exhibits at the Community Council for the Arts will be on display through Feb. 28. A reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday will celebrate three local African-American artists as part of the Black...
View ArticleNeuse River Music Fest starts Friday
The Neuse River Music Fest is Friday and Saturday in the Lenoir Community College gym on Highway 70 East. RV hook-ups are available for all campers, food will be available by Bojangles. for RV...
View ArticleMiss Neuse program set for Saturday
Plan to join Sierra Waller, Miss Neuse 2012, as she relinquishes her crown to the winner of the 2013 Miss Neuse Scholarship Program, to be held Saturday night. Sponsored by and benefiting Hugo...
View ArticleExhibits on view in arts center galleries
"Change," an acrylic painting by Lessette Kornegay, is among her works in a display on exhibit in the Minges and Rayner Galleries of the Community Council for the Arts, 400 N. Queen St. Kornegay is a...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Horsecops and R.E.M.
New album: Dissolve (e.p.) Artist: Horsecops Label: Come Sunday Rating: 4 stars out of 5 It must be tough for a young rock band to find an identity in 2013. If they emulate their heroes they’ll be...
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LAWSON LECTURE/Goldsboro Bea Latham, who works for the Bath State Historic Site, will be the guest speaker at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Wayne County Museum, 116 N. William St. Latham will speak about the...
View ArticleMusic charts
Billboard 200: 1. Babel — Mumford & Sons 2. 2013 Grammy Nominees — Various Artists 3. Unorthodox Jukebox — Bruno Mars 4. Red — Taylor Swift 5. All That Echoes — Josh Groban Pop songs: 1. I Knew...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Emmylou Harris/Rodney Crowell and Ray Charles
New album: Old Yellow Moon Artist: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell Label: Nonesuch Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell have collaborated in many forms over the past three...
View ArticleGrainger Hill’s second Sunday Series to feature ECU ensemble
Fresh on the heels of a well received Valentine show, The Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center will present the second of four concerts to entice young and the young at heart, in its premier Second...
View ArticleKinstonian to present 'Hymnprov'
Kinston native Clay Whittington will present ‘Hymnprov’ at 7 p.m. Sunday at The Morehead Center, 1311 Arendell St., Morehead City. This concert is a series of hymns done in Whittington’s unique style...
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