Broadway and Beyond Friday at LCC
Plans are underway for Lenoir Community College’s 17th annual Broadway and Beyond to be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, in the Waller Building Auditorium. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with pre-concert...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Joan Osborne and Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey
New album: Love And Hate Artist: Joan Osborne Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Label: eOne Joan Osborne is known to most people as the singer of the 1995 hit “One Of Us,” as in “...what if God was one of...
View ArticleDate set for Heritage Blues Festival
The Havelock-Cherry Point Rotary Club and the Havelock Chamber of Commerce have scheduled the annual Havelock Heritage Blues Festival and Reverse Raffle for 7 p.m. April 25 at the Havelock Tourist and...
View ArticleConcert band to give spring show
The University of Mount Olive spring band concert is scheduled for April 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Mount Olive Assembly Hall located at 207 Wooten St. in Mount Olive. The concert is free and open to the...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Ikebe Shakedown and AC/DC
New album: Stone By Stone Artist: Ikebe Shakedown Label: Ubiquity Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Boston may not be the first place one would look for the latest in Afro-beat soul/jazz, but Ikebe...
View ArticleTown ready for Rose Festival
The Pink Hill Flower Fund just finished this year’s efforts to plant the hill pink. With 500 pink roses planted this year, 1,200 over the past four years, and an upcoming RoseFest that will be...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Medeski, Martin & Wood w/Nels Cline and Mountain
New album: Woodstock Sessions, Vol. 2 Artsit: Medeski, Martin & Wood w/Nels Cline Label: Burnside/Code 7 Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Since their formation in 1991, Medeski, Martin and Wood have...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Duke Ellington with Max Roach...
New album: Phosphorescent Harvest Artist: Chris Robinson Brotherhood Label: Silver Arrow Records Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 Black Crowes’ frontman Chris Robinson started the Chris Robinson Brotherhood...
View ArticleRoseFest Court named, money raised for festival
The Pink Hill third annual 2014 Rose Court’s Coronation was recently held at the Pink Hill Elementary School. This year’s Rose Fest Court raised $7,170.35 for the Pink Hill Preservation &...
View ArticleJeffcott and Band to stage farewell performance at library
On May 27, one of the Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library’s most frequent musical contributors will be filling the Schechter Auditorium with the sweet sounds of jazz one last time. The Kinston-Lenoir...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Brian Eno/Karl Hyde and Gregg Allman/Various Artists
New album: Someday World Artist: Brian Eno/Karl Hyde Label: Warp Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Brian Eno is known to most as a former member of Roxy Music, an ambient music pioneer and the co-producer of...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Black Keys and Aretha Franklin
New album: Turn Blue Artist: The Black Keys Label: Nonesuch Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 The Black Keys have previously recycled the blues into something enterprising hipsters think is new, and “Turn...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Coldplay and Morphine
New album: Ghost Stories Artist: Coldplay Label: Atlantic/Parlophone Rating: 2 stars out of 5 If Coldplay front man Chris Martin’s earnest wimpitude ever bothered you in the past, the new “Ghost...
View ArticlePerformer with local roots at Grainger June 8
Actor/singer/dancer Sean Seymour, a recent graduate of the University of Michigan, is returning home to North Carolina to perform a special concert for area friends before moving to New York City....
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Sharon Van Etten and Pink Floyd
New album: Are We There Artist: Sharon Van Etten Label: Jagjaguar Rating: 4 stars out of 5 If you take her songs to heart, Sharon Van Etten should probably seek counseling. Although Van Etten’s voice...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Bob Mould and Otis Rush
New album: Beauty & Ruin Artist: Bob Mould Label: Merge Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Bob Mould’s latest album “Beauty & Ruin” is his boldest work since his days fronting Husker Du. Like a loud,...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Jose James and The Who
New album: While You Were Sleeping Artist: Jose James Label: Blue Note Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Jose James’ fifth album “While You Were Sleeping” features more musical genres than most radio stations....
View ArticleTop 20 movies
(AP) — Sequels reigned supreme at the weekend box office. Sony's buddy-cop comedy "22 Jump Street" debuted in the top spot with $57 million, followed closely by Fox's animated adventure "How to...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Willie Nelson and Marvin Gaye
New album: Band Of Brothers Artist: Willie Nelson Label: Sony Legacy Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 People who don’t even particularly like country music like Willie Nelson, and anyone who has ever like...
View ArticleNovelist, David Letterman writer Bill Scheft talks to the Free Press
On this episode of the Free Press Radio Show, novelist and long time David Letterman writer Bill Scheft talks to Bryan Hanks and Jon Dawson about his new novel SHRINK THYSELF. During this insightful...
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