Local Music

Singer / songwriter Tift Merritt and visual artist Thomas Sayre explore the unorthodox making of an upcoming show at the Cameron Art Museum called Four Walls.In this episode, Sayre raises questions about the sacred structures that undergird society, Tift Merritt interrogates the form of concert, and CAM Executive Director Heather Wilson explains why the ongoing challenge to previously-accepted concepts is part of her job.

He won a spot on Blake Shelton's last team in 2023, after caving to family pressure to audition for the NBC show. And that's when the way Carlos Rising thought about his musical talent began to shift.

Wilmington’s music scene is “on fire.” That’s according to one of our guests on this edition of CoastLine. While local music lovers mourn the closing of…

The Girls Choir-Susan Savia-Stray Local-The Jewell's-Laura McLean-John Fonvielle-Catesby Jones--and on and on. Dozens of musicians will perform songs by…

Hip-hop artist Fuzz Jackson has been making music in Wilmington for 20 years. He just put out an album with Sam Brown called Leg Sweep Specialist. Listen…

Singer/songwriters Justin Lacy and Sarah Royal met last January and quickly started a duo: Slow Dance. To celebrate their first year together making…

Sisters Rebecca and Roxanna Goudarzi are musicians from Wilmington, now working in Charlotte, NC and Los Angeles. They perform together as The Rosannah…

The Bluegrass Jam has been going on at Satellite Bar & Lounge for over 6 years. Every Sunday night around 6:00, musicians gather and make music-you never…

The Grand Shell Game, a band from Carrboro, has been making music for about 2 years. Singer/songwriter Eric-Scott Guthrie brought the musicians together;…

The band Dirty White Rags has been playing original music for the past 5 years. The band has just released a long-awaited EP, Junk Mail For Strangers…