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Aaron Burdett "Going Home to Carolina" From more than two hundred entries submitted in Our State magazine's first-ever singer/songwriter competition, Aaron Burdett's song "Going Home to Carolina", has emerged as
Aaron Burdett "Going Home to Carolina" From more than two hundred entries submitted in Our State magazine's first-ever singer/songwriter competition, Aaron Burdett's song "Going Home to Carolina", has emerged as
From more than two hundred entries submitted in Our State magazine’s first-ever singer/songwriter competition, Aaron Burdett’s song “Going Home to Carolina”, has emerged as the winner. The competition called for original, North Carolina inspired songs that celebrate the place we call home. It was judged by a panel of local industry professionals.
“As judges, we had a great opportunity to hear some passionate songs about North Carolina,” said Rhiannon Giddens, lead singer of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, “Aaron did a wonderful job capturing the strong connection that I think all of us feel about the state.”
Watch the Aaron Burdett Band play a live version of “Going Home to Carolina.”
Burdett wrote the song while living out West, but the tune and lyrics were born out of a deep longing to return to his home state of North Carolina.
Burdett did return. He lives in Saluda and is a regular in the Asheville music scene, having just released his fourth album, Breathing Underwater. Burdett has collaborated on his past albums with members of Big Daddy Love, Acoustic Syndicate, Free Planet Radio, and Snake Oil Medicine Show. He has also opened for the Avett Brothers.
Burdett will receive a $500 prize, professional production of the song in a recording studio, and the opportunity to perform at various events and festivals across the state.
For decades, a remote piece of Currituck County has been a respite for wildlife. Now under the protection of conservationists, this land, the waters surrounding it, and the skies above will remain a constant in our coastal circle of life.
On North Carolina’s coast, boardwalks wind alongside our sounds, rivers, and beaches, reminding us that the journey is often just as delightful as the destination.
