The song of our state has no final note. One writer knows that some of the sounds that make up its symphony live forever, belonging always and only to North Carolina.
LIVING IN NORTH CAROLINA
Kinston’s Joyful Noise
In a century-old sanctuary in Lenoir County, an organist fills the air with music that sounds from pulpit to pew — reverent, radiant, and rooted in tradition.
Run Straight, Run Loud
For nearly 70 years, a racetrack in Cleveland County has rumbled with the thunder of drag racing — and one man’s love of speed, family, and red clay.
County Fair Spirit
Amid dazzling lights and a rollicking soundtrack, county fairs keep us close to our rural roots.
North Carolina Dialects
Led by a professor who sees himself as an “accidental linguist,” a nonprofit program at NC State celebrates dialect diversity and shows that the way we speak is something to be embraced.
Echoes in the Pines
In the hush of the Piedmont woods, a red-tailed hawk screes out — and one listener follows the call of birds, memory, and family through time.
Night Music
Nighttime fishing excursions attune the ears to the unseen creatures that make up nature’s chorus, each singing its own song in the dark.
Greensboro’s Green Hill Billies
A group of volunteers repairs and cleans the gravestones of the Gate City’s oldest public cemetery to honor those who came before them and beautify what they see as hallowed ground.
Sounds of Home
From ocean breezes to mountain winds, whistles to fiddles, a music rooted in place and memory travels across North Carolina.
