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Playlists

An Our State Playlist: Cornbread & Butterbeans — A Culinary Collection

You might work up an appetite when you listen to our curated Spotify playlist featuring 20 songs by North Carolina artists about some of our favorite Southern foods.

by Mark Kemp
Playlists

An Our State Playlist: Carolina Country

Trace the roots of country music in the Old North State with our curated Spotify playlist featuring 30 songs by North Carolina musicians.

by Mark Kemp
Playlists

An Our State Playlist: The North Carolina Music Primer

Our curated Spotify playlist features a selection of 10 songs about North Carolina that every North Carolinian should know.

by Mark Kemp
August 2010

Southern Twang: The Story of the Banjo

Pluck one string, and images start forming: rural family gatherings, dirt-floor dances, and simple picking on a porch as the sun sets. Few instruments conjure place more powerfully than the banjo.

by Nic Brown
September 2007

The Origin of Carolina Chocolate Drops

With the help of a seasoned veteran, three young musicians have rediscovered the tradition of the African-American string-bands of the Piedmont.

by Diane Silcox-Jarrett

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