To understand yourself, you must first know where you come from. You’re raised on family stories, and you come to learn that your features, your ways of doing things, are marked by your heritage. Four books with North Carolina ties are rooted in this legacy.
North Carolina Brass Band is the state’s newest professional music ensemble.
In a show imported from New York to Greensboro, tap shoes and trumpets join Mary at the manger.
In North Carolina, our culinary history is held fast by tradition: A pot of collards, sweet from the first frost. Sorghum syrup, just poured. Four books tell the tales of our Southern palates and preferred plates.
With several consecutive hits on country radio, including “Carolina” and “Already Callin’ You Mine,” homegrown band Parmalee is establishing itself as a beloved national act. We chat with lead singer Matt Thomas about the group’s North Carolina roots and newfound success ahead of its homecoming concert at East Carolina University.
Watch Look Homeward perform "Heads Hung Tall" and "Motown" in their Chapel Hill dome home.
With a talent — and a repertoire — that spans opera to gospel, bluegrass to blues, a native songbird cherishes her North Carolina identity as she hits the big gigs, and the big time.
If you thought storytelling was as simple as telling a story, then you’ve never been on a stage, in the spotlight, microphone in hand, in front of hundreds of people with no idea where the tale you’re telling is going — and all you can do is hold on for the ride.
Forget the idea that the piano is an indoor instrument. Tom Merrigan has.
