Members only New Music Seeing Sounds: End-of-Summer Edition Catching up on a surfeit of late summer music videos, from TiaCorine, Reuben Vincent, MESSIAH!, sosocamo, and more.
Opinion A New Radical Arts Movement Emerges From The Birthplace of Funk Channeling a rich legacy of resistance and Black ingenuity in Kinston, NC.
Members only The Scene Rebirth of the Cool Talking with Art of Cool cofounder Cicely Mitchell about the upcoming Missy Lane's Block Party — a years-in-the-making tribute to jazz, Durham, and do-overs.
The Scene PHOTOS: Raleighwood Fest 2025 A milestone indie music moment in Raleigh, through the lenses of Isaac Aiello and Jeyhoun Allebaugh.
Q&A Inside The Revolutionary Lineage That Led to Tupac A new book explores the radical influences (including his Black Panther, Lumberton, NC-raised mother) that shaped the late rapper's life, and still emanate through his pop culture mythology today.
Members only Q&A Shame Gang Has Put In The Work On the doorstep of his first major release in two years, the Raleigh-based, "blue-collar" artist's hustle and knack for relationship-building continues to bear fruit.
Opinion North Carolina's Senators Give Local Music a Nice Big Middle Finger With its series "Shaped By Sound," PBS NC put a spotlight on acts like Reuben Vincent, Sonny Miles and Shirlette Ammons. Months later, Sens. Tillis and Budd voted to cut $4 million of their funding.
Members only The Scene What Happened to Hip-Hop at Hopscotch? The latest Hopscotch lineup is a sign that the genre isn’t being taken seriously by the festival — or by the Triangle region as a whole.
Members only Q&A Inbox Intro: Sacredd919 Emailing with the 21-year-old Durham native about his city, his message, and making the choice to finally embrace rap.
Members only New Music Month 101: June The biggest and best releases from an unreasonably hot month in North Carolina.
Members only Opinion Bad Look An indie artist on the increasingly high cost of getting people to pay attention.
Members only The Scene And We're Just Getting Started: Reuben & Friends Celebrates Year 2 on Juneteenth Righteousness! A Thursday night in CLT, celebrating Black artistry.
Members only Q&A Billy Bill Lets His Life Do The Talking The veteran DJ and owner of Raleigh’s Lookout Music & Media on music, social media and living his purpose.
Super Empty Threw An Event. It Was Awesome. An only slightly biased recounting of our first-ever event, a Durham screening for Nigel Malone's "Carolina Noise."
Members only New Music What To Listen To This Week: June 18 Five NC-based tracks worth fitting into your busy schedule.
Members only Q&A Pre-Show: Tre. Charles Before stepping on stage in Saxapahaw last month, the evocative alt-R&B singer/songwriter paused to let us know what's on his mind.
Members only Q&A Does North Carolina Have a Sound? Talking with Nigel Malone about his new film on the identity of NC hip-hop, "Carolina Noise," before our joint screening event in Durham on June 12th.
Members only Opinion Cliques, Cults, and Community A Durham artist reflects on the triumphs and the challenges of an earlier, highly collaborative era in Triangle hip-hop — and the signs that a new one is on the way.
Members only The Scene A Family Reunion, And The Start of a Highly Anticipated Album Rollout Notes from Cyanca's KATINA listening party in Charlotte.
Q&A Inbox Intro: Lamaj Emailing with the rising Charlotte rapper about Yu Yu Hakusho, Mac Miller and more.
The Scene Dreamville Fest Is Too Good of a Party — And Business — To Shut Down A dispatch from the not-so-final installment of Dreamville, the biggest spectacle in North Carolina music.
Opinion What Should Be The Official Hip-Hop Song of North Carolina? Last week, a trio of state legislators proposed the Petey Pablo classic "Raise Up." But a more recent NC anthem comes to mind, too.
