PineCone Winter Music Festival January 30-31 @ Meymandi Hall

PineCone, The Piedmont Council of Traditional Music will proudly put on their Winter Music Festival this Saturday and Sunday at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh.The first night features Raleigh's own Tift Merrit with a special appearance by Raleigh's Community School Choir, the one and only Kris Kristofferson, Tony Rice Unit, Telluride Bluegrass band champion Bearfoot. Sunday's 2:00 pm performance showcases the very best in traditional and contemporary Bluegrass with famed mandolin player and singer Ricky Scaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder, Dale Ann Bradley, Micheal Cleveland & Flamekeeper, plus Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass. Tickets available online.

Recommended listening:

Kris Kristofferson - "Sunday Morning Coming Down"

Tift Merrit - "Good Hearted Man"

Tony Rice Unit - "Tipper"

Ricky Scaggs and Kentucky Thunder - "I'm Ready to Go"

Correction

The Old Ceremony is playing at The Pour House this Friday night with A Floating Action. My apologies for any confusion.

An Evening with Vince Gill

The Durham Performing Arts Center welcomes one of country's finest to the stage Friday evening. Vince Gill has maintained a position of respect and admiration from in the world of country music. He has kept a loyal fan base since he started out back in the 70's with Pure Prairie League, garnering 20 Grammy awards, 40 top twenty singles, and the sale of 22 million albums. Vince Gill is on top of the world.

Recommended Listening:

Go Rest High on that Mountain

Liza Jane

This Weekend

The Old Ceremony will deliver their signature potent brand of pop- noir Friday night at the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro and Saturday night at the Pour House in Raleigh. Former Flat Duo Jets front-man Dex Romweber and his sister - now together as The Dex Romweber Duo - will open for the Cradle gig and mellow rockers Floating Action will play first at the Pour House. The Old Ceremony is out supporting their latest studio effort Walk on Thin Air.

Recommended Listening:

The Old Ceremony - Walk on Thin Air

The Dex Romweber Duo - The Wind Did Move w/ Jack White

Floating Action - Say Goodbye

Zappa Plays Zappa @ The Lincoln Theatre Wednesday night

That's right folks! Frank Zappa's legacy lives on through the work of his son, Dweezil, and a handpicked group of musicians talented enough to perform the perplex awe inspiring work of the late, great Frank Zappa. The Mozart of rock would smile with approval from the great beyond if he knew the degree of perfection with which his son is recreating the Frank Zappa canon and live experience. Get your tickets online or at the Lincoln Theater box office.

Recommended listening:

• Zombie Woof

The Great Cover Up

Tir Na Nog in Raleigh is hosting The Great Cover Up this weekend. Local bands dress up themselves both musically and physically as they do their best to be the best.

(picture from New Raleigh.com )

This Weekend

The Rosebuds will be performing at The Pour House both Friday and Saturday night. Joining them Friday evening will be Lonnie Walker and Megafaun, two bands to keep an eye on as they rise up from Raleigh onward to greener pastures. Lonnie Walker plays curiously verbose punk rock stirred with a healthy dose of fast talkin' country while Megafauns folksy mellow style calls for relaxed homespun tracks to keep the audience intrigued. Saturday night, Durham's Hammer on no More the Fingers will be pushing their latest record Looking for Bruce.

Recommended Listening :

Megafaun - Lazy Suicide

Lonnie Walker - Comppass Comforts

Hammer on no More the Fingers - Nobody Knows

The Rosebuds - Boxcar

Also, Erie Choir is playing at The Local 506 tonight.

The Master of Space and Time @ The Lincoln Theater 12-7

It is an honor to have someone of Leon Russell's stature playing an intimate club setting like The Lincoln Theater. Maybe now that he has resigned his post as one of the most in demand musicians around he can tone it down a bit. Throughout the 60's, 70's, and 80's Russell was working around the clock as a session musician with the likes of B.B. King, Phil Spector, and Bob Dylan while appearing onstage with everyone from George Harrison to Jerry Garcia. Russell's work with Joe Cocker on The Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour secured his moniker as "the master of space and time" out of awe and respect from fellow musicians. His trademark gravelly voice and southern tinged bluesy soulful style paired with an amazing talent as a pianist made him one of the hardest working men in the music business. He stands today as one of the greats.

Recommended Listening :

• A Song for You

• Tight Rope
  

The Moderate - Thursday @ The Pour House

We welcome The Moderate back to Raleigh this Thursday night at the Pour House for a homecoming performance and progress report to all of us here. Still promoting their first full length album , The Rest it Up to You, The Moderate is gaining speed and absorbing experience at every turn giving each audience a fresh take on their personalized brand of rock. The album speaks volumes to their ability to rise above the rest vocally, and charge ahead instrumentally. The live show leaves us wanting more. Purchase The Rest is Up to You on I-tunes.

Recommended Listening:

• Chapel Hill


• The Rest is up to You

Also, you can purchase your Augustus Roark shirts for 20 % off at the show.