by Rob Laughter | Feb 2, 2019 | Live Shows
Chapel Hill, NC based Mandolin Orange released their latest album, Tides of a Teardrop, earlier today, celebrating with a sold out show in Durham, NC’s Durham Performing Arts Center. The new album includes ten original tracks, ranging from the duo’s signature...
by Rob Laughter | Nov 15, 2018 | Live Shows
Bluegrass legends Hot Rize appeared in Raleigh’s Meymandi Concert Hall as part of their 40th anniversary tour. Hometown favorite Andrew Marlin of Mandolin Orange and Seattle-based multi-instrumentalist Eli West opened the show with a one-mic acoustic set...
by Rob Laughter | Sep 20, 2018 | Live Shows
As the sun set on Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC, Nashville-based Americana superstars Old Crow Medicine Show was just getting the party started. Folk rock group Dawes opened the evening’s show, treating the audience to a crunchy, vintage rock sound that I...
by Rob Laughter | Aug 11, 2018 | Live Shows
I’ve been waiting for this show for three months. One of the best known names in bluegrass music, Sam Bush, was coming to my neck of the woods, and I had a front row seat. The Venue I arrived at Carrboro, NC’s iconic music venue, Cat’s Cradle, an...
by Rob Laughter | Aug 11, 2018 | Live Shows
It’s fun when friends come to town. That’s why I couldn’t pass up the chance to see Cane Mill Road when their tour brought them to Lorraine’s Coffee House in Garner, NC. Lorraine’s Coffee House was founded by Carolina Road’s...
by Rob Laughter | Aug 1, 2018 | Live Shows
North Carolina-based Mandolin Orange and Idaho native singer-songwriter Josh Ritter took the stage at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts in Boone, NC to record a live broadcast of the nationally syndicated radio show, eTown. Hosted by Hot Rize bass guitarist...