Quadeca
Quadeca has partnered with City of Hope, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the organization’s efforts to advance cancer research, provide lifesaving treatments, and support children and families facing cancer.City of Hope Website · Instagram
Bill Moore and his Secret Admirers, The Carolina Junebugs
Bill Moore and his Secret Admirers perform the most original country music you’ll hear East of the Appalachian mountains. With a blend of bluegrass, rockabilly, doo-wop and electricity, they bring a crackling hillbilly honesty to every performance. The band is headed by Bill Moore, a Chapel-Hill born-and-bred picker with a penchant for snappy dressing, who writes much of the group’s material. Whether they’re knocking you out with some rip-roaring hollering or easing you down with beautiful old-time harmony, this group has Carolina Country Flair in higher levels than you’re liable to see anywhere else. The Carolina Junebugs are a folk trio based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The band consists of three North Carolina natives: Emma Bishop, Ellary Smith, and Booth Bassett. They met during the Spring semester of 2025 as students and members of the Carolina Bluegrass Band at UNC Chapel Hill. They released their first EP “Down in the Valley” in December 2025
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East Nash Grass
How did East Nash Grass follow up their 2024 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) award for Best New Artist? By earning a nomination for Entertainer of the Year, IBMA’s highest honor, in 2025, and celebrating fiddler Maddie Denton’s win as Fiddler of the Year. In short, East Nash Grass have quickly established themselves as the fresh new face of Nashville’s storied bluegrass tradition, a supergroup of rising stars: Grand Master Fiddle champion Denton is joined by banjo player Cory Walker (banjo player on the five-time nominated “Carter & Cleveland” album this year, among numerous accolades), 2022 IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year Harry Clark, and new guitar player Frank Rische. This is an all-star band that harkens back to the sort of talent collected in the original Blue Grass Boys and a powerhouse leader of the next generation in bluegrass excellence. Rolling Stone had them among the “best of what we saw” at RockyGrass in 2025, praising their “rowdy set of high-octane bluegrass numbers,” and noting, “The group itself is a rapidly-rising force on the national touring scene.” And “rowdy” is right. They are far more than just a group of impressive instrumental technicians, building on night after night of three-set gigs on Nashville’s East Side, playing tiny stages for the love of it between tours backing bigger acts. It’s a hard-forged bond that translates into an infectious on-stage energy that audiences can’t seem to get enough of. With their new release, “All God’s Children” (Mountain Fever, August 22, 2025), they show a depth and feel, too, that goes well beyond the traditional bluegrass fair, with nods to Gypsy jazz and East Village folk, and eye toward moving bluegrass forward and keeping it from being too mired in the past. If East Nash Grass isn’t the future of the genre it’s only because they’re already among its leading lights. Website · Facebook · Instagram
Bitchin Bajas
The next album from Bitchin Bajas — the trio of Cooper Crain, Rob Frye and Daniel Quinlivan — is near! The successor to 2022’s Bajascillators glides easily into frame, but once there, Inland See is deceptively immediate: four songs, entirely within themselves, all together forming an essential whole. Inland See is out September 26; the lead single “Skylarking” arrives today with a new visualizer featuring visuals by Nick Ciontea. With every successive Bitchin Bajas release, we see that the real key for them is a sense of discovery, that tingle that comes when you feel something breaking through. The sky opening up. Take “Skylarking”: a remarkable construction, built to and fro in the ether, but with a deceptive grasp of four-on-the-floor rhythm. A space dance that achieves completion in almost aggressive terms — aggressive like an oxygen bath! — showcasing jewels from their world music and jazz archives, then returning to their undulous source drone, riding smoothly back into silence. The stuff that fills this Inland See holds you up powerfully, as if you’re floating, saltwater or helium-wise — effervescent, effortless, elemental. This music was mostly written on the road. It’s an unusual happening for Bitchin Bajas! They were open for it, though — the landmarked Bajascillators kept them out there for a while, and when inspiration struck, there they’re rolling. When it was time to render it to tape and find the record there, they did the whole thing at Electrical Audio, recorded in Studio B by Cooper. Recording all together in the room there lent a sense of space, which they dug and captured as natural as possible. No reverb at all added after the fact. Some additional recording and mixing was done at home by the Bajas, then Phil Baljeu did up the art. Soon enough, Inland See is flowing toward you, through the hi-fi — and you’ll feel it all in the air. Bandcamp
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River Shook (Full Band) Album Release Tour
River Shook is an artist in constant evolution. After a decade spent making their mark on country music, River Shook is closing the door on their first project (Sarah Shook & the Disarmers) and entering an exciting new era, debuting as a solo artist. River’s reputation for writing galvanizing, strikingly honest lyrics, and their penchant for tapping elements of Indie rock and pop have forever cemented them as a country artist who energetically pushes the boundaries of their genre into a new frontier. River has delivered fiery fusions of country music and rock n’ roll all over the USA, Canada, and Europe, selling out headlining shows at home and abroad. Whether they’re backed by a full band or appearing as a duo, River Shook is hitting the road in 2026 with their unmistakable voice, a growing collection of brand new songs, smoking talent, and the promise of real, raw, unforgettable live shows. Onstage and off, River Shook isn’t just an artist – they’re a force of nature. Website
Anne-Claire Album Release
What is the current carrying us? Do we swim against it, or do we drift at its mercy? On the stunning and immersive EP Do You Dream of Me Too?, Anne-Claire delves into a dreamworld of desperation and redemption with sweeping orchestral arrangements and powerful vocal performances that trace the shape of the answers just outside our reach. On her 2018 debut I Still Look for You and the 7” follow-up Jean Jacket, Anne-Claire covered a vast pop terrain, ranging from jazz and soul to synth-drive dance floor anthems. But as the isolation of COVID lockdown set in, she felt a growing distance from the sounds that had sustained her first releases, and like so many of us she looked inward for answers. Or more specifically, backward— into her past, to the American songbook and big-band songs she was raised on. The tight composition, lush instrumentation, and dramatic scope of her influences opened a path forward for her songwriting, away from the personal coming of age focus of her early releases and into a more unsettled, exploratory balance between image and narrative. Do You Dream of Me Too? embodies this new approach with orchestral arrangements conducted and recorded live at Manifold Studio in Pittsboro, NC. The legendary Chris Stamey provided the arrangement for opening track “Night of the Hunter,” while Triangle luminary Jeff Crawford (Watchhouse, The Dead Tongues) arranged the title track. Other arrangements come from Anne-Claire’s longtime collaborator and husband Charles Cleaver and the virtuosic Sinclair Palmer (Anjimile, Tallest Man on Earth). Together, these players and composers give Anne-Claire her richest palette yet, and a fully worthy accompaniment to one of North Carolina’s truly incredible voices. Anne-Claire’s vocal performance ranges from haunting to starkly intimate to exuberant and almost recklessly playful—a range that could only find its full expression against the dynamic composition she and her collaborators have found here. Do You Dream of Me Too? is unlike any other record in recent memory from the Triangle. Studied but irreverent, composed but far-reaching, it blends genres and vernaculars into a single captivating trance, with one of our most startling and inimitable voices at its center. What is it we feel pulling us? The answer isn’t simple, but it is here.
Grand Y’all Opry
Welcome to the very first Grand Y’all Opry, a celebration of everyone’s favorite classic and outlaw country songs that made country music timeless. Inspired by the spirit of the Grand Ole Opry, this one-of-a-kind evening brings together many of your favorite local country and alt-country artists, each stepping up to the mic as a featured guest backed by The All Y’all Country All-Stars. Throughout the night you’ll hear classic country, outlaw country, and honky-tonk favorites from legends like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Linda Ronstadt, and more. Featuring guest performers:John Howie, Charles Latham, Max Lane, Ramona Martinez, Dave Hedeman, Nick Parker, Paco Marvellie, Hailey Brighton, Eliza Mae, Jason Bales, Jesse Fox, Savannah Samuel & More. The night kicks off with a special opening set from Ramona & The Holy Smokes, before the Grand Y’all Opry transforms the room into one giant honky-tonk filled with singalongs, surprise collaborations, and the classic country music that brings us all together. Whether you’re a lifelong country fan or just looking for a great night out, come raise a glass, sing along, and help us make history at the inaugural Grand Y’all Opry. Website
Harvey Street
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