![]() ![]() Look at Wednesday and Indigo de Souza, two of the biggest North Carolinian names in music (we’re going to forget about DaBaby), but both arose with unique sounds and flavors originating from NC’s country, modern, hippie town of Asheville thanks to the special culture brewed there. In a far-fetched way that somehow connects in my mind, I can see the way local bands are influenced by their surroundings. ![]() What’s a WKNC music blog writer supposed to enjoy about agriculture? Well, local food and business influence the ways people think, especially budding and current local musicians. With many interactive exhibits like watching livestock prize shows, learning about the agri-business throughout the years in history exhibits and witnessing prize crops being showcased, any fair-goer can experience the amount of wealthy pride exuding from contestants and farmers alike. Not only does it educate us about the state’s agricultural history, but it promotes community involvement with it too. “…the State Fair has become a traditional fall-time event that aims to educate all North Carolinians about the importance of agriculture to our heritage and our economy” From NC State Fair’s website. Here’s a teeny bit of the purpose of North Carolina’s State Fair: I will regale thee with tales of scrumptious foods, boisterous bands and even look longingly at puppy treats. 1, and recent singles “Young,” “Best Hands” and “I Want It Faster,” this is Alicia Blue’s moment in time.Welcome one, welcome all to my glorious writings about North Carolina’s State Fair. ![]() Kicking off from her very first singles, the heart-shattering country crooners “Magma” and “Incognito” through deeper self-revelations and evaluations on her 2021 EP, Inner Child Work, Pt. “I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t meet him,” shares Blue, “because I wouldn’t be in music.”įor Blue, who released her debut Bravebird in 2020 and recently covered Jane’s Addiction’s 1987 classic “ Janes Says” -and even got big praise from the band’s frontman Perry Farrell for her rendition - her work has just begun. Eventually, Hayes opened Blue’s world to everything about music-blues, soul, jazz-forever transforming her life. Hearing funk music blasting from his sixth-floor apartment, at first Blue considered turning around and leaving. “The moment I walked in,” says Blue, “I felt like I came home.” A poet with no aspirations to be a musician, Blue vividly remembers first meeting the late soul artist, who had toured with Little Richard and was a big part of England’s Northern soul scene in the late 1960s. In 2012, Alicia Blue quit her job and started cleaning houses, and found Malcolm Clark Hayes, Jr. one rainy Christmas Eve as she searched for her next client’s apartment in Thai Town in Los Angeles. “Because the songs were written before they were ever played live, we were less concerned with sticking to a live sound.” She added, “Space has always been a kind of fourth instrument in our sound, especially because we are such minimalists.” -Tina Benitez-EvesĪlicia Blue (Photo: Tammie Valer / Reybee, Inc.) “We stuck to our original formula, which is very minimal, but added a bit more experimentation in the studio,” said Glaudini in a recent interview with American Songwriter. Hissing around a buzz of synth and drums, Excess threads the current state of affairs and questions how far we’ve come and retracted from progression from the marching reminder of the many faces one must wear “On the Edge” and gazing “Skyscraper” through the burdens of the future generation on the darker pop and punk pulsing “Teen Beat” or gouging the superfluous state of culture and consumerism-and where there’s an escape, there’s a way-on rousing “New Beginning.” Made up of vocalist Izzy Glaudini, drummer Lola Dompé, and bassist Halle Saxon, in between touring with post-punk legends Bauhaus and releasing their third album, Excess, in 2022, their trajectory has been fully automated. Within their more modernized repertoire, Los Angeles alternative, experimental trio Automatic has captured the essence of some electronic, post-punk new waves of the past. Automatic Automatic (Photo: Dana Trippe / Grandstand Media) ![]()
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