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The Avett Brothers Unveil New Song “Neapolitan Sky”

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GRAMMY® Award-nominated North Carolina band The Avett Brothers share new song “Neapolitan Sky” today. It follows up the recently released “Roses and Sacrifice”and “Trouble Letting Go”, which closed out a banner 2018 for the group. Check out “Neapolitan Sky” HERE via American/Republic Records. To welcome the release, Scott Avett recorded this video to fans. Check it out here! Just this past month, The Avett Brothers unveiled their […]

J. Cole to Headline 2019 NBA All-Star Game Performances

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North Carolina’s J. Cole to Perform During Halftime; Meek Mill to Open the Night Charlotte’s Anthony Hamilton to Sing U.S. National Anthem; Carly Rae Jepsen to Sing Canadian National Anthem Prior to Tip-Off The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced today that 2019 GRAMMY® Award-nominated artist and North Carolina native J. Cole will take the court […]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s First Weeks in Washington

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In a special Intercept podcast episode, D.C. bureau chief Ryan Grim and senior politics editor Briahna Gray join freshman New York representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for an in-depth conversation about her approach to politics and social media, her thoughts on the 2020 presidential election, and her “out-of-nowhere” congressional campaign. Listen here. As a new member of […]

Yvonne Maria Lowery

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Yvonne Maria Irby was born on 14 October 1941 in Asheville, N.C. She is the firstborn of Mary Elvira Wilson and James Edward Irby. Both met and married in Washington DC. There were five children in that marriage. Yvonne was the eldest and was referred to as Irby. Her beautiful godmother MaryAnna helped raise, love […]

Devon Gilfillian

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Devon Gilfillian hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the most exciting young artists in Nashville’s burgeoning soul scene” released his new single, High today. Download/stream High HERE. “High was inspired by the spirit of letting go of the weight of treehr world and letting your worries float away” explains Devon Gilfillian. “On one hand, […]

Kandace Springs

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“Prince’s protoge spreads her wings on breathtakingly eclectic second album An accomplished pianist with a sensuous, smoky voice” MOJO “the soulful pianist and vocalist is self-assured, distinctive and strikingly contemporary.” WALL STREET JOURNAL Singer and pianist Kandace Springs has released her remarkable second album Indigo (Blue Note), a 13-track LP of originals and choice covers […]

Tori Kelly

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GRAMMY nominated artist Tori Kelly will kick off a North American headline tour on October 18 at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA. The run is in support of her new project, Hiding Place, a powerful collection of R&B infused gospel songs that was produced by 12-time GRAMMY Award winner Kirk Franklin. In addition to playing […]

Ari Lennox’s “Whipped Cream”

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Singer Ari Lennox releases her music video for “Whipped Cream” and it is EVERYTHING. As Ari croons over unrequited love, she is whisked away by “vivid dreams” of an old beau which leaves us all to ponder if these are true meanings or figments of her imagination. Director Ryan Doubiago and producer Darius Turbak embrace […]

The Greeting Committee

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“This band needs to be on your radar.” – Idolator The Greeting Committee share a new song, “You’ve Got Me” LISTEN HERE. This is the newest teaser from the critically acclaimed Kansas City quartet’s upcoming debut album. They recently shared their single “17”. Idolator wrote, “The Greeting Committee exudes youthful abandon on [their] shimmery new […]

The Economist x Midterms

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Today The Economist launched its first real-time midterm model, which uses statistical forecasting to predict how many seats in the House of Representatives each party is likely to win in this year’s US midterm elections. View the model here: Applying cutting-edge machine-learning techniques to political science, the model combines information from polling, past elections, special elections, […]