Dom Flemons, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, more to celebrate Record Store Day at Schoolkids

Record Store Day is just a week away, on Saturday, April 18, and while we've already mentioned the big bash at Chaz's Bull City Records in Durham, Schoolkids Records in Raleigh will be in the mix as usual with a bunch of performers stopping by during the day for in-store performances and signings. The store will open its doors at 8 a.m. that morning and then the festivities will begin at 2 p.m.

All Time Low will start things off with a signing a 2 p.m. before heading to The Ritz for a big show that night.

Next up at 3 p.m. will be a performance from singer-songwriter Dom Flemons, formerly of the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Willie Watson, Jim Lauderdale, Bombadil, Billy Joe Shaver, more playing Shakori Hills spring 2015

With spring approaching, it's about time for the spring installment of the biannual Shakori Hills Grassroots Music Festival down in Pittsboro.

The spring 2015 festival will take place from April 16 to 19 and feature tons of great performers, including Big Fat Gap, Billy Joe Shaver, Bombadil, Dillon Fence, Donna the Buffalo, Driftwood, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Jim Lauderdale, Jimbo Mathus, and Willie Waston. Check out the current complete lineup below.

Tickets for the festival are on sale HERE. A four-day pass is $114 in advance. Single day tickets are $27 to $44 depending on the day.

Bombadil, Mandolin Orange, Midtown Dickens & more to play spring Shakori festival

With spring in full effect, it's almost time for the bi-annual Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival in Chatham County. The 2012 spring event will be on April 19-22 and feature an array of fantastic local and national acts.

Some acts on that caught our eyes include The Beast, Big Fat Gap, Bombadil, Donna the Buffalo, Greg Humphreys & The Hobex Allstars, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Justin Robinson & the Maryannettes, Mandolin Orange, Midtown Dickens and Shirlette & The Dynamite Brothers. Check out the full lineup below.

Tickets are available HERE for a variety of prices depending on when you plan to attend.

Tift Merritt, Bombadil and more join Racing the Cure lineup

Racing the Cure: A Benefit for Oliver Gant has added Lincoln Theatre to its roster of venues and some pretty big names in local music along with it.

Tift Merritt, Bombadil, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Small Ponds and Brice Randall Bickford will perform at Lincoln Theatre as part of the event on Friday, March 23. Kings, The Pour House and Tir Na Nog will also be hosting shows as part of the benefit, featuring The Avett Brothers, The Love Language, Annuals and more.

Tickets are available now for $25 via etix and will get you into any of the four venues, capacity permitting. A complete schedule is below. More details on the show and Oliver are available here.

Holy Ghost Tent Revival gets crowd dancing at Motorco

All photos by Kevin Norris

With storms rolling through the Triangle all day Wednesday, Holy Ghost Tent Revival's Duke Gardens performance was moved to Motorco Music Hall.

By the time the Greensboro band took the stage and launched into "Lovinman," the room was packed to the back. The band noted that the crowd was the largest they'd ever played for in the Triangle.

The band's energetic live show, similar to that of The Avett Brothers and Dr. Dog, blends swing and jazz with classic blues, soul and rock and roll, for a sound that connects with the masses.

Win tickets to Holy Ghost Tent Revival at Duke Gardens

Holy Ghost Tent Revival will make the short trip from their hometown of Greensboro next Wednesday to play Duke Performance's Music In The Gardens series.

To win a pair of tickets to the show, email us at trianglemusicblog at gmail dot com with "Holy Ghost tickets" in the subject line no later than 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 5. We will notify the winner that afternoon. Congratulations, Matt B!

The band will take the stage at 7 p.m. Tickets to the show are $10 or $5 for Duke students and employees and, as always, children 12 and under are free.

Update: The show has been moved to Motorco Music Hall, located at 723 Rigsbee Ave. in Durham, due to the threat of storms.

Locally Grown music and movies series announces summer schedule

Chapel Hill's Locally Grown Rooftop Music and Movies series will return for another season of free music and movies on June 23. The event is held every Thursday on top of the Wallace parking deck at 150 E. Franklin St., behind Jack Sprat Cafe and other businesses on Franklin Street.

This year's series features three concerts and six movies. Mandolin Orange and Big Fat Gap will kick things off on June 23, Holy Ghost Tent Revival and The Big Picture will perform on July 28, and Future Islands and Motor Skills will wrap up the series on August 18.

Concerts will start at 6 p.m. and movies will begin at sundown, about 8 p.m. Check out the full schedule, including the movies, below.

WUNC announces 2011 Music on the Lawn series

This Friday, April 29, The Small Ponds will kick off WUNC's 2011 Back Porch Music on the Lawn concert series at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham.

This year's series is fantastic as a whole, but a performance by Chapel Hill born singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III towards the end of the season, on September 16, certainly stands out

Shows will happen on Fridays throughout the summer and will feature Steep Canyon Rangers, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Chatham County Line and others. Check out the full schedule below. Each show starts at 6 p.m.

2011 Music in the Gardens series at Duke to host Lost in the Trees, Hammer No More the Fingers & more

One of the best parts of summer in the Triangle, Duke Performances' Music in the Gardens series, is just around the corner. The shows are held at the beautiful Duke Gardens every Wednesday during the summer starting on June 1.

For a streamlined list of 2011 performers scroll to the bottom of the post, as we'll run through them in more detail below.

This season will kick off with the Grammy-nominated Louisiana Cajun music band Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys on June 1. It is specifically noted for this show that space will be provided for dancing, so that will be fun.

Tift Merritt, Arrested Development & more playing Shakori Hills

The Shakori Hils GrassRoots Festival in Pittsboro is celebrating it's ninth year in 2011, and the performers for the spring festival on April 21-24 have been announced.

Some of the featured performers include Tift Merritt, Arrested Development, The Travelin' McCourys, Donna the Buffalo, Langhorne Slim, Holy Ghost Tent Revival and Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion.

Other performers will include The Beast, Midtown Dickens, Greg Humphreys, Birds and Arrows, Mount Moriah, Gray Young and Kooley High. Check out the full list of performers below.

Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Sol Driven Train set Pour House afire

The Pour House opened its doors last night to Charleston-based Sol Driven Train and Greensboro boys Holy Ghost Tent Revival. The evening’s torrential rain and frequent lightning were visible through the windows over the stage, but not a single person cared (except perhaps maybe those who, like me, parked their pollen-coated cars in the parking garage). Inside was warm and cozy, full of great music played by fabulous musicians.

Sol Driven Train, who most notably opened for Squirrel Nut Zippers back in December, began the show with their unique sound blend of jazz and jam-band. High points included a beautiful rendition of The Avett Brothers’ “Weight of Lies” and the most intriguing tribute to long underwear I have ever heard (“Long Johns,” dedicated to a girl in the audience who could not have been more than six years old). Perhaps the strongest part of Sol Driven Train’s set was when each member grabbed a different kind of drum, resulting in a powerful, nearly indescribable piece that you have to experience to understand completely.