Deep South to celebrate 20 years with festival in Raleigh

Raleigh-based entertainment company Deep South Entertainment is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a big festival at Deep South the Bar this spring that will feature 20 acts and and 2 stages.

The event will happen inside and outside the downtown Raleigh bar on Saturday, May 16. Parmalee, Marcy Playground and Allison Moorer will top the bill. The rest of the bill includes Blake Christiana of Yarn, Kasey Tyndall, Collapsis, Steve Howell and Caroline Mamoulides, I Was Totally Destroying It, Hank Sinatra, Erin Nenni, Jeff Carroll and The Desmonds, Chit Nasty Band, The Roman Spring, Katie Garfield, Season and Snare, Zak Domogalla, Ryan Mullaney, The Balsa Gliders, Porch Light Apothecary, and 120 Minutes.

Steve Earle announces full band tour, coming to Durham

Troubadour Steve Earle released a new album in April titled I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive which was produced by the legendary T-Bone Burnett. He also just released a book with the same name.

He is hitting the road this summer and fall with his band The Dukes (and Duchesses) as well as his wife and fellow singer-songwriter Allison Moorer.

He'll hit the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) on Saturday, September 17. Tickets for the show go on sale on June 3 at 10 a.m. via the usual places including the box office starting at $27.50.