Here is what their recent press release said:

Interact is a private, non-profit, United Way agency that provides safety, support, and awareness to victims and survivors of domestic violence and rape/sexual assault. Interact fulfills this mission through the support of its volunteers and community.

We have scheduled the fundraiser/show for October 22nd 2010 at The Six String Cafe in Raleigh NC. There will be a cover charge at the door, raffles, C.D. sales, and direct donations all to raise money for Interact. They ask that you let your friends, co-workers, and families know about this event and hope that you all can attend.    Last year we raised close to $800.00 and we hope we can do more than double that this year.  If you have any questions contact information will be provided at the bottom of this page.

NC Local Music proudly supports and sponsors Interact for their  mission and the hard work the volunteers and workers put forth to provide the support and safety that women need.  We hope that you will share in our efforts to continue to raise awareness and to keep the cause rolling!

If you would like to help with the event in any way or find out more information regarding the event, donations, or any other questions regarding this matter please contact NClocalmusic via email: Andy@NClocalmusic.com

Information about the show will be posted as it is available on http://www.NCLocalMusic.com <http://www.nclocalmusic.com/>

Thanks,
Andy
NC Local Music

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I, again, apologize for the lack of frequent posts here on Choose Local Music.  However, I will be graduating soon and hopefully will be able to do more with the site.  Until then, if you have any local music news or press releases, please send them to ryan@chooselocalmusic.com and I will get them up on the blog.

-Ryan

Chapel Hill, NC – November 18, 2009 – Trekky Records is very excited to announce the return of Christmas at the Cradle, an event that started as a spontaneous holiday collaboration in 2006, but has grown into a cherished local tradition. The fourth annual local-music-holiday-variety-charity-celebration will be held at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC on December 15th and will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, as it has since its inception. Christmas at the Cradle has historically featured some of the finest artists North Carolina has to offer, including The Mountain Goats, Portastatic, Megafaun, Ivan Rosebud, Annuals, Hammer No More The Fingers, Bellafea and dozens more. This year is no exception, as Trekky Records has curated the strongest lineup in Christmas at the Cradle’s history. It is a testament to the amazing depth and quality of the North Carolina music scene that Christmas at the Cradle has never hosted the same band twice, and can still feature such excellent an important musicians in its fourth year. Each band playing will offer their interpretations of holiday music manifested as classic Christmas songs, original holiday tunes, nuanced odes to winter and unexpected bursts of yuletide joy.

Joining the bill, as they do every year, will be The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra, a 25+ member holiday super-group made up of members of the Trekky Records Collective. Formed in 2006 to record their album A New Old Fashioned Christmas, The Orchestra has opened and headlined every year of Christmas at the Cradle, sharing their electrified, symphonic brand of Christmas music with anyone who also loves the Spirit of the Season.

In addition to the music, there will be free snacks and drinks, a charity raffle with prizes from wonderful local businesses, classic holiday films, and a visit from the Bearded One himself, Santa Claus. The show will be hosted by another excellent local musician, Billy Sugarfix.

Trekky Records presents:
Christmas at the Cradle 2009
December 15, 2009 at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC
with
The Trekky Yuletide Orchestra
Dexter Romweber
The Love Language
Des Ark
Whatever Brains
Organos
Veelee
Birds and Arrows
Mount Weather
Hosted by Billy Sugarfix

Doors at 7PM. Show at 7:30PM.
$8 Advance. $10 Day Of.
Proceeds benefit NMSS.

Trekky Yuletide Orchestra

Durham, NC – On October 16th, 2009 hip-hop quartet The Beast will release Silence Fiction, their self-produced debut album. Capturing the group’s first two years of risk-taking and progressive songwriting, the album presents a fully-fledged introduction to one of the most innovative bands to emerge from North Carolina. From the lead single, “Translation,” which features 12-piece salsa supergroup Orquesta GarDel, to the gospel-infused spiritual discourse of “Interfaith Dialogue,” to the angular harmonies of “More to Me,” Silence Fiction re-defines the creative limits of underground hip-hop. Mixed at Osceola Studios and mastered at The Kitchen, Silence Fiction will be released as a collaboration between The Beast’s own label, Chakra Con Music, and Chapel Hill-based label, Robust Records.

To celebrate the release of the album, The Beast is headlining a performance at Duke Coffeehouse in Durham at 8pm on October 16th, 2009. The show centers on the theme of “silence fiction,” which can be defined as “to quiet falsehood,” or simply, “stop lying.” As such, The Beast has partnered with some of North Carolina’s most progressive artists, including Carlitta Durand, Kooley High, and Freebass 808, to bring an event to the Triangle that encourages social responsibility through conscious art. Sponsors of the event include Durham-based eco-fashion boutique Vert & Vogue and Robust Records. Silence Fiction will be available for purchase at the concert, as well as through The Beast’s website (both in CD and digital download formats), and at local music stores.

After the release party, The Beast plans to tour regionally in support of the album, including stops in Charlotte, New York, and New Jersey. The Beast’s next local appearance will be at the kickoff concert for the esteemed Troika Music Festival on November 5th. Citing a passion for community outreach, The Beast is also in the early stages of planning a symposium on the generational gap in the understanding of hip-hop music and culture.

About The Beast
Equally comfortable in the worlds of hip-hop and jazz, The Beast developed its distinct sound on the campus of UNC Chapel Hill. While pianist Eric Hirsh, drummer Stephen Coffman and bassist Pete Kimosh were earning their music degrees, emcee Pierce Freelon was developing the foundation for his intelligent lyricism in the Department of African American Studies. After graduating, the quartet joined forces in 2007 and quickly distinguished themselves as a pioneering force in the Triangle music scene through their high energy live show and exceptional compositions. Silence Fiction captures The Beast’s powerful synergy, with nine songs that build a bridge between hip-hop heads and jazz/soul connoisseurs.

For more information, interviews, or inquires, please contact – Pierce Freelon: (919) 697-7728
info@thebeastmusic.com – www.myspace.com/thebeastreality

If you have anything (t-shirts, CDs, gift certificates, vacation house in the islands, new car, or any other item/service that you think would be helpful) that you could donate, please let me know.

We will be recognizing all donors that evening.

–
John Hite
The Broad Street Cafe …Food, Music, Spirits
1116 Broad Street
Durham, NC  27705

http://www.TheBroadStreetCafe.com

The DMP is a collective of musicians, photographers, videographers and sound engineers who put on and document live shows. Each month they rotate in original acts from Greensboro and surrounding counties in North Carolina.  To date, the media team numbers more than 40 all-volunteer participants.

“The partnership falls into our plan of establishing relationships with local businesses that share our vision of building community around local, original musicians,” says Sean Coon, the executive producer for the dotmatrix project.  “Until this partnership, the best live album we could produce was a high-quality, multi-track mix. The staff at Studio 4 brings 20 years of mastering expertise to the table with chief engineer Ceasar
Oviedo and, along with our engineers, a deeper, more fine-tuned final mix. We want our participating artists to be able to use their live album to book gigs or sell at shows, so the pressure is always on us to replicate the sound and vibe of a live show the best we can.”

Owner of Studio 4 Prez is excited about this effort, as it will increase the amount of local musician recording at his studio. “Our studio looks to be a thriving source of recording, mixing, and master for local and non local musicians alike,” Prez says.  Studio 4 is a professional music recording and film production studio based out of Greensboro.

For inquires about the dotmatrix project, contact Sean Coon: sean@dotmatrixproject.com

For Studio 4 inquiries, contact Prez: prez.psyoptic@gmail.com

There is a constant interplay and musical conversation between the members of the Kudzu Rangers. Dave Markham’s percussion is often featured as a main voice, allowing ample space for Robbie Brown’s “Sam Cooke meets Willie Weeks” bass playing to offer perfectly propulsive grooves. The rhythmically supportive and melodically varied guitar playing of Eddie Berman provides a platform for the group’s many original compositions and lends support to Rick Owens’ fluid fusion of jazz & rock guitar lines.  With the recent addition of Tony Colon’s soulful vocals, the Kudzu Rangers offer audiences varied textures and dynamic expressions that feel as much like a conversation with a good friend as a musical performance.

Five Questions
When and where in NC did the band meet and form?
We all met originally in Raleigh back in 2006.

In what part(s) of the state does the band perform most often?
We’re in Wake Forest quite a bit, but also Fayetteville, Pittsboro and Raleigh.  Sometimes you can even find us in our own backyard.

How would you best describe the music scene in your area?
Very fertile as there are a ton of talented people here that make great music.

How are members of the band active in their local music scene(s)?
We are all involved in outside projects.  I teach guitar privately and work at Indoor Storm in Raleigh.  Robbie has his own recording studio set up for local & regional commercial work. Rick, Dave and Tony are all involved in multiple playing situations with other musicians throughout the area.

What kinds of music and/or performers have you discovered elsewhere in NC that you didn’t know about through your local scene?
I can’t think of a particular example but we all are insatiable when it comes to music – blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, rock – we love it all and our state is ripe with diversity when it comes to great music and great players.

Choose Local Music is a movement.

A movement requires people to stand up and take action.  If you want to be a part of this movement, you can help us in many ways.

For owners of businesses, you help by displaying our logo in your window or various places in your building.  You can also send out an email (don’t worry, we’ll provide you with the html code and information) to your staff and customers with a schedule of local shows for that week or distribute schedule handouts to your customers (again we will provide you with the files and info).

For DJs at radio stations, we can provide you with a PSA to play on air.  As well as a weekly schedule to put on your website and announce via live reads.

If you are a member of the press, keep the focus on local music!  Raise awareness!  We’re also up for interviews for stories on Choose Local Music.

For those of you who are in bands, keep on playing shows!  Join Reverb Nation and update your information.

If you take pictures or video at shows, let us know because we will create an archive.

Students in school/campus organizations, we would love it if you introduced CLM to your fellow students and encourage them to participate in the local music scene.

You might not fall in any of these categories, but you can still help out by going to local shows and if you want to help us on our campaign, please contact us!  We want you involved!

If you want to get involved, send us an email:info@chooselocalmusic.com

If you’re here, you probably saw one of our stickers at a rock show somewhere in the Triangle.  If so, welcome!  We’re here to help you discover the awesome music that’s happening right in your backyard, right here in North Carolina (and especially the Triangle).

We started this site because we believe that becoming involved in local music is a conscious choice, one which can change the way that you perceive music as a whole. Have you ever read about the legendary music scenes of the past (like the the CBGB club in the late 1970’s or Seattle in the late 80’s) and wished that you could’ve been there?  It seems that our whole generation is looking back, wishing that they could’ve been a part of something like that…  something much bigger than themselves, something that had a greater meaning.

Well, we’re here to offer you a choice.  Right now, you live within one of the most vibrant, diverse musical communities in the world.  If you put your mind to it, you can find anything from jazz fusion to Springsteen-infused punk to epic rock orchestras to underground hip-hop.  Amazing, life-changing things are happening right here, right now, and by listening to local music, you can become a part of it.

To get started, check out the ReverbNation music player over in the sidebar.  We’ve filled it up with a sampling of some of the groups that call the Triangle their home.  If you like what you hear, check out their artist page or come out to one of their shows.  To aid you in your showgoing endeavors, we’ve included a show roster maintained by Ross Grady, one of the most knowledgeable aficionados of Triangle music around, below the player.

Check out the links in our blogroll too; they’ll point you to some helpful resources, such as the local radio stations and newspapers that play and promote local music.  Finally, if you’d like to find more information on local music in general, subscribe to our General discussion list and check out alt.music.chapel-hill, a USENET discussion group dedicated to this stuff.

This site is still under construction at the moment, but over the next few months we’ll be transforming it into the definitive music portal for the North Carolina Triangle region.  Keep an eye out; cool things are afoot here.