Closing out the series this year, Nashville-based artist Denitia has spent years remapping country music. Her sound drifts between Nashville roots and Brooklyn edge—acoustic guitar and pedal steel woven with shimmer, soul, and restraint.
New show added! Singer-songwriter and lead vocalist and guitarist of indie rock band Big Thief performs an afternoon set at 3:00pm in Page Auditorium.
Multinational salsa band Conjunto Breve was founded by percussionist Brevan Hampden in 2012. Members of the band come from all corners of the Americas. This event is free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
Singer-songwriter and lead vocalist and guitarist of indie rock band Big Thief is known for her raw intimacy and captivating storytelling. Described as “breathtaking” by NPR Music.
Adia Victoria and Shirlette Ammons collaborate to explore emergent sounds, blur genre lines and redefine southern music.
Kyshona, Grace Givertz and Sam Rise sing the music of freedom movements and pay tribute to the storytelling, oral traditions and civil rights icons.
Fiddler extraordinaire Brian Farrow, singer-songwriter Dusky Waters and local musicians cook up an energetically acoustic musical gumbo.
Lumbee-Tuscarora singer-songwriter Charly Lowry plays electrifying originals and explores indigenous contributions to roots music.
Blue Cactus, Kym Register and Kamara Thomas trace their country-rock lineages, paying tribute to rock inventors
Unique vocal talent, accomplished songwriting and commanding instrumental skills are just a few of Darin and Brooke Aldridge’s gifts. Brooke is a four-time consecutive winner for Female Vocalist of the ...
Leyla McCalla Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever WORLD PREMIERE: WED, MARCH 4 – FRI, MARCH 6, 2020 Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever is a multidisciplinary performance ...
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Nick Sanborn Lend Me Your Voice DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, NOV 1 & SAT, NOV 2, 2013 Durham is becoming a magnet for great musicians from all over, and Wisconsin ...
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Tift Merritt & Simone Dinnerstein Night DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, JAN 21 & SAT, JAN 22, 2011 In this two-night world premiere commissioned by Duke Performances, an “angelic,” NC-born country-folk ...
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Lost in the Trees & Chamber Orchestra A Church That Fits Our Needs DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, DEC 7, 2012 A Berklee graduate who premiered his first opus with the ...
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Hiss Golden Messenger & William Gedney Heart Like a Levee DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, NOV 13 & SAT, NOV 14, 2015 Hiss Golden Messenger is the indie folk project of ...
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Joe Henry, Milk Carton Kids, Over the Rhine Wild Edges: A Collaboration DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, APR 11 & SAT, APR 12, 2014 Cincinnati duo Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist, ...
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Brian Harnetty Shawnee, Ohio DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, OCT 26 & SAT, OCT 27, 2018 Brian Harnetty mines Appalachia’s past with a singular aim: to salvage stories from one of ...
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Bill Frisell & Bill Morrison The Great Flood DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: SAT, NOV 5, 2011 Rock, country, jazz, the blues, experimental music — guitar genius Bill Frisell has done it ...
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Jenny Scheinman & H. Lee Waters Kannapolis DUKE PERFORMANCES PREMIERE: FRI, MAR 20, 2015 Duke Performances commissioned Jenny Scheinman, an acclaimed composer, singer, and violinist, to write an original live ...
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