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Pages in category "Songs about North Carolina" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
During the 1940s and 50s, North Carolina was a favorite place to visit of gospel singers for many reasons, among which was North Carolina's less rigorous Jim Crow laws. North Carolina is also home to many famous gospel singers, the most famous being Shirley Caesar , known as the "First Lady of Gospel".
Beach music is most closely associated with the style of dance known as the shag, or the Carolina shag, which is also the official state dance of both North Carolina and South Carolina. Recordings with a 4/4 " blues shuffle " rhythmic structure and moderate-to-fast tempo are the most popular music for the shag, and the vast majority of the ...
The deep musical history of North Carolina will be in the spotlight via the new PBS series 'Shaped by Sound.'
At Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium on Oct. 26, 2024, more than 82,000 fans joined a full lineup of stars performing a packed setlist of songs at the Concert for Carolina benefit concert.
Nantucket is a Southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, North Carolina in 1969. Originally known as a beach music band named Stax of Gold, and later Nantucket Sleighride (after the song and album by Mountain) which was eventually shortened to Nantucket, the six-member group—Tommy Redd, Larry Uzzell, Mike Uzzell, Eddie Blair, Kenny Soule, and Mark Downing—first became successful in their ...
Pablo was recently selected to join the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame’s 132 artists, which also includes Taylor, Simone, Earl Scruggs and Big Daddy Kane. “Raise Up,” with its call-and ...
Trains I Missed", the title song of their third album, earned Balsam Range their first IBMA award, Song of the Year, in 2011. Named for their hometown of Canton, North Carolina, which houses a paper mill, their next album, Papertown, spent five consecutive months at the number-one spot on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Bluegrass Survey chart. [8]