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Jump, Little Children

Sunday September 23rd 8:00PM

$25.00

Jump, Little Children Album Release Party featuring special guest- Michael Flynn

A new Jump, Little Children album will drop on September 14, 2018. The band will also launch a multi-city tour throughout the Southeast, major cities of the Northeast, and Chicago this Fall. Visit http://www.jumplittlechildren.com for tickets, and follow their adventures @jumplittlechildren on both Facebook and Instagram.

The decision to record again was made after several successful “reunion” tours, with many of their shows selling out in minutes. Members Evan Bivins, Matt Bivins, Jay Clifford, Jonathan Gray, and Ward Williams realized it wasn’t enough to gather occasionally; they’d missed each other and their enthusiastic fanbase. A PledgeMusic campaign began in January 2018 to fund their 5th studio album and reached over 100% of its goal by April. The project, featuring behind-the-scenes sneak peeks, gifts from the band’s archive, and special merchandise, is still live at: https://www.pledgemusic.com/jump-little-children
Ten years of life experiences have given substance and texture to the twelve newest Jump, Little Children songs. Lead singer and songwriter Jay Clifford says that the new album’s title track “Sparrow” speaks to the concept of returning to what you love. Sparrow is not a throwback album in any way, though loyal listeners will hear nods to the band’s Celtic music origins, the heavier distortions of Magazine, orchestrated and dark elements of Vertigo and the loops and electronic noises found on Between the Dim and the Dark.

The band is ever-grateful to its fans, a true community that remained friends and showed up in full force when asked to help fund the album. “We’ve been in a constant state of surprise,” says multi-instrumentalist Matthew Bivins, “Surprised that the fans were still ready and waiting for our return after ten years. Surprised that they’ve continued to attend shows and connect with us online. Surprised that they so enthusiastically rallied behind this new album. We love surprises, and we love our fans. We truly would and could not be doing this if it weren’t for them.”
The question is whether this new music will attract new fans. In a musical landscape that now includes the anthemic acoustic ballads of The Lumineers, the accordion and flute pop of The Decemberists and banjo-based punk of Mumford and Sons, will Jump, Little Children’s once left-of-center art pop appeal to a generally more eclectic taste? The band hopes so, confident they’ve created something for every era of Jump fan with Sparrow.

“It’s definitely a ‘listening album’,” says Ward Williams, who plays cello and guitar. “There are songs that will fit in between Portugal. The Man and St. Vincent in a Spotify playlist. But as a whole it has an arc to it, a specific feeling from start to finish. Starts off a little frenetic, settles into a ‘vibe’, gets a little weird for a minute, and ends with something so pretty and…hopeful”.

This “vibe” is in great part due to expert production from longtime collaborator Josh Kaler (Heather Nova, Paris Monster, Matthew Perryman Jones), one of the band’s dearest friends and favorite musicians. Josh and Jay Clifford formed the production studio Hello Telescope in the mid-2000s; the two musicians were business partners until Kaler relocated to Nashville. There, he teamed up with Owen Biddle (Mister Barrington), a fellow Berklee alum, former member of The Roots and general wiz at all things that beep and bloop. The majority of the album was produced by Kaler and Biddle, with additional production provided by friend Jake Sinclair (Weezer, Sia, Panic at the Disco) in LA, and hometown wunderkind Wolfgang Zimmerman (Susto, Band of Horses) in Charleston, SC.

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OCTOBER 3rd 2018

Emily Kinney

EMILY KINNEY

Emily Kinney, with Paul McDonald

Cat’s Cradle – Back Room

October 3, 2018 8:00 PM

TICKET SALE DATES
ADVANCED Public Onsale: August 10, 2018 10:00 AM to October 3, 2018 8:00 PM
PRESALE / PRESALE VIP Artist Presale: August 9, 2018 10:00 AM to August 9, 2018 10:00 PM

Emily Kinney is a little too old to be daydreaming in the back of a classroom, soaked in unrequited love for a guitar player in a pop punk band she used to watch on MTV, but on Oh, Jonathan, Kinney’s upcoming release, she just can’t seem to help herself.

It’s been a couple years since Kinney’s last album, “This is War” and she’s been using the time both professionally, in acting and music, and personally to mature and explore.

In acting, Kinney’s transitioned from her young role as Beth Greene on AMC’s hit tv show ‘The Walking Dead,’ where her music and singing were often featured, to more mature roles in shows like Masters of Sex, Ten Days in the Valley, and to her current gig as an emotional, tenacious mother of a young girl battling cancer in the upcoming Netflix series Messiah.

In music and life, Kinney’s path to adulthood has been a little less straightforward. “After I got done touring with This is War, I was tired from traveling so much. There were a lot of opportunities coming off of The Walking Dead, and I started to feel a little like I was on a hamster wheel and not always making the best creative choices, I was just saying yes to whatever opportunities came my way. There was also a lot to learn about the music business. I often felt in the dark making decisions. I wanted transparency. Then, my little sister, who’s seven years younger than me got married, and I started to notice the gray in my Dad’s hair. Even though I had been traveling the world and doing all these things, I felt like I was the one who was stunted.”

You can hear Emily’s plea for adulthood in one track on the album, “Popsicles.”

“I knew I needed to see my family more. I knew I needed a change of direction with my music and a rest. Time was going by a little too fast.

Kinney had always moved at full speed. Heading to NYC from Nebraska at just 19 to pursue a career in music and acting. She started going to auditions she found online and in ‘Backstage’ and would sing back-up for a couple singer-songwriters at places like Rockwood Music Hall, and the now closed Park Slope spot Bar 4. But it wasn’t until she booked ‘Spring Awakening,” her Broadway debut in 2008, that Kinney felt confident to start sharing her own poems and songs which turned into her first EP, Blue Toothbrush, produced by Rod Stewart bassist Conrad Korsch. As Kinney’s acting career progressed, the audience for her music also grew and she continued to release music: a 9 song EP, Expired Love, debut album This is War and a single on 7inch vinyl, Back on Love.

“I started working out of NYC a lot. I would come back to the city for just a couple days and it was great but I had changed and I didn’t feel it fit me the same way it used to. My favorite restaurants or bars closed. It was new bands I didn’t know playing at Rockwood. I had some close friends move to LA, so after tour I got an apartment and moved from NYC to LA too.”

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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.

NC Local Music supports InterAct constantly through efforts of awareness and annual concerts.

Our founder Andy Washburn has decided that once again he would go through the process of growing out his hair in efforts to raise funds and awareness to support InterAct.

We ask that you help us reach or surpass our goal of $1,500 by mid April 2017 .

If the goal is reached, our founder will shave off his shoulder length hair and donate the proceeds to InterAct, as well as donate his hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths We hope you will open your heart and support this cause!

Thank you so much for your help!

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Any donations from Wake County NC locals will enter you into a raffle to win a Cut/Style/Color valued at $150 from Shimmerea Studios . Oreanne will also be the stylist who will be removing my beautiful hair for this cause. Please help us support InterAct by donating today! We will announce more prizes down the road.

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July 9th 2016

The 2016 NC Local Music Benefit for InterAct

April 16th 2016

7pm-2am

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February 15th 2014 Deep South The Bar 430 S. Dawson St Raleigh NC 27601

Mojo Collins CD+DVD Rlease Show

Not many people have performed with or opened shows for Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company, Steve Miller, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Ike and Tina Turner, Muddy Waters, Leon Redbone, Sly and the Family Stone, Blue Cheer, The Spinners, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, Keith Shealy, and the incomparable Stevie Ray Vaughan. After accomplishing all of this, world renowned guitarist Mojo Collins considers his dues to be paid and is currently living his lifelong dream as a professional singer, guitarist, and songwriter on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. His music continues to receive critical acclaim with airplay in the US and 9 other countries over the last 20 years. Mojo has been the recipient of several prestigious songwriting awards, including the NC Arts Council Fellowship in Music for Songwriting. An active preservationist, Mojo was proud to perform at the dedication ceremony of NC’s Jockey’s Ridge State Park and the relighting and rededication of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

: Deep South The Bar
Ages 18+ show
doors open at 7pm
$15 for ages 18-20
$12 for ages 21+ $10 Pre-Sale (Click Here to purchase)
Not many people have performed with or opened shows for Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company, Steve Miller, Santana, The Grateful Dead, Ike and Tina Turner, Muddy Waters, Leon Redbone, Sly and the Family Stone, Blue Cheer, The Spinners, Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, Keith Shealy, and the incomparable Stevie Ray Vaughan. After accomplishing all of this, world renowned guitarist Mojo Collins considers his dues to be paid and is currently living his lifelong dream as a professional singer, guitarist, and songwriter on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. His music continues to receive critical acclaim with airplay in the US and 9 other countries over the last 20 years. Mojo has been the recipient of several prestigious songwriting awards, including the NC Arts Council Fellowship in Music for Songwriting. An active preservationist, Mojo was proud to perform at the dedication ceremony of NC’s Jockey’s Ridge State Park and the relighting and rededication of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.
NC Local Music 2014 Benefit For Interact

The Black Flower (click for directions) 517 W. Peace St Raleigh NC 27601

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WIDESPREAD PANIC AFTERPARTY
Bong Hits For Jesus

Sheyenne Rivers http://www.reverbnation.com/sheyennerivers Speechless http://www.speechlesssounds.com/ Sheyenne Rivers is the true definition of a “triple threat” as she has been singing, acting, and modeling since the age of five. This fiery Sagittarian comes from a long line of singer/songwriters and she is quickly gaining international recognition for being a sultry powerhouse vocalist and a must see performer. Sheyenne has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in entertainment and her incredible diversity is showcased in her writing and recording not only pop, rock, folk, blues, and country but also electronica, dance, down tempo, and jazz styles. With several electronic dance albums already under her belt with the group “Blue Stone,” Sheyenne’s fans across the world continue to embrace her incredible vocal talent. As an actress, Sheyenne has been featured in national ad campaigns, infomercials, and music videos in addition to a number of independent feature films. Her talents on set have also expanded to include writing and producing. A photographer in her own right, being around a camera feels natural for Sheyenne who knows what it takes to be on both sides of the lens. She has appeared on numerous magazine covers and several websites with a sense of culture and style that can be found throughout her diverse portfolio. With Sheyenne Rivers unforgettable voice and incredible stage presence combined with her creative mind and passion the sky is the limit for this rising star.