Local Music

Season 2 of PBS North Carolina's Shaped By Sound premieres Thursday with a performance by the indie rock band Wednesday.

For more than two decades, Laura King has been one of the most in-demand drummers in North Carolina. You can learn a lot about the evolution of indie rock in the Triangle just by tracing her career.

T. Gold is the project of the Carrboro based Sleepy Cat Records co-founders Saman Khoujinian and Gabriel Anderson. They're back this week with the first new record in six years.

WUNC music reporter Brian Burns picks 16 albums you should know from North Carolina based artists from 2025.

Raleigh based rapper Jooselord will headline All Out NC: A Benefit for his son Onyx this Friday. Onyx was diagnosed with with a high-grade glioma last December.

On March 6 Reese McHenry's final recordings will be released on an album called "Forever."

Many local businesses are dealing with the ramifications of Trump's tariffs on international goods. Stores that sell musical instruments are being hit particularly hard.

WUNC music reporter Brian Burns get to know the Raleigh-based musician LesTheGenius.

The Great Cover Up, which started in 1999, is an annual event in Raleigh that features an eclectic lineup of local musicians dressing up and performing cover sets of more famous artists — and audience members don't get any details about the lineup in advance. Now, it's the subject of a new documentary that premieres Thursday on PBS North Carolina.

WUNC music reporter Brian Burns gets to know Triangle-based visual artist and musician Ron Liberti.