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After writing down the possibilities for this year's 10 best indie albums, I had two dozen to choose from, and then it hit me what a good year 2009 was for independent musicians. Read More

Whilst it's great to look at the various musicians who have 'made it' in 2009, it is important that we remember those who died too. Read More

In the Age of Musical Abundance, it's the height of arrogance to think that any Best Albums list would presume to be definitive. Read More

The Pennsylvania Academy of Music will ring in 2010 with a pastiche of performers. Read More

No matter how you look at it, 2009 was a weird year. Read More

To wash it all down, head to Maryjane's, lounge 207 or rooftop bar Float for two $7.50 King-themed drink specials. Read More

Josh Daniel and Friends Daniel, truly one of the nice guys in the Charlotte music scene after a while in the quote-unquote biz you learn to truly appreciate these sorts of people – is perhaps best known for his work with The New Familiars and his one-man-band (except whilst playing live) Harmony Sparks, but the guitarist and singer has been a fixture on the Charlotte scene for more than a decade now. Read More

We didn't exactly, calling them, "the most tense bunch of 2009." Read More

The McCallum Theatre booked Bob Dylan and Roger Daltrey in the 1990s, but great rock music at the McCallum was a rare treat. Read More

Julie Andrews has promised concert-goers they will not feel "shortchanged" by her performing comeback which will see the legend return to the UK stage for the first time in 30 years. Read More