PineCone and the North Carolina Museum of History present the
2009-2010 Music of the Carolinas series
These concerts are FREE and open to the public and take place at the North Carolina Museum of History's Daniels Auditorium. Schedule is subject to change without notice. Program notes are provided at each performance.

String Band Music from the Carolina Piedmont
Sunday, October 11
A performance featuring North Carolina Heritage Award winners and other Piedmont musicians and celebrating the upcoming release of Going Down to Raleigh: Stringband Music in the North Carolina Piedmont 1976-1998, a two-disc anthology of field recordings of North Carolina Piedmont stringband artists. Musicians confirmed to date include Marvin Gaster, Evelyn Shaw, Gerry and Glenda Overton, Rich Hartness, Margaret Martin and Wayne Martin. Going Down to Raleigh highlights the distinctive music traditions of the Piedmont region, including fiddlers, banjo players and other instrumentalists and singers who learned their music from family and friends. The anthology includes full liner notes and documentary photosof the musicians. It was produced by Wayne Martin and sponsored by PineCone with funding support from NC Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more.

Moscow Nights
Sunday, November 8
An exciting, versatile trio of world recognized, prize-winning musicians from Russia, now based in Cleveland. These classically trained artists first took Western Europe by storm and now have brought their dazzling, toe-tapping music to North America. Their repertoire is centered on masterpieces of Russian folklore, and it represents the diversity within the Russian culture, ranging from gently humorous songs to elaborate, lyrical, layered pieces that are at simultaneously reserved and vibrant. Learn more about Moscow Nights

Mappamundi
Sunday, December 13
Canned food donations will be accepted at this concert for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina.
Featuring strong harmony vocals and a range of instruments including fiddle, viola, English concertina, bowed dulcimer, acoustic bass, guitar, bouzouki, piano, trombone, recorder, bandura, zither, and more, this band performs acoustic world music from places ranging from Eastern and Western Europe, the British Isles, Colonial America, and recently, Latin America. Visit Mappamundi's website

Songs of the Soul, featuring Teresa Fernandez, Ed Stephenson & The Paco Band
Sunday, January 10
A musical journey through Latin America and Spain, exploring a sampling of the distinctive sounds and textures of each culture. Visit Teresa Fernandez's website; Visit Ed Stephenson & The Paco Band's website

Homemade American Music - A Documentary Film by Yasha Aginsky
Sunday, February 14
Homemade American Music (1980) accompanies Mike Seeger and Alice Gerrard in visits with their friends and mentors. It traces the origins of rural American music from traditional folk cultures in the southern United States and then demonstrates how traditional music is learned, played, adapted and performed by younger musicians from urban backgrounds. This award-winning film showcases performances by NC musicians Tommy Jarrell, Elizabeth Cotten, Alice Gerrard, and other artists such Roscoe Holcomb, Lily May Ledford, Dewey Balfa, Marc Savoy, Tracy Schwarz, Hank Bradley, Jody Stecher, Irene Herrmann, Stefan Senders, Will Spires, Eric and Suzy Thompson and more. Learn more about Homemade American Music

Big Medicine
Sunday, March 14
Featured on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion in Durham last spring, this band plays string band music of the rural South: old-time melodies and mountain harmonies, ancient ballads and archaic fiddle tunes, heart songs, hollers, hymns, and a touch of early bluegrass—music of remarkable power, nuance and timeless appeal. Visit Big Medicine's website

The Huckleberry Brothers
Sunday, April 11
The Huckleberry Brothers play traditional and popular music of mid-19th century America in a way that is faithful to the original form. Their instruments include the five-string banjo, fiddle, guitar, accordian, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonicas, bones, and tambourine. Their repertoire is composed of songs, ballads, and fiddle tunes from the 1700s through 1865. Visit the Huckleberry Brothers' website

A Singing Stream- A Documentary Film by Tom Davenport
Sunday, May 9
This film documents the story of the Landis family, a gifted African American family from the rural South. It includes interviews, stories, and scenes from daily life; reunions, gospel concerts, and church services, and it traces the family's history over the lifetime of its oldest surviving member, 86-year-old Mrs. Bertha M. Landis. Particularly featured are performances by her sons’ gospel quartet, The Golden Echoes, of songs such as "Troubles of the World," "Going up to Meet Him," and "The Old Rugged Cross," and family and church performances of "Mighty Close to Heaven," "Come and Let's Go to that Land," and "There's Union Up in Heaven." Learn more about A Singing Stream

The Gospel Jubilators
Sunday, June 13
This all-male vocal group performs a cappella music with rare purity and soul, highlighting vocal traditions of the golden age of ’30s and ’40s gospel. Jubilee singing dates back to gospel's own origins in the late 1800s featuring elder statesmen reaching out to the audience with harmonies and hand-clapping.