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My Morning Jacket coming to Cary

Grayson Currin · 29 Jan 2010, 2:17 PM · 3 Comments


Yim? Jim? My Morning Jacket.

Yim? Jim? My Morning Jacket.

The grizzled bros of My Morning Jacket will play Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary April 30 with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, after a tour-anchoring stop in New Orleans for Jazzfest. MMJ frontman Jim James (Yim Yames?) recently recorded two tracks for PHJB’s new album, PRESERVATION: An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program. The nine-show run starts in Alabama and ends two weeks later in Ohio.

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Live: Costello goes country for Cary

Matt Saldaña · 18 Jun 2009, 12:31 PM · Comment


True aim, even sans glasses.

True aim, even sans glasses.

Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
Sunday, June 14

Quick: What do Loretta Lynn, The Velvet Underground, The Grateful Dead and the Anthology of American Folk Music have in common? Sunday night in Cary, Elvis Costello gave them all the cover treatment during a 30-song tour de force with his new all-star bluegrass string band, the Sugarcanes. Continue reading »

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Live: George Jones forgets some words but brings the heartache

Karlie Justus · 27 Apr 2009, 11:35 AM · 9 Comments


Ol' Possum, a bit younger.

Ol' Possum, a bit younger.

George Jones
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
Saturday, April 25

If each of George Jones’ infamously depressing albums should come standard with a bottle of whiskey and a loaded gun, it’s a good thing there was a strict no-weapons policy Saturday night at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre. Indeed, during Jones’ set, the heartache came in waves. Continue reading »

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