Thursday, September 25, 2025 →
A hot few days but the maple leaves are floating down and the hickory nuts are dropping with a thud.
music
Live shows and more.
Saturday, September 20, 2025 →
A gorgeous evening for pops music by Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle on the green at Southern Village (Chapel Hill, NC). Including an awesome performance of Kauyumari by composer Gabriella Ortiz, now Johnny Cash tribute. Conductor Niccolo Muti and orchestra are on fire.
Oliver and I were at Cat’s Cradle last night for a phenomenal sold out show by blues guitarist Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram and his band.
This extended music video (58 minutes!) by Jesse Welles is a treat. And damn if his upcoming shows over the next year are already sold out. But I did snag 2 tickets to his show in Boise. Luckily, I have family there.
I don’t have my Zuiker Chronicles blog streaming here, so I’ll just note that this week I’ve written posts about my first soccer goal (in 1982), a thought-provoking musical about how death row injustices affects family members, and learning from the writer Wendell Berry. Find these on zuiker.com.
Visited the Durham record stores today looking for new album by local Americana musician Joseph Decosimo but neither store had it yet so I walked out with Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago. Record sounds great in our house.
Erin and I made an impromptu visit to Marfa, Texas. We arrived just in time to surprise Erin’s sister, Katherine Shaughnessy, as she kicked off dinner for the Boise artists she’s brought here for tours. Loved the amazing Capri space for drinks, music, food, art. Katherine’s art show opens tonight.
Good show by Toronto band Ducks Ltd at DC9 in Washington, D.C. Songs all similar sounding but the playing was at fast pace and singing was electric. Glad I went. Last night I caught Detroit band Chirp, with jamming local group Dead Fish opening, at Byrdland.
One of the best shows I’ve been to recently was The Heavy Heavy (last year at Cat’s Cradle). Just saw the band will be back this way in September, at Motorco in Durham, so I snagged tickets for the family. Can’t wait. Fun band.
On my way to the mall to pick up my new suit, I caught a bit of the Sound Opinions show on our local public radio station, WUNC. A listener called in to hype the Irish band Dylan Flynn and the Dead Poets. Listening to their music on Spotify now. Running Away is bouncy good.