The Pinhook owner Kym Register and their band, Meltdown Rodeo, return to open this year’s Arts on East series with their signature blend of twang-infused rock. The band's set weaves together classic country-rock favorites with original songs that pair queer and counterculture themes with foot-stomping rhythms – an energetic kickoff to the series! Arts on […]
Lua Project moves like a story carried across generations, bridging Mexican song forms with Appalachian traditions and narratives. They describe themselves as “cultural pollinators,” creating music that draws from the past while staying in motion. Their songs trace family history, community, labor, and loss, weaving memory into something living and present. Curated by Duke music […]
Trumpeter, composer and bandleader Brandon Woody brings a set shaped by the rich lineage of Black music, drawing from gospel and jazz to explore themes of love, resilience, and community. Hailed by The New York Times and Los Angeles Times as a rising force in contemporary jazz, his sound is both grounded in tradition and […]
For the penultimate Arts on East concert, Rebecca Porter with her band the Rhinestone Roses performs unflinchingly personal songwriting that cuts straight through. Blending Appalachian honky-tonk with cinematic storytelling, she pushes at the edges of country and Americana. Her work centers identity, resilience, and voices often left out of the traditional country canon. This evening […]
ZOOCRÜ refuses to stay in one lane. Formed in Durham, their sound is rooted in jazz and shaped by hip hop, blues, rock, and gospel, shifting and stretching in real time. They create from the core belief that all American music is born from the seeds of Black music, offering sets that feel like both […]
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