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by Kevin DeLury
Senior Staff Writer |
I’ve never tried
my hand at reviewing a soundtrack before, for what I feel
is a good reason. Usually when you’re dealing with
soundtracks, you’ll be subject to lame covers by well-established
bands or cheap remixes of songs whose novelty wore out months
ago.
However, when I saw the lineup on the “Underworld”
soundtrack, I suddenly felt compelled to put my reservations
on hold and go for it.
Okay, so this is a movie about vampires
and werewolves. As far as I can tell, there’s a lot
of black vinyl clothing, gunplay and overall doom and gloom.
Soundtrack-wise, that usually equates to nu-metal slop (Queen
of the Damned anyone?).
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Progressive folk back with Gillian Welch
tonight
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Bill Cutler
Staff Writer |
Nine years of recording
success under her belt, Gillian Welch returns to Boone, her
Appalachia-inspired progressive folk sound in tow.
Sponsored by Appalachian Popular Programming
Society, Welch will play at Farthing Auditorium in support
of her new album: “Soul Journey.”
Named the “most relevant” artist
of the “O Brother Where Art Thou” soundtrack
by William Bowers of Pitchforkmedia, Gillian Welch has laid
down some of the most realistic and soulful bluegrass folk
west of the Mississippi.
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| Carolina Pops at ASU Oct. 28 |
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Stephanie Marshall
Staff Writer
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The Office of Cultural
Affairs invites Boone and the Appalachian State University
community to Celebrate North Carolina’s heritage at
“Down Home with the Carolina Pops,” Tuesday,
Oct. 28 in Farthing Auditorium.
“We work with a collaboration of other
professional organizations in the state, and the concept
of a concert that features the music of North Carolina was
intriguing and interesting to us,” OCA Director H.
Perry Mixter said.
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