North Carolina is known particularly for its tradition of old-time music, and many recordings were made in the early 20th century by folk song collector Bascom Lamar Lunsford. Most influentially, North Carolina country musicians like the North Carolina Ramblers helped solidify the sound of country music in the late 1920s, while the influential bluegrass musician Doc Watson also came from North Carolina. Both North and South Carolina are a hotbed for traditional rural blues, especially the style known as the Piedmont blues. The United States is home to a wide array of regional styles and scenes. ... Alaska is a state of the United States. ... Alabama has played a central role in the development of both blues and country music. ... Arkansas is a Southern state of the United States. ... The Samoas are a Polynesian island chain, currently divided between the independent state of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and an American territory called American Samoa. ... 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The Music of North Dakota has followed general American trends over much of its history, beginning with ragtime and folk music, moving into big band and jazz. ... The state of Nebraska has spawned few big-name musicians, but has its own musical heritage. ... New Hampshire is a state of the United States, located in the New England region. ... New Mexico is a state of the Southwest United States. ... For most outsiders, Nevadan music is probably most closely associated with lounge singers like Wayne Newton playing in Las Vegas. ... One of the most renowned musicians from New Jersey is probably Bruce Springsteen, who became a 1980s icon with complex lyrical stories about teens growing up in Freehold and other economically depressed areas of New Jersey. ... In the United States, New York City has long been a musical hub and, in some ways, the musical capital of the country. ... The most famous musicians from Ohio are probably Marilyn Manson, Dean Martin and Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders; the 19th century composer Daniel Emmett, born in Ohio to a Virginian family, wrote many of the most popular songs in his era, including some that remain well-known. ... While the music of Oklahoma is relatively young, Oklahoma having been a state for less than a hundred years, it has a rich history and many fine musicians. ... Oregons music scene is most active in Portland and the college town of Eugene. ... The most famous musical innovaters to come out of Pennsylvania are perhaps the Philly sound in 1970s soul music, Gamble & Huff, The OJays, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin and The Delphonics, as well as jazz legends like Nina Simone and John Coltrane. ... The music of Puerto Rico has been influenced by African and European (especially Spanish) forms, and has become popular across the Caribbean and in some communities worldwide. ... 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Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 - September 4, 1972) was a lawyer, folklorist, and performer of traditional (folk and country) music from western North Carolina. ... Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²)  - Width 150 miles (240 km)  - Length 560[1] miles (901 km)  - % water 9. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Image:Charlie Poole. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music which has its own roots in Irish, African, Scottish and English traditional music. ... Doc Watson Merle Watson, c. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... The Piedmont blues is a type of blues music characterized by a unique fingerpicking method on the guitar in which a regular, alternating-thumb bass pattern supports a melody using treble strings. ...

The Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham area has long been a well-known center for rock and punk music. It is a college region, referred to as the Triangle. Bands from this music scene include Flat Duo Jets, Superchunk and Archers of Loaf ^[1]. Nickname: Location in North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina Counties Orange, Durham, and Chatham Founded 1793 Government  - Mayor Kevin C. Foy Area  - City  19. ... Nickname: Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County i Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  134. ... Nickname: Location in North Carolina Country United States State North Carolina County Durham County Government  - Mayor Bill Bell Area  - City  94. ... Flat Duo Jets was a rockabilly band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... Superchunk (left to right): Mac McCaughan, Jim Wilbur, Jon Wurster, Laura Ballance. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Piedmont blues

The Piedmont blues is a type of blues music characterized by a unique fingerpicking method on the guitar in which a regular, alternating-thumb bass pattern supports a melody using treble strings. Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen in Wadesboro, N.C., in July 1907) was a popular Piedmont blues guitarist, who played for tips outside tobacco factories in Durham during the 1930s. Fuller recorded more than 120 sides during the second half of the 1930s. South Carolina-born Piedmont blues musician Rev. Gary Davis also played in Durham in the 1930s when the city had a thriving black business community and an emerging Black middle class. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

North Carolina Jazz Musicians

Several notable jazz musicians were originally from North Carolina. In the case of Thelonious Monk, (b. October 10, 1917, Rocky Mount, NC) the North Carolina connection is slight, as Monk's family moved to Manhattan when monk was four. John Coltrane (b. September 23, 1926, Hamlet, NC) spent most of his childhood in High Point, NC, before moving to Philadelphia when he was sixteen. Bebop pioneer Max Roach was born in Newland, North Carolina, but like Monk, moved with his family to New York City when he was four. Other jazz musicians from North Carolina include guitarist Tal Farlow (b. Greensboro, NC, 6/7/21), considered one of the top players during the 1950s. Hard-bop Saxophonists Lou Donaldson (b. Badin, NC, 11/1/26) and Tina Brooks (b. Fayetteville, NC, 6/7/32) were originally North Carolinians. Hard-bop trumpeter Woody Shaw (b. Laurinburg, NC, 12/24/44), pianist Billy Taylor (b. Greenville, NC, 7/24/21), and bassist Percy Heath (b. Wilmington, NC, 4/30/23) were born in the state as well. South Carolinian Dizzy Gillespie grew up just over the state line and attended school at the Laurinburg Institute in North Carolina. Jazz composer and arranger Billy Strayhorn spent some of his summers in Hillsborough, NC with his grandparents. Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. ... John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), nicknamed Trane, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. ... Jazz in 3/4 time cover released in 1957 on EmArcy Maxwell Lemuel Roach (born January 10, 1924) is a percussionist, drummer, and jazz composer. ... Tal Farlow was a talented jazz guitarist. ... Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is a jazz alto saxophonist. ... Harold Floyd (Tina) Brooks (1932–1974) was an American hard bop tenor saxophonist. ... Woody Herman Shaw II (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American trumpeter and flugelhorn player. ... Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921. ... John Birks Dizzy Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. ... Billy Strayhorn, photographed by Carl Van Vechten on 14. ...

Chapel Hill rock

Chapel Hill's music scene dates back to the 1950s, and really began to take off in the 60s, when the Cat's Cradle Coffeehouse nurtured a local folk scene. One of the first local legends, Arrogance, became a major part of the folk scene ^[1]. Photos documenting Arrogances Prolepsis album, circa 1974. ...

The Chapel Hill rock scene came of age in the 1980s, however, when bands likes Angels of Epistemology led a new wave of bands that came to include the Pressure Boys, Flat Duo Jets and Southern Culture on the Skids. Flat Duo Jets was a rockabilly band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ... Southern Culture on the Skids, also known to fans as SCOTS, is an American music group composed of Rick Miller (vocals, guitar), Dave Hartman (percussion), and Mary Huff (vocals, bass guitar). ...

Formed in the early 1990s, Polvo was considered one of the most important bands in the math rock genre. Its band members have gone on to form other local Chapel Hill groups. A critically acclaimed and widely influential rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina that existed during the 1990s. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

More modern bands include the quirky Squirrel Nut Zippers, the folky Ben Folds Five and the Archers of Loaf. Heavy metal band Corrosion of Conformity is based out of the Triangle area. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ben Folds Five (1994–2000) was a trio formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina who were a mainstay of piano rock until their breakup in 2000. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Corrosion of Conformity is an American heavy metal band. ...

Punk rock

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill was a regional center for punk rock, due to its large number of college students. including popular local band Th' Cigaretz. Later hardcore punk bands included No Labels, Colcor, UNICEF, Stillborn Christians, DAMM, Bloodmobile, Subculture, 30 Foot Beast, Mission DC, Stations of the Cross. A Number of Things, and Oral Fixation ^[2]. Nickname: Motto: You Can See the Whole State from Here Map of Wake County, North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina County Wake County i Founded 1792 Government  - Mayor Charles Meeker (D) Area  - City  134. ... Nickname: Location in North Carolina Country United States State North Carolina County Durham County Government  - Mayor Bill Bell Area  - City  94. ... Nickname: Location in North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina Counties Orange, Durham, and Chatham Founded 1793 Government  - Mayor Kevin C. Foy Area  - City  19. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States in the late 1970s. ...

Hardcore

Main article: North Carolina hardcore

North Carolina hardcore is one of the larger hardcore scenes in the nation, with a wide array of hardcore bands based out of each of North Carolina's five metro areas. The North Carolina hardcore scene is one of the fastest growing hardcore scenes in the United States of America, [] and the site of the original Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill scene. ... Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States in the late 1970s. ...

References

1. http://toto.lib.unca.edu/sounds/ncjazza-e.html

1. ^ ^{a b} Unterberger, Richie (1999). Music USA: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-421-X. 
2. ^ Blush, Steven (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 0-92291-571-7.