Summer is the season we enjoy celebrating the tradional music of the South at Music on the Porch. This year we are pleased to be bringing Kirk Stutphin, and Betty Vornbrock & Billy Cornette down from the cool hills of … Read more

MARCH 29, 2012: KIM ARRINGTON, ERIC HIRSH, AND PETER LAMB Kim Arrington sang publicly at 4 years old.  By 7 years old, Kim was writing her own songs.  In May 2008, Kim released her debut CD of soul music, “First Love … Read more

Music on the Porch is the Center for the American South’s outdoor music series, which is held four or five times a year. It brings talented, knowledgeable, and eclectic musicians from around the region together to play and engage in … Read more

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011: THE CRAFT OF SONG IN THE SOUTH WITH JONATHAN BYRD, CAITLIN CARY, AND MATT DOUGLAS Jonathan Byrd, a seventh generation North Carolinian, recorded his new releaseCackalack live on a sunny afternoon in Toronto, Ontario, with no headphones, no listenbacks, … Read more

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011: THE CRAFT OF SONG IN THE SOUTH WITH JONATHAN BYRD, CAITLIN CARY, AND MATT DOUGLAS Jonathan Byrd, a seventh generation North Carolinian, recorded his new releaseCackalack live on a sunny afternoon in Toronto, Ontario, with no headphones, no listenbacks, … Read more