Beneath the Muscle Shoals rhythms, Gamble and Huff strings and Stax horns beats a pair of thoroughly modern women's hearts delivering an ode to sisters everywhere.
Benefit concert for local Paint Fumes' singer/guitarist Elijah Von Cramon, who was struck by a car as he walked home. Featuring a plethora of local rock bands, all proceeds go to his hospital bills.
Charlotte Symphony playing Brahms' only violin concerto (recorded in 1878) and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony (1936) with French violinist Augustin Dumay as the featured soloist.
The band provides tasteful horn sections and orchestral strings that show up judiciously in the arrangements of pop songs whose best traits unfold with repeat listens.
A range in style from folky shuffles and near-jazzy instrumentals to Neil Young & Crazy Horse-style jams, the twang of Wilco's A.M.-era sound and Southwestern-flavored noir.