RECESS | CULTURE | MUSIC
Folk artist Bonnie “Prince” Billy plays Duke with Cairo Gang
By Jeff Shi | December 2, 2010For nearly two decades, Will Oldham has produced his unique brand of folk music.
For nearly two decades, Will Oldham has produced his unique brand of folk music.
A new initiative will soon transform the whitewashed walls outside the Gothic Reading Room in Perkins Library into a canvas for collaborative student artistic expression.
Vijay Iyer is living proof that contemporary jazz isn’t static.
The end is nigh, my friends, and wonderfully so. That Harry Potter movie that actually lives up to the book—the one you’ve seen in the Mirror of Erised for the past 10 years—is finally here.
Disney’s Tangled—the 50th film in its Animated Classics series—flies out of the frying pan and into the hearts of all.
Almost every interview that Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway have given to promote their new movie, Love and Other Drugs, has revolved around a single question: “So, how was filming the nude scenes?”
For rap aficionados, Twitter enthusiasts and those with more than a passing interest in pop culture, Christmas came early this year.
Someday, a few generations from now, long after I’m gone, my great-grandchildren will unearth the albums of Tailgate photos I’ve left behind.
No doubt Recess would be remiss if we didn’t eulogize Four Loko, being the paper of record when it comes to candy-colored alcoholic beverages.
Forget Black Friday shopping—this weekend, the Durham Art Walk Holiday Market can serve everyone on your list, featuring handcrafted works of art from more than 200 artists.
It’s almost unfortunate that this new group hasn’t been rebranded: They suffer most from simultaneously trying to meet old expectations while finding their own sound as a new group
This weekend at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh, local record label Abstract Logix is hosting the inaugural New Universe Music Festival, a two-day event that features some of the most influential...
The semester-long, combined efforts of roughly 50 to 60 staff members, faculty, guest artists and students will culminate in this weekend’s annual November Dances.
Despite her Ronald McDonald-style hair, Rihanna is anything but kid-friendly on her new album Loud
Three months into operation, the Bull City Connector has increased traffic between Duke and the Durham art scene, but there is still room for improvement.
Keep a bottle of Xanax handy—surviving the seizure-inducing first 10 minutes of Morning Glory is worth it
All Day, a genre-bending 70-minute aural collage, has no bounds in the variety of music that is sampled. One
It’s pretty clear, in the midst of Runaway’s most extravagantly overblown moment that we are witnessing a Kanye West Moment.