On the Beat Blog
Raleigh's Old Man Whickutt is cold as ice
Posted by David Menconi on October 8, 2013
Just in case you’ve recently had the thought, “Gee, I wonder what Vanilla Ice is doing nowadays,” here’s your answer. The rapper, who topped the charts 23 years ago with “Ice Ice Baby,” is starring in a new reality show called “Vanilla Ice Goes Amish” -- with a theme song by a local act.
That’s Old Man Whickutt, a Raleigh bluegrass group that played last month’s hometown IBMA “World of Bluegrass” festival. They also recorded a bluegrass version of “Ice Ice Baby” and it’s the theme song of the Vanilla Ice show, which follows him on a series of adventures in an Amish community. Check that out in the trailer below. The show debuts at 10 p.m. Saturday on the DIY Network, Raleigh cable channel 356. You can also hear it live at 3:30 p.m. Saturday when Old Man Whickutt plays as part of North Hills Mall’s Midtown BBQ, Bluegrass & Brew Festival.
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Sigur Ros: Band brings moody, impressionist music to Raleigh
Posted by David Menconi on September 22, 2013
Sigur Ros is most often referred to as a "post-rock" band, but "post-verbal" might be a more accurate label. This Icelandic ensemble is a group that once called an album "()," with untitled tracks. And in an ideal universe, nobody would actually review or write words about Sigur Ros; instead, we'd all somehow just respond emotionally to the music in a way that manifested itself to others.
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News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the popular variety.
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