PineCone - Piedmont Council of Traditional Music

The Haliwa-Saponi artist will perform a free concert in Daniels Auditorium on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 at 3 p.m.

Great local and North Carolina acts are on PineCone's 2013-2014 Down Home Concerts lineup, along with perennial favorites and some special collaborations! Tickets go on sale on July 29, with a special members-only pre-sale July 22-28.

Celebrate Mother's Day with a FREE concert featuring Myrna Bascuñan & Claudia López Bascuñan, a mother and daughter duo who sing Chilean folk songs, play drums, and tell bilingual stories. They came from Chile as political refugees in 1976.

Jeff Little is "The Piano Man of the Blue Ridge," a bluegrass, blues, honky-tonk, jazz, rock-n-roll piano player. Former National Banjo Champion Steve Lewis (guitar, banjo) and bass player Josh Scott will join Little in Cary on Saturday, May 11. Free

PineCone is delighted to welcome The Del McCoury Band back to Raleigh for a night of world-class bluegrass! Del McCoury has spent more than 50 years as a professional musician, and during that time, he and his band have become the most awarded act in the.

The Gibson Brothers, the International Bluegrass Music Association's 2012 Entertainers of the Year, will perform in Raleigh one night only on Friday, March 1, at the Fletcher Theater in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

The Gathering: A Holiday Concert features Rhiannon Giddens (of Carolina Chocolate Drops), Laurelyn Dossett (of Polecat Creek), Mike Compton (Nashville Bluegrass Band), Joe Newberry (Big Medicine), and Jason Sypher. One night only in Raleigh, Dec. 15.

The Music of the Carolinas series continues at the NC Museum of History on Sunday, Dec. 9 with The Happy Valley Pals. Part of the performance will focus on the mountain holiday tradition "Breaking Up Christmas" and the dance tune by the same name.

For people thinking of getting into the business of making music AND for those trying to take the next step in their music careers, this event includes a panel of people who book musicians, marketing tips, information about copyright law, and more.

NC’s own Carolina Chocolate Drops perform in downtown Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall on Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. Their latest release, "Leaving Eden," follow-up to their Grammy winning "Genuine Negro Jig," has received widespread critical acclaim.