PineCone - Piedmont Council of Traditional Music

The 2011-2012 Music of the Carolinas series, presented in partnership by PineCone and the NC Museum of History, concludes on June 10 with a free bluegrass concert by North Carolina's own GrassStreet. The series is scheduled to resume in October 2012.

NC's own acoustic Americana band The Gravy Boys draw deep from the well of our country’s diverse musical heritage. They'll perform on Sunday, June 3 at 5 p.m. at E Carroll Joyner Park in Wake Forest. This concert is free and open to the public.

PineCone returns to Cary's Sertoma Amphitheatre for another Summer Series at Sertoma. This year, Asheville-based trio Red June will kick things off with an evening of music you won't want to miss on Saturday, May 12 at 6 p.m.

North Carolina’s own Grammy winning Carolina Chocolate Drops kick off PineCone’s 2012 Down Home Concerts at Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 17 at 10 a.m.

Alejandro Santoyo will debut a new, original composition inspired by photographs taken be José Galvez at a special concert on Sunday, April 15; he will also perform traditional Latin American folk songs! The concert is free and open to the public.

Get in the St. Patrick's Day spirit early with a free concert at the NC Museum of History featuring award winning musicians Patrick and Cathy Sky! The concert is scheduled for Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m.

Boo Hanks is a North Carolina-born blues musician who plays Piedmont blues in the style made famous by Blind Boy Fuller. Hanks performs a free concert on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 3 p.m.

Two-time Grammy winner and world renowned blues legend Taj Mahal performs in Raleigh on Saturday, Feb. 18, closing out PineCone's 2011-2012 Down Home Concert Series.

Four members of the original Duhks will perform in Raleigh's Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts at Fletcher Theater on Friday, Feb. 10 with NC's own Kellin Watson. The Busy Bee Cafe will host an acoustic music jam after the show!

Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky recorded a collaborative project in 2010 called "Red Horse." Now this power-house trio is taking the show on the road for a limited number of performances, and they will stop in Raleigh on January 21!