PineCone - Piedmont Council of Traditional Music

Tickets are now on sale for a special collaboration between guitar legend Tony Rice and award-winning band Mountain Heart for an October concert in Raleigh. Reserve your tickets by calling 919-515-1100 or visit www.ncsu.edu/ticketcentral.

NC bluegrass bands compete for cash and prizes at the annual Got to be NC Festival. The competition starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 22.

PineCone & the NC Museum of History honor family this Mother's Day with a screening of Tom Davenport's award-winning documentary "A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle." The program is free and open to the public; program notes will be provided.

PineCone and the Town of Cary present Charlotte's own Mangum & Company Shout Band on Saturday, May 8 at 3 p.m. in Cary's Sertoma Amphitheater in Bond Park. This special performance is free and open to the public.

Acoustic blues duo Phil Wiggins & Corey Harris perform in Raleigh on May 14 in the final concert of PineCone's 25th Anniversary Down Home Concert Series. Tickets are still available and can be purchased through PineCone's box office (919-664-8302).

Two giants of Americana music, Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller, team up to showcase a new album inspired by their love of gospel music, "Downtown Church." PineCone is pleased to present this concert in partnership with the NC Museum of Art.

Every year, Sacred Harp singers from across the state gather in Cary, N.C. for a day of shape note singing and camaraderie. The event is free and open to the public - no experience or musical background is necessary.

Experience the old-time string band music of the southern Appalachian and Ozark regions at a free concert featuring Big Medicine, one of the most influential acts in the traditional music scene today.

An award-winning film that traces the origins of rural American music from traditional folk cultures in the southern U.S., then demonstrates how traditional music is learned, played, adapted and performed by younger musicians from urban backgrounds.

The North Carolina-based Kruger Brothers bring their sheer joy in performing to the Holly Springs Cultural Arts Center, an intimate listening room space where PineCone hosts both established and up-and-coming traditional artists.