Three Wilmington-based musical acts were selected to perform at this year's North Carolina State Fair. The selected acts are alt-bluegrass band Massive Grass, folk-rock group Striking Copper, and the ...

3 Wilmington bands selected to play on one of North Carolina's biggest stages

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MSN: Fayetteville glam-rock band aims high in wake of Carolina Music Video Awards win

A Fayetteville glam-rock band is celebrating its first Carolina Music Video Award win. Punk Angels took home the 2025 award for Best Rock Music Video for their song "Sleeze Machine" at the ninth ...

Fayetteville glam-rock band aims high in wake of Carolina Music Video Awards win

Rock music is a genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and United Kingdom. It has its roots beginning as classic rock and roll, a style that drew from the African-American musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from ...