Yesterday, we published a list of our 100 greatest North Carolina songs. The more passionate you feel about North Carolina music, the more emotional you’re likely to feel in either agreeing with our picks or concluding that we don’t have a clue about our subject.
We want to celebrate these songs, some popular, others somewhat obscure. So here are links to a handful of cuts in our Top 10.
The music of the Rev. Gary Davis, the artist who landed our No. 1 spot, may be the most difficult to track down. Here’s a snippet of our favorite North Carolina song, “Samson and Delilah,” at Amazon.com.
Sonic Youth and John Coltrane are securely stationed in the popular music canon. You can listen to much of their music, including our picks, “Chapel Hill” and “A Love Supreme” (represented here in its first movement, for ease of navigation).
The Flat Duo Jets emerged in the 1980s and Nina Simone hit her stride in the late 1960s. Because of their timing their music has been amply documented in film, which has given a new generation of listeners an opportunity to check out their music through streaming video on the internet.
Here’s “Crazy Hazy Kisses” by the Flat Duo Jets:
And here’s “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life” by Nina Simone:
Can you dig it?
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