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GAVIN ROSSDALE AND BUSH
TALK ABOUT OUTLIVING THEIR CRITICS Heartbreak permeates “Black and White Rainbows,” the latest album from Bush, the alt-rock band that dominated rock radio in the ’90s. Singer-songwriter Gavin Rossdale and his bandmates, who will perform tonight at the Ritz, crafted the album after the frontman went through a divorce with pop star Gwen Stefani in 2015.
Q: “Black and White Rainbows” smacks of pain. How difficult was it to make a divorce album? A: It was incredibly difficult. When I was making this album it was inescapable when it came to what I went through and the material. I tried not to lean on that too much. I couldn’t help it though. It was
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Bush with Atlas Genius and Big Jesus When: TONIGHT! 7:45 p.m. April 8 Where: The Ritz, 2820 Industrial Drive, Raleigh Tickets: $39.50 Info: 919-424-1400 or ritzraleigh.com songs were like beat poetry. They were like stream of consciousness. I had poetic license. But as time passed, I started writing stories. Things are different now. I do think I’m a better lyricist.
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Rossdale reveals how the split affected the album, which was released it was a year ago, what it was like to be criticized by Rolling Stone while gracing the magazine’s cover during the band’s commercial peak and career advice from David Bowie.
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like I had a bleeding wound and I couldn’t stop the blood flow. This is an honest, open record. This is a heavy record. Q: John Mellencamp once said that he didn’t pay enough attention to lyrics with his early work but changed at mid-life. Does that apply to you since your lyrics are stronger over the last few albums? A: I’ve taken quite a journey as a lyricist. The early
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Q: Bush was very successful during your ’90s peak but was crushed with so many critical slams. None was bigger than when you graced the cover of Rolling Stone barechested next to the words “Why Won’t Anyone Take Gavin Rossdale Seriously.’ How devastating was that, since I don’t ever recall a Rolling Stone cover getting so dissed? A: I’ve never seen anything like it since. It’s a bizarre accolade. I was so mad at that editor, his name was Robert Love . I ran into his girlfriend after they broke up, and she said he was the worst (expletive) ever. I was like, “That cover really annoyed me. Did he really have to write that (expletive)?” Read the rest of the article at triangletoday.com.
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“BRIGHT STAR”
April 17-22, N.C. Theatre/Broadway Series South, Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh. nctheatre.com. Academy Award winner Steve Martin and Grammy winner Edie Brickell’s 2016 Broadway musical about love and redemption in the 1920s is set in N.C. locations, including Raleigh and Zebulon.
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“WAITRESS”
May 1-6, Durham Performing Arts Center. dpacnc.com. This still-running Broadway musical, based on the popular 2007 film starring Keri Russell, comes from six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles and screenwriter Jessie Nelson. It tells the story of Jenna, a waitress and pie maker, who wants out of her small town and her loveless marriage. RETURNING THEATER FAVORITES
“THE SOUND OF MUSIC”
April 20-22, Durham Performing Arts Center. dpacnc.com. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic is back for a visit in a version with an eye towards age-appropriate casting and deeper characterizations. FRESH FROM BROADWAY
“KING CHARLES III”
April 12-29, Burning Coal Theatre, Raleigh. burningcoal.org. Mike Bartlett’s speculative play about Prince Charles as King of England deals with scandals and the press. The show ran on Broadway in 2016, and a film version was on PBS last year.
“HAND TO GOD”
April 20-May 6, Theatre in the Park, Raleigh. theatreinthepark.com. The 2015 Tonynominated play is an irreverent comedy about a Texas fundamental church’s puppet ministry for teens, which goes awry when the puppets begin expressing the “sinful” desires of the teens manipulating them. Check out the searchable events calendar at
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Asheville attracts visitors with its nightlife and nature. Getty Images GQ magazine showered some love on the hills of Western North Carolina on Monday, dubbing Asheville “the coolest city you’ve never been to.” The magazine recruited Charles Frazier — author of the novel “Cold Mountain” — to offer a local’s take on things to do in the mountain town. Frazier cited the scenery, a surplus of writers like himself, the bookstores, and superlative food and drink options. Folks in Asheville, ranked the best place in the state for frequent exercise by one survey, take advantage of its proximity to Bent Creek Experimental Forest and North Carolina Arboretum to bike, hike or run, Frazier told GQ. Frazier also gave a shoutout to breweries in the city, which has been called the nation’s
best for beer drinkers by personal finance website SmartAsset. The group noted that the city has about 25 breweries in a population of about 90,000, giving it the highest ratio of breweries to people among the cities on its top-10 list. For “real local beer,” Frazier suggested checking out Highland Brewing Company and Wedge Brewing Co., which brought home a gold medal for its Asheville Lager at the Great American Beer Festival last year in Denver. On the food front, Village Wayside Bar & Grille, located in an old train depot in Biltmore Village, offers good eats and plenty of literary connections, Frazier told GQ.
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REASONS TO SEE RISSI PALMER IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH TODAY Evie Fordham for Triangle Today
Perhaps this lyric best explains singer Rissi Palmer’s sound: “When I need redemption/ A light in the dark/ I turn to Miss Cline and Mama Aretha/ To give me that spark.” It’s from “Soul in My Country,” a song she recorded with R&B singer Brian Owens. See Rissi Palmer perform at the North Carolina Museum of History today, April 8, at 3 p.m. Tickets are free and will be distributed first come, first serve starting at 2 p.m. The show is sponsored by Pinecone – the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music, Inc., an organization dedicated to promoting and sharing traditional music of the Carolinas. The show will have an ASL interpreter. Why should you see Rissi Palmer in concert today? Palmer fuses the best of soul and country Palmer was born in Pittsburgh and lived there until age 12, but her Georgia native parents made sure she listened to artists from Johnny Cash to Chaka Khan. Palmer’s childhood was also shaped by her time spent in Georgia with family, which she sings about in her song “Summerville.” Palmer has already made history Her 2007 single “Country Girl” made her the first African-American woman to get a country song on the charts since 1987. Since then, Palmer’s been writing songs and perfecting her sound. She’s been featured in Rolling Stone, and she’s performed at venues from the White House to the Grand Ole Opry. Read more about Rissi at triangletoday.com
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