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Reverend Gary Davis

Fulton “Blind Boy Fuller” Allen

George “Bull City Red” Washington

John Dee Holeman

Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham

Clyde McPhatter

Grady Tate

Donald Byrd

Shirley Ceaser

Mary Lou Williams

Betty Davis

Charles Rudolph “Baba Chuck” Davis

Alice Gerrard

Dr. Ira Wiggins

David McKnight

Nnenna Freelon

Thomas Taylor

Lenora Helm Hammonds

Baron Tymas

Dr. Timothy Holley

Robert Trowers

Dr. Brian Horton

Damon Brown

John Brown

Al Strong

Branford Marsalis

Joey Calderazzo

Little Brother

Carolina Chocolate Drops

Midtown Dickens

Superchunk

Pierce Freelon

Mary Johnson Rockers

The Element of Peas

Bir, Strobino, and Zaslow

Mysti Mayhem

Ken Moshesh

Sangodare

Hiss Golden Messenger

Sylvan Esso

John Darnielle

Shirlette Ammons

Jim Crew

Alexandra Valladares

Iron and Wine

The Muslims

Vito DiBona’s TaoSongs

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LAAZR

Steven Munoz

DJ Yammy

Greylan Hall and the Nasty Kings

TJ Goode

Christopher Scully-Thurston

Mark Simonsen

Ally J

Dexter Moses

Lillian Park

Sam King

Dorien Dotson

Jawan Davidson

Theresa Renee

More North Carolina Musicians

Elizabeth Cotten

Thelonious Monk

John Coltrane

Nina Simone

Charlie Poole

Doc Watson

Billy Taylor

Earl Scruggs

Percy Heath

Maceo Parker

Joe Thompson

Benton Flippen

George Clinton

Etta Baker

Max Roach

Ben E. King

Chuck Brown

James Taylor

Randy Travis

Tori Amos

The Nee Ningy Band

Dexter Romweber

Southern Culture On the Skids

Ben Folds

Archers of Loaf

Tift Merrit

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Polvo

Zen Frisbee

Shark Quest

Soup Kitchen

Fernando’s Hideaway

The Meek

There Is No M Card

Extreme Animals

The Finkletones

The Bicycle Thieves

Robert “Crowmeat” Pence

Chinkapin Hunters

Bon Iver

Boner Machine

Scene of the Crime Rovers

Triangle Soundpainting Orchestra

Bruce Stevens

Gmish

Steep Canyon Rangers

ZamBamBooGee

Petey Pablo

Avett Brothers

Rapsody

J. Cole