20060924 Carrboro Music Festival

I attended the ninth annual Carrboro Music Festival on Sunday, September 24, 2006. Twenty-one sites, both indoor and outdoor, hosted one hundred fifty (!) performing ensembles. The whole event, sponsored by the Town of Carrboro, NC and others, is free and it seems that music is playing everywhere in the downtown area during the festival! I attended this last year as well. Though the event lasted from 1p-midnight, I only was there from about 5:30-10:30p. For the few bands that I was fortunate enough to see, I captured a few images and low-resolution video that I'm happy to share here. I also have some .wav audio file snippets that I would be glad to email to anybody upon request. All images here copyright ©2006 by Dilip Barman. All rights reserved. Permission is granted for noncommercial usage, including downloading and printing. Unedited, original pictures are also available.

I'm delighted that we got to see <a href="http://thepulsartriyo.com/">The Pulsar Triyo</a>, though we only caught the last part of their high-energy performance. Duke University students Pulsar Li and Eric Bishop began the band in 2004, and Adam Lord joined them in 2005. They write original modern jazz music and do some covers; they did a very fast and enjoyable version of <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:bmfnzfdheh6k">Tommy James and the Shondells</a>' 1967 hit <i>I Think We're Alone Now</i>. I'd love to see them again!

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I'm delighted that we got to see The Pulsar Triyo, though we only caught the last part of their high-energy performance. Duke University students Pulsar Li and Eric Bishop began the band in 2004, and Adam Lord joined them in 2005. They write original modern jazz music and do some covers; they did a very fast and enjoyable version of Tommy James and the Shondells' 1967 hit I Think We're Alone Now. I'd love to see them again!

pulsar triyo modern jazz piano zach kilgore bass eric bishop drums