It’s been a wonderful year for music in North Carolina and for us at Come Hear NC! As we look forward to an action-packe...

It’s been a wonderful year for music in North Carolina and for us at Come Hear NC! As we look forward to an action-packed 2025, let’s look back at our most popular posts of the past year. From upper left to bottom right: 1. Governor Roy Cooper announces the establishment of the North Carolina Music Office within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources 2. Iron & Wine (@ironandwinetour) play in PBS-NC studios (@mypbsnc) for new music series SHAPED BY SOUND, a partnership with Come Hear NC, airing in 2025 3. Dancers and musicians demonstrate folkways at AIHC Virtual Education Day, for the NC Museum of History (@ncmuseumhistory) 4. An NC Historical Marker commemorating the Battle of Hayes Pond, in which Lumbee and other American Indians ousted the Klan from Maxton, commemorated by the Malvina Roberts song “The Battle of Maxton Field” 5. War Paint drum group providing music for AIHC’s Virtual Education Day 6. The Blue Footed Boobies (@bluefootedboobies) on the SHAPED BY SOUND stage 7. Commemoration of Josh “Rowdy” Rowsey, rapper and educator, after his sudden passing 8. Blue Cactus (@blu.cactus) on the SHAPED BY SOUND stage 9. Sluice (@sluice.ig) on the SHAPED BY SOUND stage Alt. text: a gridded array of nine images, as described in captions above