♪ - Coming from the North, I think I still kinda had this idea that, like, it was either Appalachian folk music or rap coming from the South.

And to see it just runs the gamut, it just feels really cool to be a piece of the puzzle.

- [Announcer] Offstage Live is a production of the North Carolina Museum of Art in partnership with PBS North Carolina.

It's made possible through the generous support of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

[soft Indie rock music] ♪ I can see you ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ Fall asleep to you ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ Wake up singing to you ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ I'm desperate ♪ ♪ For something ♪ ♪ Maybe it's ♪ ♪ Validation ♪ ♪ Just stay here ♪ ♪ For one night ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ [Instrumental music only] ♪ I won't be left behind ♪ ♪ Grab my things ♪ ♪ And swallow my pride ♪ ♪ My pride ♪ ♪ My pride ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ I'll sing ♪ ♪ I'll sing ♪ ♪ I'm desperate ♪ ♪ For something ♪ ♪ Maybe it's ♪ ♪ Validation ♪ ♪ Just stay here ♪ ♪ For one night ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ ♪ I won't call you ♪ - It's such a great honor and it's such a sacred space to be playing amongst these like historical pieces.

It's so cool.

It's kind of like a new way to honor it.

I think today we had a little bit of trepidation about it because we're a little loud.

So second thought was, should be careful around this.

[gentle guitar music] ♪ Through the grave I saw the clutches ♪ ♪ Of your hands beside the fire ♪ ♪ You decided that you were a friend of mine ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ But you already know ♪ ♪ How to say how it all happened ♪ ♪ How I fell out everywhere ♪ ♪ Now it's moved quickly ♪ ♪ Round these parts so they say ♪ ♪ Dancing in the deep ♪ ♪ You wouldn't speak to me ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ And soon I found my way home ♪ ♪ As I stumbled through the dark ♪ ♪ Speaking softly ♪ ♪ trying not to break your heart ♪ ♪ Through the streets I hear the echo ♪ ♪ And it fills my heart with shame ♪ ♪ Wondering how I could have left ♪ ♪ And why could it stay the same ♪ ♪ Wrecked the car before I could leave ♪ ♪ I can barely see ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Dry out the fire ♪ ♪ Let my love carry me ♪ ♪ Dry out the fire ♪ ♪ Let my love carry me ♪ ♪ Drive out the fire ♪ ♪ Let their love carry me ♪ One of the pieces that I really liked was an interchange piece, and it's a series.

It's a series of three women.

There's like a 17th or 18th century painting of a woman.

There is a more modern, I think it was the 70s painting of a woman and then there's a there's a photograph of a woman that I think was taken somewhat recently.

That piece really resonated with me.

Just, you know, as a cisgendered woman, and thinking about my place in the world, and my place in history, and what you know how I impact the space around me.

And looking at this comparison of these three women who are being honored in this way, you know, being captured, their image is being captured in this way.

It just kind of made me stop and think about, you know, who I am as a woman and what I do.

♪ Bound by your side ♪ ♪ You said you take care of the rest of roses ♪ ♪ That came in my mind ♪ ♪ Two weeks have gone by ♪ ♪ We'll both be sorry ♪ ♪ But the [indistinct] makes the well run dry ♪ ♪ We've all apologized ♪ ♪ Simply caught in the clandestine truth we cannot find ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Falling out to soon ♪ ♪ You said that ♪ ♪ All things ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ That's when you don't remember ♪ ♪ What we had to do ♪ ♪ Is this the [indistinct] ♪ ♪ Split in two?

♪ [instrumental solos] ♪ When I hold your name ♪ ♪ Inside my cheek ♪ ♪ It says simple pleasure is for the weak ♪ ♪ But your wild eyes search away ♪ ♪ All across is ringing out to me ♪ ♪ And I don't hear what you say tonight ♪ ♪ Just the thought of you makes me wanna die ♪ ♪ And I never wish I could cry ♪ ♪ I just wish I hadn't sit the night ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ For an hour to [indistinct] ♪ ♪ That's when you always said I questioned you ♪ ♪ That's when you don't remember what we had to do ♪ ♪ Would you believe me ♪ ♪ If I had said I don't know you ♪ [instrumental music only] - I moved to Chapel Hill in 2000.

So growing up and playing music as a teenager, it was hard to not be influenced by the local bands that I was playing with.

So there is a wealth of really great music coming out of this area that I think shapes a lot of the sound of a lot of the bands that remain in the area.

- I think we're maybe not as like rambunctious as like a super [indistinct] but we definitely fit in the mold of like moody, emotional indie rock.

- I moved here at the same time as Rachel.

And that's what I remember was that this area was like really fertile for music, indie music, like we play now in that time.

And that was just kind of what, it was like the soup that we swam in.

- And me coming here more recently and seeing this like, really diverse landscape of music that happens in North Carolina.

You know, I coming from the north, I think I still kind of had this idea that like it was either like Appalachian folk music or like rap coming from the south.

And to see like, you know, the stuff that y'all are talking about and everything else that's happening here experimental music, you know, it just runs the gamut.

It just feels really cool to be a piece of the puzzle.

[soft guitar music] ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ How are you ♪ ♪ Is your car all right ♪ ♪ Only see it in night ♪ ♪ I only see it in night ♪ [guitar music] ♪ It's been snowing ♪ ♪ In my dreams ♪ ♪ You been practicing ♪ ♪ You'll come back to me ♪ ♪ You'll come back to me ♪ ♪ Me ♪ [instrumental music] ♪ The dreams move ♪ ♪ And though [indistinct] ♪ ♪ Sun shines through your miles ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ I see you ♪ ♪ Moving tugging ♪ ♪ Bout time [indistinct] ♪ ♪ I release you ♪ ♪ You'll come back to me ♪ ♪ You'll come back to me ♪ ♪ Me ♪ [instrumental music] ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ Worst of it tensions ♪ ♪ I find it sometimes so hard ♪ ♪ The only way I miss ♪ ♪ You ooh ♪ [instrumental music] ♪ I pour ♪ ♪ Myself in you ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ In ♪ ♪ In ♪ [instrumental music] - Any organization that seeks to preserve and display art of any medium, you know, music, film, spoken word, whatever, paintings.

Now, I hate the phrase, now more than ever, because it's like I've heard it so many times.

But now more than ever these organization like we really have to fight for them to prove that art has value.

While it's not, you know, a one-to-one dollar value.

It's so highly valued right now in this moment.

People are more concerned with that.

Just trying to prove the significance of having an art community at this moment is very important.

[soft rock music] ♪ You ♪ ♪ Drive around town ♪ ♪ [indistinct] ♪ ♪ Would I see it in you ♪ ♪ Keep it ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Keep it ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Down ♪ ♪ Been over ♪ ♪ Told her it's not something ♪ ♪ How I'm ♪ ♪ Do it ♪ ♪ For me ♪ ♪ Do it ♪ ♪ For me ♪ ♪ For me ♪ ♪ For me ♪ ♪ Want you to come out ♪ ♪ Scream all your secrets out ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Scream right here ♪ ♪ Let me ♪ ♪ Scream ♪ ♪ Let me ♪ ♪ Guide me ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ And if I [indistinct] ♪ ♪ As a bird ♪ ♪ Over bound ♪ ♪ Am I the lamb ♪ ♪ Or I might be the lion ♪ ♪ Tell me ♪ ♪ Who are you ♪ ♪ She said ♪ ♪ Everything ♪ ♪ [indistinct lyrics] ♪ ♪ So tell me ♪ ♪ When will ♪ ♪ When will ♪ ♪ When will this be ♪ ♪ Over ♪ ♪ When will this be ♪ ♪ Over ♪ ♪ When will this be ♪ ♪ Over ♪ ♪ When will this be ♪ ♪ O-over ♪ ♪ When will this be ♪ ♪ O-over ♪ ♪ When will this be ♪ [instrumental music] ♪ - [Announcer] Offstage Live is a production of the North Carolina Museum of Art in partnership with PBS North Carolina.

It's made possible through the generous support of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.