Local musician Bill Moore stopped by Live and Local this week, fresh off the release of his debut album “New Piedmont Style.”
“New Piedmont Style” is comprised entirely of all-new, original songs, but it doesn’t sound that way. Moore’s music is steeped in the Piedmont blues tradition – think Elizabeth Cotten, Blind Boy Fuller, or Reverend Gary Davis – so all his songs hearken back to the music of the early twentieth century, albeit with a subtly modern sensibility that sets them apart.
Now a student at UNC, Moore recently worked with the Music Maker Foundation in Hillsborough, an organization that supports roots musicians and records their music for posterity. He says it was that connection that enabled him to record his own album – not in a studio, but using the same method the foundation always uses to record artists.
“They set me up with field recording equipment,” he says, “in their little studio space under an HVAC repair shop. And I recorded (the album) in three hours.”
Now that “New Piedmont Style” is in the can, Moore is turning his attention to live performance: he’ll be appearing at Southern Village in April, along with the Sugaree String Society.
Bill Moore stopped by Live & Local to discuss the album and play three songs live: “Just a Couple of Blueberries,” “Durham Women,” and “Hillsborough.” Listen:
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