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Join us at Camp North End on Friday, September 27 for a FREE show featuring Wake Moody & XOXOK! Music begins at 6 pm!WAKE MOODY: Sweet, soulful and catchy all at once, Wake Moody is a pop-R&B meditation on the importance of forgiveness and reciprocity in relationships, with rich vocal layers carried by a driving rhythm section. Unabashedly populist but still capturing Gabriel’s unique musical personality, the music comes across as a modern take on the turn-of-the-century pop-R&B sound associated with acts like Justin Timberlake, Anthony Hamilton, and Usher, while maintaining a sense of warmth and lushness drawn from the likes of Maxwell, Daniel Caesar and Earth Wind and Fire.
XOXOK: Keenan Jenkins’ musical career began during his Ph.D. studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he played open mics and local showcases between long days on the third floor of the psychology building. By the time he’d finished his degree, drained and discontent, his musical moonlighting had meanwhile bloomed in full color. He took the cue and dove headfirst into the rich music scene in Carrboro, NC.
Jenkins now performs as XOXOK, crafting atmospheric soul music that is conceived on the fretboard, cultivated at the microphone, and cradled in headphones. The guitar and vocal influences are far-flung, but cohesive—see Jeff Buckley, Moses Sumney, and Anna Calvi, among others. His live performance is a model of intimacy and presence; armed with “sweet, ringing vocals” (Queen City Nerve), XOXOK delivers impassioned songs with unabashed conviction.
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Camp North End, ChargePoint, Charlotte, NC 28206, United States,Charlotte, North Carolina
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