Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Avett Brothers & more earn Grammy nominations

The 2013 Grammy nominations were announced on Wednesday night and artists with Triangle ties have fared fairly well again this year.



Carolina Chocolate Drops received another nomination for Folk Album of the Year for their latest album Leaving Eden. The band won this award in 2011 for Genuine Negro Jig (the award was called Best Traditional Folk Album then).



North Carolina favorites The

Video: The Avett Brothers performs with Brooklyn Philharmonic on Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel has been shooting his late night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, in Brooklyn this week and on Thursday night, The Avett Brothers played the show with quite a few special guests.

The band performed a stunning version of the title track from their 2009 album I and Love and You with the Brooklyn Philharmonic. The orchestra takes the song to a whole new level. Check out the performance below.

Video: The Avett Brothers play "Down With the Shine" on Fallon

The Avett Brothers are out on tour in support of their new album, The Carpenter, and paid a visit to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon yesterday while in New York.

The band played "Down With the Shine" from their new album. The Carpenter recently debuted at no. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 — the band's highest chart position to date.

While the band's current tour schedule will keep them busy

The Avett Brothers offer preview of new album, 'The Carpenter'

Fans of The Avett Brothers have just 11 short days to wait until the release of the band's new album, The Carpenter. After a summer of teasers, including the release of the album's second track, "Live and Die," and an animated album cover, the band has released one final tease — minute-long clips of each song in the form of a YouTube video.

You can also listen to the album in its entirety for

The Avett Brothers release details of 'The Carpenter'

The Avett Brothers' new album The Carpenter is a little more than a month from its release (it's out on September 11) and the band have now shared the album art and track list.

You can check out a beautiful animated version of the cover below, which Paste debuted on Tuesday. It will start playing on its own, so you may need to refresh the page to watch the entire thing. It includes a bit of the

The Avett Brothers releasing 'The Carpenter' in September, listen to "Live and Die"

"Live and Die"

Fresh off of a performance on Conan last week and in the midst of a U.S. tour, The Avett Brothers have just announced the initial details of their highly anticipated sixth full-length album The Carpenter.

The album will be out on September 11 and will be the band's second major label release. Uber-producer Rick Rubin is once again at the helm and NPR has premiered the album's

Video: The Avett Brothers play "Murder in the City" on Conan

North Carolina lads The Avett Brothers are currently making their way across the western half of the U.S. and took the time to stop by Conan on Thursday before playing a big show at the Nokia Live Theatre in Los Angeles.

The band played the song "Murder in the City" from their 2008 EP The Second Gleam. Unlike the sparse arrangement on the recording, the band performed the song with as a

Video: The Avett Brothers perform at Racing the Cure

Only a lucky few actually got into Kings Barcade on Friday night to see a rare club performance by The Avett Brothers, but thankfully, some of them were kind enough to videos of the set on YouTube.

Check out the set list according to fans on The Avetts message board below along with videos of "Murder in the City," "When I Drink," "Cigarettes & Whiskey," "Go To Sleep" and "In the Curve." It looks