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Barefoot Modern Is A Young Band Taking The Indie Scene By Storm

WUNC News | By Frank Stasio,
Laura Pellicer
Published June 11, 2019 at 11:58 AM EDT
Barefoot Modern are emerging stars in North Carolina's indie scene.
Barefoot Modern are emerging stars in North Carolina's indie scene.

Barefoot Modern recently walked away with the Best Alternative Indie Award for their musical submission at the Richmond International Film Festival. They beat out more than 2,000 bands to earn that spot and have since set their sights on garnering even more national attention with their roster of original tracks. Barefoot Modern play live on the State of Things at the Triad Stage in downtown Greensboro.

The college-aged band members hail from the Triad area, but recently moved westward to Boone to explore a new music scene.

Barefoot Modern is Robert Beverly on keyboard, guitar and vocals; Caleb LeJeune on drums and vocals; Hunter Evans on bass; Joe Karmazyn on lead guitar and vocals; and Tegan Dean on lead vocals. Beverly, LeJeune, Evans, and Dean join host Frank Stasio for a live performance at the UpStage Cabaret in downtown Greensboro.

The group performs Thursday, June 13 at Oak Ridge Town Park Amphitheater in Oak Ridge, North Carolina at 6:30 p.m.

 

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Laura Pellicer
Laura Pellicer is a producer with The State of Things (hyperlink), a show that explores North Carolina through conversation. Laura was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, a city she considers arrestingly beautiful, if not a little dysfunctional. She worked as a researcher for CBC Montreal and also contributed to their programming as an investigative journalist, social media reporter, and special projects planner. Her work has been nominated for two Canadian RTDNA Awards. Laura loves looking into how cities work, pursuing stories about indigenous rights, and finding fresh voices to share with listeners. Laura is enamored with her new home in North Carolina—notably the lush forests, and the waves where she plans on moonlighting as a mediocre surfer.
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