Doug Wahl

“I always knew that I was going to pursue music, but as high school was winding down, there was this pressure to make a decision, to have everything figured out. Do you go to college? If not, what are you going to do? Where are you going to live? At that point, Nashville wasn’t part […]

It’s not often that someone’s life is changed by having a few beers with a friend, and if a night of drinking does change things, it’s almost always for the worse. Jonathan Grogan can tell a different story, with a much happier ending. He can’t remember specifically when this happened; he just knows it was

It would be a mistake to call Chris Vos an overnight success. If you just focused on the last decade, it would appear that things have magically come together for him. Less than a year after leaving his home in Wisconsin and heading to Los Angeles to try to make it in the music business,

“Music is a distraction for me. It’s like a therapy session. It’s my time to express my art and my emotions and what I am feeling, to connect to the community, but it’s not my calling!” For nearly a decade and a half, Jenny Vaughn has been a staple on the Wilmington music scene. At

“When I bump into other musicians around town, they keep asking ‘where the hell have you been?’ I really don’t have an answer for them. I just tell them I’ve been taking time for myself.” Ryan Brooks’ life has bounced back and forth from Charlotte to Wilmington for years. His mother lives here. His father

The next time you’re out and about in Wilmington, the next time you’re listening to live music, or attending a craft show, strolling on the Riverwalk or the beach, or eating at your favorite restaurant, look around and see if you can find a gray-haired woman wearing glasses, maybe dressed in a tie-dye shirt, holding

“We bought a brand new Ram Pro Master van. This is me going all in!” For a guy who has moved around a lot, Nick Black doesn’t think of himself as a traveler. He grew up in Charleston, then moved to Georgia for college. He had a stint in Huntsville, where he really learned the

“Right now, I’m on my way to the SeaWitch Cafe. I have a gig there tonight, and the traffic is terrible, but I guess that’s perfect for our conversation. It gives us time to talk.” It can be hard to set up an interview with Delia Stanley. We’ve been trying for a while, but her

“I see myself as a serious musician, but lately my attitude has been… you know, ‘to hell with it!’ Let’s just have fun!” There was a time, more than 20 years ago, when Justin Heter “Pan” dreamed of being a geologist. He actually went to UNCW to study the science. It became his major, and

WILMINGTON, NC — Justin Heter “Pan” vividly recalls the moment when inspiration struck. It was six or seven years ago while he and his then-girlfriend were cooking spaghetti together. As they stirred the noodles and sauce, they began playfully signing to each other, spontaneously creating a song on the spot—Spicy Spaghetti. “The song is kind