{"id":2986,"date":"2010-05-13T20:11:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T04:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2010-05-13T20:11:56","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T04:11:56","slug":"gimme-five-heather-mcentire-of-mount-moriah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2010\/05\/gimme-five-heather-mcentire-of-mount-moriah\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Heather McEntire of Mount Moriah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mountmoriah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2988\" title=\"mount moriah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mountmoriah-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mountmoriah-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mountmoriah-78x80.jpg 78w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/mountmoriah.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an understatement to say that Heather McEntire, Jenks Miller and James Wallace have been in a few bands.\u00c2\u00a0 Between them, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve tread the waters of indie pop (Un Deux Trois), kraut-infected noise (In the Year of the Pig), soul-driven garage rock (Max Indian), and all sorts of sounds between and beyond (Horseback, Bellafae, etc).\u00c2\u00a0 Of late, though they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been wandering the old-time highways of country music, performing together as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/mountmoriah\">Mount Moriah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The trio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s music may beckon to an older era, but don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry, these adventurous musicians infuse their own off-kilter references into the mix.\u00c2\u00a0 Rustic shuffles pair with ethereal vocals. Shakers and tambourines bump up against spangling guitars.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s country music with an eerie edge, occupying some ghostly realm where the spirits have traded mournful moans for reflective ballads and up-tempo howls. \u00c2\u00a0With a record on the horizon and a few songs for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/mountmoriah\">preview online<\/a>, Mount Moriah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bound for the road and you can catch them playing a set at <a href=\"www.tirnanogirishpub.com\/event\">Tir na Nog<\/a> on Thursday, May 20<sup>th<\/sup> as a part of local\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s night.<\/p>\n<p>And now just five contemplative questions for the head-mistress of Mount Moriah:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your band were a  President,  who would it be?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/heatherbymikegray.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2987\" title=\"heatherbymikegray\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/heatherbymikegray-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/heatherbymikegray-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/heatherbymikegray-53x80.jpg 53w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The poorest and most likely to wear  flannel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve played in rock, indie, and noise bands, what prompted you to explore writing more folk\/country-oriented  songs?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Playing  punk, experimental, and loud music are certainly fulfilling creative outlets, and I feel  lucky having the opportunity to passionately experience them all, including  the opportunity to explore something more accessible and historically  Southern, like folk and country. I  grew up on a family farm and inside a mechanic shop where the country  radio dial was firmly set. That, and gospel music from church, has  always stuck with me. I&#8217;m interested in the challenge of creating unique  narratives and melodies within a traditional folk\/country format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe your feelings  toward Gillian Welch.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She  is classic, reliable, and convincing. She&#8217;s not doing anything  musically that hasn&#8217;t been done before, but she&#8217;s doing it really,  really well. Her contribution to contemporary folk music is inarguable,  important.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ninasimone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2997\" title=\"ninasimone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ninasimone-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>4.  Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really  surprise people?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I grew up  near the same town that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninasimone.com\/\">Nina Simone<\/a> learned how to play piano as a kid  in &#8211; Tryon, North Carolina &#8211; and I&#8217;ve visited her tiny, bare-bones shack  of a childhood home many times. It&#8217;s humbling, so  powerful. I&#8217;m influenced and inspired by conviction, curiosity,  devotion, faith, and conflict. Some secrets: disco, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caroleking.com\/splash_tour.php\">Carole King<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.randytravis.com\/\">Randy  Travis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of  being when you were a kid? (How\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid, I expressed interest in one day being the  following things:<br \/>\na garbage collector, a detective, an Olympic athlete, an underwater  archaeologist, a boy. I&#8217;m 28 now &#8211; musician, writer, record label  co-owner, bartender &#8211; and I still have a lot of dreams left.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c  \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Trot on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tirnanogirishpub.com\/event\">Tir na Nog<\/a> on the 20th to see Mount Moriah in action and please check in\u00c2\u00a0 next  week to see who else will take up the challenge  of   facing down the  five. Oh and by all means, give Heather s a  high five when you see her!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an understatement to say that Heather McEntire, Jenks Miller and James Wallace have been in a few bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[311],"class_list":["post-2986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-gimme-five"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3002,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions\/3002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}