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News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.
Raleigh's Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek won't wrap up its 2009 season until next month, but the first show of 2010 is already on the schedule. Arena-country superstar Tim McGraw has released dates for next year's "Southern Voice" tour, and it comes to Walnut Creek on July 24. That makes two big country shows in Raleigh for next year.
David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo.; and before that, he earned a journalism masters degree from the University of Texas (on top of an English degree from Southwestern University). You can find more of his writing here.