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Section Editor: Karrigan Monk kmonk@unca.edu LYDIA LOVELE ROCKS THE ORANGE PEEL AMBER MOSER . A&F Staff Writer amoser® unca. edu ' ■ ' Red and violet lights illuminate a smoking stage, the people in the crowded Orange Peel cheer as the first note echoes from a guitar, sig naling the beginning of the show. The note comes from a pale woman standing center stage, and the leath er guitar strap across her torso reads ‘Loveless.’ Lydia Loveless is only the open er for popular rock band Drive By Truckers, but the crowd shows no disappointment with this opening act. As Loveless coos her first soft note, a momentary hush seems to befall the crowd. However, once the beat picks up and the band joins in, the scream ing begins and even those in the very back do their best to sing along. “I never want people to think Fm boring, and I never want people to be uninspired by what 1 do,” Loveless said. “I want to amp people up emo tionally.” Bom Lydia Ankrom, Loveless is a 27-year-old musical icon who was once known for her part in her fam ily band, Carson Drew. However, when Carson Drew broke up in 2007, Loveless launched straight into her own solo career as Lydia Loveless and never looked back. Loveless released her first solo al bum in 2010. Since then, critics have categorized her music into a number of different genres, ranging from rock to honky-tonk. “I think it’s easiest to call it rock ’n’ roll with some roots influence,” Loveless said about her musical style. “I just hate the term alt-coun try so much at this point that I don’t use it anymore.” While Loveless seems to associate her music more with rock, others like new media student Ellen Smykow- ski disagree. “wShe reminds me of a ‘90s or early 2000s Reba,” Smykowski said. “It’s not really my style, but I can dig it.” Despite the debate. Loveless does not par ticularly care what genre people consider her . CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 iii 1 ■-j PHOTO BY KARR
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