An Acoustic Journey with Red Nucleous

Settle in beneath the warm rafters of The Bar(n) for an evening where nuance, groove, and atmosphere take center stage. Chapel Hill duo Red Nucleus — Michael Goy (fingerstyle guitar) and David Cooper (bass) — craft richly layered instrumental music that lives somewhere between folk, rock, American primitive guitar, and contemporary acoustic exploration. It’s music that invites you to lean in, breathe a little slower, and let melody and rhythm carry the conversation. No Cover/RSVP to save your spot

Formed in 2013, the pair brings decades of musical life experience to their collaboration. Both retired academics, they’ve followed winding musical paths through rock bands, blues gigs, fingerstyle guitar traditions, and deep rhythmic study. Michael’s open-tuned guitar textures shimmer with resonance while David approaches the bass almost like tuned percussion — fluid, melodic, and groove-forward. The result is an emotional, dynamic dialogue between two instruments that feels both intimate and expansive.

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