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Coming Up LIVE In Studio B!

  Fri Nov 20th at 11am: Based out of Asheville, the reggae collective Chalwa is heavily influenced by roots they have established through years of family ties to Jamaica. They bring their roots, rock and reggae to Studio B before taking the stage at Backstreets in Clemson Friday night.



Upcoming Features

 
  Goin' Across The Mountain - Saturday at 1:00pm: Join us for a special visit with Mr. Tom Riggs, founder of Pinecastle Records. One of the elite in Bluegrass music, the label celebrates 20 years of bringing the best in Bluegrass and Acoustic music to the world. The 2002 IBMA award winner will give us an insight on the early days, what’s happening now, and a look to the future. Also, he’s sure to have a story or two about his work with Bluegrass legends such as Sonny Osborne, Jim and Jesse, Charlie Waller, Jack Cooke and so many others.


Local Color:
Sunday nights from 7pm to 9 pm

 
Join host Laura Blackley as we feature the best musical offerings from around the region, because Local Music matters.

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Local Color on MySpace!

  
  This Sunday on Local Color, we'll travel to Hill Creek Recording Studio for a session with Asheville's roots/funk/rock harmony-drenched festival known as Ol' Hoopty. In support of the band's recent debut album release, "Key's Under the Mat," they stopped by to play some tunes and share in the groove.
 
  Our album spotlight is the sophomore release from Franklin, NC singer-songwriter Angela Faye Martin, "Pictures from Home". Getting some production assistance from Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, Martin delves into eerie Appalachian indie-folk.
local color



Spindale Cycle:
Monday nights at 8pm we track all the way through a classic album.


 

Join us during the Spindale Cycle as we dedicate each Monday night up to the holiday season to the WNCW #1 CD of each of our first 10 years.

  WNCW's #1 CD of 1996  

Monday, Novermber 23rd
Gillian Welch
Revival


NPR's Morning Edition:
Monday through Friday from 7am-9am

  One of the most respected news magazines in the world, National Public Radio’s Morning Edition airs Monday through Friday from 7am to 9am. Produced by NPR in Washington, D.C., Morning Edition draws on reporting from correspondents based in 14 countries around the world, and producers and reporters in 19 locations in the U.S. WNCW brings you local/regional headlines, weather updates and features from Western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina and East Tennessee.



New Tunes at 2:
Every Monday through Thursday afternoon at 2pm we sample a great new release.

     
 Monday, November 16th
 Dave Rawlings Machine
 A Friend of a Friend
   Tuesday, November 17th
 Dixie Bee-Liners
 Susanville
 

   
     
 Wednesday, November 18th
 Carrie Rodriguez
 Live in Louisville
              Thursday, November 19th
 Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo & Taj Mahl
 American Horizon


Peak of the Week:
Every Thursday night at 8pm we bring you a great new release in its entirety.

   Thursday, November 19th
 Roseanne Cash
 The List

Goin' Across the Mountain:
Every Saturday from 11am to 7pm - it's the best in bluegrass on WNCW!

   
Eight hours of the best traditional and contemporary bluegrass music played by WNCW’s  Dennis Jones and Brad Watson ....on your flagship bluegrass station!
  
 
 

Southern Sirens:
Tuesday nights from 8pm-9pm, hosted by Laura Blackley.

 
From the Piedmont to the Delta, from Asheville to Austin, the South is fertile ground for rich American music traditions. Southern Sirens celebrates the women who are making music, art, and poetry throughout the South. From classic to contemporary, indie to major, rock to folk to jazz to blues and everything in between.


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