At The Foundation Performing Arts Center on the campus of Isothermal College in Spindale, NC. Click here for tickets.
An electronic variety show, where anything and everything electronic goes—from electronica to hip hop, lounge to lo-fi, techno to trip hop, new age, new wave, vaporwave, and pop. Join Rachel Hilton and Spencer Jones Sundays for a tour of electronic music throughout the decades to the present.
Close To Home has been on public radio in Western North Carolina since the 1980s. When it came to finding a new home for this old-time and folk music show, WNCW was the perfect fit. Close To Home host, Don Pedi talked with Paul Foster about the show, his love of the dulcimer, and his excitement for this new opportunity.
Earl Scruggs Music Festival will return to Mill Spring, NC August 30 - September 1 with headliners Tanya Tucker, Old Crow Medicine Show, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Yonder Mountain String Band and The Steeldrivers! Click through for the complete lineup.
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Earl Scruggs Music Festival will return to Mill Spring, NC August 30 - September 1 with headliners Tanya Tucker, Old Crow Medicine Show, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Yonder Mountain String Band and The Steeldrivers! Click through for the complete lineup.
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