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When people talk about artists like Aretha Franklin, St. Vincent, Paul Brady and Sam Cooke, they tend to talk about these artists’ best known work, their…
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Southern Songs and Stories: Twenty Years In, A New Sound and A Different Kind Of Heartbreak - LuceroConversation with Ben Nichols, touching on everything from his band Lucero’s embrace of synthesizers to working with his brother on film projects, the different kind of melancholy and heartbreak that he knows now from being a family man, and a whole lot more including, of course, a good bit of Lucero’s music from their new album When You Found Me.
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Credit our guests Town Mountain with the idea. After our interview for their episode, the conversation drifted over to talk about all the times that they…
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It’s not unusual for traditional musicians to influence artists in other styles, and that kind of cross-pollination was especially common in the 1960s and…
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This episode takes a detour from the very South-centric array of artists and history heard previously on the series with a show on The Ruen Brothers, from…
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From producer Joe Kendrick: In our last podcast, on Mac Arnold, the takeaway was that there was much more about the artists and history of Upstate South…
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WNCW's new music podcast reviews 2019 with songs that have not been featured before on the show, drawing from WNCW DJs’ Top 10s. From lesser known acts to…
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Music so often gives you more than you bargained for. Talk to anyone with an interest in music, and it will lead to discovery. You find out about great…
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The "Down the Road on the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina" podcast highlights bluegrass and old-time music stories, performers, and traditions…
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While Earl Scruggs is often credited as the originator of bluegrass banjo, he was actually an innovator within a broader tradition of three-finger banjo…
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On first listen, you will quickly recognize some of the ingredients in the music of Marcus King. Blues, rock and soul jump out right away. And when you…
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