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It’s been a pretty good year for Billy: he recently won Entertainer of the Year and Guitarist of the Year at the IBMA Awards! Once again, he honors the history of the music that inspires him, while continually pushing it forward. With this record’s sixteen tracks, Strings shares a more personal and honest perspective through his songwriting, while incorporating his wide range of influences with elements of bluegrass, classic rock, metal, psychedelic music, and more. Billy also likes to honor his roots in more philanthropic ways too: he made headlines this month for returning to his Michigan elementary school to donate 200 acoustic guitars to the students there.
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It’s the final release in his trilogy of the last three years. Welcome to the all-night dive bar that offers safe haven for lovers, losers, drifters and dreamers whose hopes and aspirations always remain just out of reach. Fans of Friday’s “Cosmic American Music Show”, see you tonight, too!
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We can say with relative certainty that Dangermuffin is the sweetest vegan rock band from Charleston/Folly Beach, SC we know. They have a genuine…
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The Peak of the Week this Thursday evening is actually WNCW's Peak of the Year: the #1 Album pick among WNCW listeners in 2014's Top 100 Countdown (by a…
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For the first night of the new year, let's feature the artist who is far and away WNCW listeners' favorite, based on previous listener polls, Bob Dylan.…
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Can you believe the Colorado pioneers of polyethnic Cajun slamgrass formed a full 25 years ago? We've loved 'em since their first recordings, and we're…
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Todd Snider has been trying out both his songs and those of some of his favorite songwriters (Hayes Carll, Kevn Kinney, Welch/Rawlings among others) in a…
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Vermont's Sam Amidon has been immersed in traditional folk and mountain tunes pretty much all his life, and worked once again with bassist Shahzad Ismaily…
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Jackson Browne has been consistent in his craft since his 1972 self-titled debut, in which he hit the ground running with "Doctor My Eyes", "Take It…
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From 1978 until 1990, Tim O'Brien, Pete Wernick, Nick Forster, and the late Charles Sawtelle blazed trails as one of the hardest working bluegrass bands.…
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One of these days, we need to get Marty Stuart back to WNCW, so we can spend all day hearing his moving stories about his former bosses and mentors like…
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After a long tenure with Lost Highway Records (following some tumultuous times with big industry labels in her first few years, including 1998's epic Car…