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It's no surprise, especially in North Carolina, that there's a huge number of UNC Men's Basketball fans. Scott Whisnant was someone who grew up in the time of the old-school ACC basketball territories. Someone who was on the edge of his seat with every Tarheel game - including historic battles with Duke and NC State. In his book, Tarheel Bred, Scott covers how the events of his life correlated with UNC hoops.

Rooted in vintage country, Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet is an unapologetically beer- and tear-soaked homage to an era when hard-country weepers burst forth from AM transistor radios. “I’m in love with this idea of the real Nashville, " says Leigh. “The idyllic golden age, which, to me, is around 1967, 1968, because of the alchemy, the explosion that occurred, with the best country music songwriters ever, the best singers in country music.” The album’s country roots run deep, with guests like Marty Stuart and Rodney Crowell and a lineup of top-flight musicians. It will be released on June 16th, and she makes her Grand Ole Opry debut on the 24th. “Brennen can out play, out sing and out write just about anybody. She’s been dropping a lot of new music these days and we’re real lucky for it.” – Charley Crockett

He achieved the rare distinction of ranking TWO albums in WNCW’s Top 100 last year. There’s no doubt his genuine reverence for that classic sound of Nashville’s golden era of Country music resonates, perhaps especially thanks to his “Gulf & Western” sound of blues, Cajun, and western swing from his Texas/Louisiana/Gulf Coast origins. Crockett shines once again with this fourth installment in his “Lil’ G.L. Presents” series, with renditions of Jerry Reed, George Jones, Tom T. Hall, and others.

Join us Wednesday, December 28th, as we count down WNCW’s Top 100 of 2022, as voted by our listeners and staff! It’s a tradition that goes back to 1990 (previous lists here: https://www.wncw.org/top-100-releases-of-the-year ), and we look forward to continuing the tradition this year. This being a list of favorite albums, we’ll count down different tunes from these picks on Thursday, December 29th! Tune in both days between 9am and 6pm.

Tune in from 9am until 6pm as we count down your Top 100 albums of this past year, as voted by on-air hosts and hundreds of fellow listeners! We’ll play different tunes from these full-length and EP releases each of the two days.

Out this month is this new album from 3-time Grammy winner Ben Harper, no doubt one of our favorite musicians at WNCW. This one can be described as more subdued, introspective, even minimalist, compared to his previous albums. Accompanied by mostly just his acoustic guitar or piano, he considers these 11 new songs part of a family: each one a close relative to the next in terms of the stories they tell.

It can be a workout trying to keep up with Americana’s most prolific songwriter! But for those who’ve lost count this is his 37th, and it’s filled with 11 wonderful new originals, performed by the band he’s been out on tour with lately. That tour recently included MerleFest (his “Favorite Place”?) and SkunkFest in our area. It will be officially released on June 21st on Sky Crunch Records.