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Asheville Citizen Times City and County Reporter- Joel Burgess joined WNCW for this More to the Story on June 30, 2021, to go over the latest on the removal of the Confederate Zebulon Vance Monument. When the monument had almost been fully removed, a court halted the removal to conclude. Find out why the city says the holdup was costing them thousands of dollars.

From July 9, 2021, The North Carolina Foothills Farm Tour was spotlighted during an interview with local N.C. Horticulture Agent Hannah Bundy. Hannah discussed upcoming farm tours that take place in Rutherford and Polk counties and how each month means a different theme and experience for those who attend.For more information on the tour, visit http://www.ncfoothillsfarmtour.com/

Jerry Douglas was effusive and ebullient all afternoon. He and his band approached their soundcheck session with a mixture of patience, focus and glee; it was the warm up for their first performance in front of a live audience in over a year. After sitting out the pandemic for all that time, the main hurdle to their exercise in knocking the rust off seemed to be finding what gear was in which bin, serving only to slightly delay them in getting things back into fifth gear. Jerry’s energy and enthusiasm continued afterwards, when he spoke about everything from his latest album project with John Hiatt to his analogy of the cyclical nature of musical tastes, which gave us the title to this episode.

New Tunes at Two Wednesday 6/30: Aaron Burdett – Dream Rich, Dirt Poor

A former college professor with an MFA in Creative Writing, Ken Waldman, AKA The Alaskan Fiddling Poet has published fifteen full-length poetry collections, a memoir, and a creative writing manual from respected independent small presses. As a performer, he’s played from the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage to the Woodford Folk Festival (Queensland, Australia).

The bassist for NRBQ feels the love from Los Lobos, Ben Harper, Bonnie Raitt, & others who cover his songs on this Sweet Relief Musicians Fund collection.

This folksinger was raised in Quebec by her mother who was a folk troupe dancer, and her father who was a folk singer in the ‘60s. Emily also incorporates a lot of Southern American influences into her songs.

Evans plays banjo for the Slocan Ramblers, and Plotnick is the fiddler for The Fretless as well as Oliver the Crow. A wonderful blend of traditional and modern string-band styles on this all instrumental album.

Upcoming visual and performing arts events in our area

The Spirits Still Move Them, a documentary film about Western North Carolina's moonshine history and tradition, premieres.