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An excerpt of conversation from an upcoming episode of the podcast Southern Songs and Stories
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Hear this episode on our page here and wherever you follow podcasts
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Hear this episode on our page here and wherever you follow podcasts
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Hear this episode on our page here and wherever you follow podcasts
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A trio bringing a big sound and a rare configuration to roots music
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Stephen Mougin (Sam Bush Band) and Ben Wright (Henhouse Prowlers) speak with Joe Kendrick from the fall 2023 IBMA conference about their own music as well as the history and future of bluegrass, along with excerpts of their latest music. Hear this episode on our page here and wherever you follow podcasts.
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Check out our latest episode on our page here and wherever you follow podcasts, which excerpts a conversation with Tony Trischka, as well as a recent interview with Travis Book.
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Rissi Palmer tells us about her big comeback in music, which began in earnest with the 2020 debut of her Apple Music series Color Me Country Radio With Rissi Palmer; the love she has for her adopted hometown of Durham, NC; hints of what is to come in her next album, and much more in this episode which features excerpts of her music both live and on album.Listen on the link here or wherever you follow podcasts.
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Resiliency, Innovation and Creativity Go Hand In Hand In the Digital EraHear the podcast episode on the WNCW Southern Songs and Stories page linked here.
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Western NC bandleader talks about his band's rise, the importance of funk, and how they are going forward without a banjo
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Shinyribs is an Austin Texas band that began in 2007 as a side project for Kevin Russell, who also goes by Kev, and was then still committed to The Gourds, the band he had co-founded fifteen years earlier. A few years later, The Gourds released their last album, and Kev sauntered over to Shinyribs full time. Known for his showmanship on stage and for a big band approach to both the concept and performances of his music, and drawing from a smorgasbord of funky roots-rock, big band swing, Tex-Mex, screaming soul and burlesque blues, while pumping out infectious rhythms and topping it all with hooky harmony, Shinyribs is a party waiting to happen. At least that is what it sounds like on first listen, and looks like at first glance.Shinyribs is a shindig, and a large one at that, but it is also a vehicle for Kev’s unique brand of poetry, which can point to deeper, darker issues at times, especially on his latest album Transit Damage. I spoke with Kev in early October 2023 on a crisp, clear autumn afternoon in the rolling foothills of the Upstate of South Carolina countryside before Shinyribs’ performance as a headliner at The Albino Skunk Music Festival, where we talked about the secret sauce that went into his new album, about making good records in the studio and being equally good live, how starting Shinyribs felt like a hail mary to him at first, plus we discuss James Brown and an Albino Skunk Fest memory which parallels one of The Godfather of Soul’s signature parts of his shows. There is a lot more, including live music from Shinyribs’ performance from that night, all simply waiting for you to press play.
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Conversations from WNCW's What It Is music talk show host Joe Kendrick with guests Jeff Eason, Fred Mills and Carol Rifkin from 2009