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01/07/2024

Coming up in the noon hour today!
Is there anyone more involved with our region’s live music scene than Jeff Whitworth? His company Worthwhile Sounds books music for Asheville’s Grey Eagle, New Belgium Brewery, Asheville Downtown Association, and other venues, plus the Peace Center in Greenville and the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville. Join us as Spencer Jones hosts Jeff for a Guest DJ hour for tunes and discussion of some of the many musical acts coming to the AVL Fest, which Jeff co-founded with Bryan Matheny. The festival will take place at 20+ venues across Asheville August 1st through 4th.

01/07/2024

Enter to win tickets to see Iris DeMent!
Sunday, August 18th at the Peace Center in Greenville, SC

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30/06/2024

Join mid-day (noon to 3pm) Monday host, Spencer Jones as he welcomes Jeff Whitworth of Worthwhile Sounds to talk about AVLFest 2024 and spin some tunes from some of the featured artists.

29/06/2024

Live in the 7pm hour of Saturday Night House Party: Cee Cee James

Blues artist, Cee Cee James, joins Saturday Night House Party host, Mike Dew, this Saturday in the 7pm hour, ahead of her appearance at the Black Mountain Blues festival July 12-14.

26/06/2024

https://www.wncw.org/2024-06-26/thursday-in-the-1pm-hour-kim-richey

Singer-songwriter Kim Richey has been part of WNCW's music mix for nearly 30 years. In addition to her 11 solo albums, she has contributed to records by many of her fellow artists. Kim Richey songs have been recorded by other artists, as well, including Trisha Yearwood, Radney Foster, Brooks and Dun...

23/06/2024

WNCW fans Tom & Dawn Alligood are representing at the revered Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado this week! NC band Chatham County Line on stage. Thanks for sending the photo, Dawn.

20/06/2024

A new Americana singer/songwriter on the scene, Jack McKeon is originally from Chatham, NY, but moved to Nashville in 2021 to pursue his passion. Check out his debut album Talking to Strangers, which showcases his impressive songwriting: it’s our New Tunes at 2 feature on Thursday. He’s in our a...

20/06/2024

Today just after news headlines in the 3pm hour, hear Steve Earle interviewed by WNCW's Joe Kendrick ahead of his show in Spindale tomorrow night. Steve talks about how his relationship with his earlier music on albums like Copperhead Road has changed over the years, how his formative years in Texas shaped his music, his love of baseball and more.

Hear it on your FM dial or stream from wncw.org, as well as the TuneIn app

More of Steve's conversation still to come in a future episode of Southern Songs and Stories

18/06/2024

In the first of two episodes from MerleFest in April 2024, WNCW’s Joe Kendrick highlights two artists making their debuts at the festival on Southern Songs and Stories, Nick Shoulders and the Okay Crawdad and Adeem the Artist

Following this episode are two artists who have made MerleFest a regular stop over its history — 24 and 26 times, respectively — Jim Lauderdale and Donna the Buffalo.

Hear the conversation and music from both Nick Shoulders and Adeem the Artist from Southern Songs and Stories along with hundreds more episodes on your podcast app of choice

16/06/2024

Andy Brooks and Dan Wood began playing together in the spring of 2021. It didn’t take long to realize the special blend of old-time banjo and fiddle magic between them. Their debut project, *For to Lay This Body Down*, released in June 2024, is quickly earning acclaim from the old-time community. ...

13/06/2024

We are pleased to welcome back Maya and band to Studio B, and during the week in which we’re debuting her upcoming new album! This is her 4th full-length one under her own name, following her time with the Stray Birds (2010-2018), and amongst countless collaborations with other musicians, from Aoi...

11/06/2024

UPDATE: WISF is fixed!!!

10/06/2024

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | The Radio Room | Greenville, SC

09/06/2024

For the first time in a little more than a decade, Lydia Loveless performed in WNCW's Studio B and we were thrilled to have her play the song excerpted here, "Runaway".

Lydia's full session with an interview, along with thousands more videos of past live performances, are available on demand on the WNCW YouTube channel.

07/06/2024

One of our long time favorites, Songs From The Road Band returned to WNCW's Studio B recently for this performance of "Where Lonely Lives".

Their full session with an interview, along with thousands more videos of past live performances, are available to enjoy on the WNCW YouTube channel.

06/06/2024

Check out this up and coming artist Jobi Riccio. Here is some of her recent performance of "I'll Be Here In The Morning" in WNCW's Studio B.

Jobi's entire session with her interview, along with more than two thousand more videos of past live performances, are available on the WNCW YouTube channel.

05/06/2024

This month we’ve been getting to know this country/Americana singer from Prince Edward Island, Canada. His music reflects the sweat labor fishing boats, to***co fields, logging camps, construction sites and film sets, as you’ll hear in his songs and stories. His new album Road Ready was recorded...

05/06/2024

Do you have your tickets for our Steve Earle show yet? WNCW is bringing this living legend to The Foundation Performing Arts Center on our campus at Isothermal Community College in Spindale, NC on Friday, June 21st at 8pm. How often can you see a great show and support your favorite public radio station at the same time? Visit this link for tickets: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/94801147/steve-earle-acoustic-show-spindale-foundation-performing-arts-center.

Steve Earle is one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters of his generation. A protege of legendary songwriters Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, he quickly became a master storyteller in his own right, with his songs being recorded by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris, The Pretenders, and countless others. 1986 saw the release of his record, Guitar Town, which shot to number one on the country charts and is now regarded as a classic of the Americana genre.

Most recently, Earle’s 1988 hit Copperhead Road was made an official state song of Tennessee in 2023. Subsequent releases like The Revolution Starts...Now (2004), Washington Square Serenade (2007), and TOWNES (2009) received consecutive GRAMMY® Awards. His most recent album, Jerry Jeff (2022) consisted of Earle’s versions of songs written by Jerry Jeff Walker, one of his mentors.

Earle has published both a novel I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2011) and Dog House Roses, a collection of short stories (Houghton Mifflin 2003). Earle produced albums for other artists such as Joan Baez (Day After Tomorrow)and Lucinda Williams (Car Wheels On A Gravel Road)

As an actor, Earle has appeared in several films and had recurring roles in the HBO series The Wire and Tremé. In 2017, Earle appeared in the off-Broadway play Samara, for which he also wrote a score that The New York Times described as “exquisitely subliminal.” Earle wrote music for and appeared in Coal Country, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. Earle is the host of the weekly show Hard Core Troubadour on Sirius Radio’s Outlaw Country channel.

In 2020, Earle was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. And in 2023, Steve was honored by the Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music.

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03/06/2024

Final sound checks happening now. Stay tuned…

01/06/2024

Live in Studio B on Monday morning – Robert Earl Keen

He was raised in Houston, and after graduating from Texas A&M in 1978 (with Lyle Lovett as one of his roommates), Robert Earl Keen embarked on his career with a move to Austin and his first album No Kinda Dancer five years later. Songs like “The Road Goes On Forever”, “Gringo Honeymoon” and “Merry Christmas From the Family” brought him the recognition he deserved… as did his placement on the 1997 cover of the Gavin Report radio trade magazine that introduced the genre of Americana music that he and we at WNCW have embraced since before it was named. It’s surprising that in all of our years of loving Robert’s work, we’ve never had him by for a visit. Until now! He may be officially retired now from full-time touring, but we kick off the month of June with a live session from Robert as he heads towards the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte for an evening show (starting at 8pm, with Chuck Cannon opening.) On this “Western Chill” tour, he and his band will be performing both new songs, and 1998’s Picnic and 2003’s Farm Fresh Onions front to back in their entirety (alternating albums each night; perhaps we’ll suss out which one will be at the Neighborhood.) The party never ends!

27/05/2024

Live today at 11 am: Menage

The Asheville music scene in the early '00s was a thriving one, particularly with talented singer/songwriters who played various venues of the day, particularly the newly bustling West Asheville. Enter Menage, which was formed in 2003 by Sarah Roberts and Mary Ellen Davis. They may have gone dormant over the past few years, but they're back! And since so many good things come in threes, they've added Melissa Hyman, who is also known for her bass, cello, and vocal work with The Moon & You and others. Both of those acts, plus Amanda Anne Platt, will perform at the Grey Eagle in Asheville on Thursday the 6th.

24/05/2024

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Wedesday, June 12, 2024 at 8 pm | ExploreAsheville.com Arena | Asheville, NC

24/05/2024

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Saturday, June 15, 2024 | Skyla Credit Union Amphiteatre | Charlotte, NC

24/05/2024

Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 6 pm | Rumbling Bald | Lake Lure, NC

23/05/2024

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Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 8 pm | Gardner Webb University Brinkley Amphitheater | Boiling Springs, NC

21/05/2024

Enter to win tickets to see Ben Folds in Charlotte on June 4th!
Visit https://www.wncw.org/contests/enter-to-win/2024-05-21/enter-to-win-tickets-to-see-ben-folds-in-charlotte for details and to enter

21/05/2024

Enter to win tickets to see the Pixies with Modest Mouse and Cat Power in Charlotte on June 1st! Visit https://www.wncw.org/contests/enter-to-win/2024-05-21/enter-to-win-tickets-to-see-the-pixies-with-modest-mouse-in-charlotte for details and to enter.

21/05/2024

The show is just one month away. Do you have your tickets yet?
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/94801147/steve-earle-acoustic-show-spindale-foundation-performing-arts-center