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Ever since the days when vinyl records and radio waves first transported mountain music to audiences across the country, Western North Carolina recording studios have been a silent partner in...
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Dream Weaver
Dell’Orso Records, 2010
Sonic Youth and Neil Young’s Crazy Horse aren’t customary muses for late-night lullabies, but Asheville rocker wayne robbins has found the...
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Like countless artists in Western North Carolina, singer-songwriter Galen Kipar finds inspiration in this region’s compelling landscape. The force of a rushing river, the solitude of the wilderness,...
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Like so many who have fallen in love, Bo Farson remembers the night that sparked his romance. It was 1964 when he took Idelle on a first date to see jazz legend Rahsaan Roland Kirk in Pittsburgh. “He...
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The carter family left a lasting impression on bluegrass, country, and Southern gospel music. In fact, the Virginia-based family was the first vocal group to reach country music stardom, a stature...
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In the late 1930s, Mary Kate Waymon, an ordained minister in Tryon, watched her three-year-old daughter, Eunice, climb on an organ bench and reach for the keys. Within a few years, the girl was...
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There’s a sign posted over the door handle to WNCW’s Studio B that reads “Pull Hard,” and they aren’t kidding. It takes a jerk of the upper body to actually break the heavy, sound-proof door loose...
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The speakers are thumping out funky beats, the MC is on the mic revving up the crowd, and the audience is singing along in unison. It’s a typically energetic hip-hop show in many ways, except it’s...
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Standing in his bedroom-music studio in Fairview, 13-year-old Summit Jaffe works his hands in delicate gestures around two metal antennae protruding from opposite sides of a thin wooden box. As his...
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After 15,000 votes and four outstanding live performances, the winner of WNC magazine's Last Band Standing has been chosen.
Congratulations to Now You See Them on their win!
Be sure to see them...
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