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Rather than run the risk (and suffer the indignity) of putting Rupert Murdoch on the witness stand, Fox News has paid the $US788 million required to get Dominion to drop its defamation suit. A similar settlement will probably be needed to pay ...

AVLFest, Asheville’s newest citywide music festival presented by Wicked Weed Brewing and Worthwhile Sounds, will debut this summer featuring Scott McMicken of Dr. Dog, Nikki Lane, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, plus over one hundred more acts. Today, organizers are proud to share a fresh batch of artists joining the inaugural lineup, which includes local and regional favorites such as Chatham County Line, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra, and Rebekkah Todd alongside well-established acts like Dyl...

This week’s Mountain Stage features encore performances by progressive-roots band River Whyless, jazzy pop singer Kat Edmonson, Haitian troupe Lakou Mizik, piano and keyboard master Neal Francis, and guitarist, singer, and songwriter Margaret Glaspy. Join us on our NPR Music affiliates starting Friday, Feb. 24.

The Hackles will release their third studio album, What a beautiful thing I have made, on April 7th on Jealous Butcher Records.  The Hackles are

Conversations touching on the Earl Scruggs Music Festival where this episode was recorded, artists from North Carolina like Aaron Burdett, River Whyless, and Scruggs Fest featured artists Fireside Collective and Chatham Rabbits, plus up and comer Cristina Vane, who calls Nashville home. You will get to hear music excerpts of all of those artists in this episode. Of course, we also talk about the festival’s namesake, Earl Scruggs, who grew up in nearby Cleveland County, North Carolina. It is a ...

Radio is more than a signal and a service. It can act as a metaphor for the energy, sound and reach of a music scene. These synergies of radio station and music community are harder to find in the 21st century than they were in the 70s and 80s, but they’re around. We certainly try to capture the Nashville zeitgeist on WMOT, and there’s no doubt that in the potent scene of western North Carolina, WNCW is a hub of an extensive network of creatives and fans. Running operations and programming a...

Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Ice Cube, Indigo Girls, Dave Grohl, Lauren Hill, Jack White and Luke Combs have played the Peel.

Horse Feathers at Volcanic Horse Feathers, and its re-imagined string ensemble of seasoned players are returning to the road in the spring of 2022 in support of an April, Kill Rock Stars re-issue of the 2008 breakthrough release “House With No Home.” Justin Ringle and longtime violinist Nathan Crockett will be backed by new additions of upright bass (Luke Ydstie: The Hackles, Blind Pilot), banjo (Kati Claborn: The Hackles, Blind Pilot) and violin (Halli Anderson: River Whyless). The ...

Twelve bands, including Travers Brothership and Jeff Sipe, are scheduled to perform at the Carolina Mountain Jam in Horse Shoe.

One original band member of Yo Mamas Big Fat Booty Band remains, but some former band members will perform during a 20th-anniversary celebration.