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Phian interviewed The Family last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub.
During the interview, you can hear four of their songs: Day Dreamin’, Losing Control, Hey Baby and Round N Round.
They also took a selfie in our studio!
You can keep up with The Family on ReverbNation and Facebook!
On October 9th, 2014 Pau Dones of Jarabe de Palo arrived in North Carolina to perform at the Pour House Music Hall in Downtown Raleigh. I was able to get in contact with the group that brought him to Raleigh, Raleigh Sonica in order to get Arroz Con Pollo and listeners of WKNC 88.1 FM an exclusive interview.
Jarabe de Palo is a latin rock band that originated in Spain. I grew up listening to their hit songs La Flaca and Agua. It did not even occur to me that I would get to interview Pau Dones himself one day! He walked in with a smile on his face and a t-shirt with a cartoon tiger on it. Admittedly, that was a surprise but it just shows his personality. As we got ready for the interview we spoke a bit and I confessed that I was nervous. He told me “I’ve been doing this for 20 years, don’t worry take your time.”
Pau Dones, a singer songwriter, has been in this business for 20 years and from the way he speaks he is nowhere close to being done. The album La Flaca was released in 1996 and 18 years later, their new album Somos was released. In the interview we spoke of his inspirations and his motivations for music. We also spoke about their favorite moments. The most revealing moment was when I asked Pau Dones what his hobbies were. He answered that he likes to write music. He also pointed out the irony of a singer songwriter that as a career makes, writes, and performs music that spends his free time making even more music. To me that just shows the passion and dedication that he has to Jarabe de Palo and music as a whole.
For the full interview follow THIS link to the youtube video or download the audio below. Warning, it is in Spanish!
Phian sat down with Nuclear Honey last Thursday before they played at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub’s Local Band Local Beer night.
During the interview, you can also hear three songs: Long Time Comin’, You Want It All and 3 Weeks In Paradise.
Check out Nuclear Honey on Facebook, Bandcamp, and Reverb Nation!
WKNC is proud to partner up with Scene Sucker to give away tickets to the upcoming festival, Suckfest. Stay tuned to 88.1 for you chance to win! See the press release below for more information regarding the festival that features many great national and local acts.
Greensboro, NC – August, 10th 2014 – Scene Sucker is excited to announce its first ever Suckfest, sponsored by WUAG 103.1 and Natty Greene’s Brewery. The two day music festival will take place Friday November 7th and Saturday November 8th at the Blind Tiger and will focus on punk-inspired music ranging from garage and indie rock to hardcore and metal. “The goal is to bring together a diverse group of like-minded people,” says organizer and Scene Sucker head Danni Brower. “It’s a celebration of the punk energy that actively engages the crowd and serves as a positive, cathartic experience for them.”
Night one features Baltimore’s Dope Body and Roomrunner, Charlotte’s Junior Astronomers, Boston’s Designer, Atlanta’s Wymyns Prysyn, Richmond’s Teen Death, Raleigh’s Whatever Brains, Chapel Hill’s Flesh Wounds, and locals Dumpster, Black Santa and Fever Dream; night two features Philadelphia’s Cop Problem, Atlanta’s Hawks, Charlotte’s Distrust, Nashville’s Yautja, Raleigh’s Empire, Winston Salem’s Rulebreaker, locals Irata, Holder’s Scar, Born Hollow and Totally Slow and more tba.
The mix of local, regional, and national acts is intentional says Brower. “It serves to connect Greensboro with a larger community,” she says, and “promotes the flow of energy and ideas” into and out of the city.
Scene Sucker is also working entirely with local sponsors. “It is vital that we all, as community members and local citizens, invest both in Greensboro’s creative scene and independent businesses. By working with local businesses, Suckfest is creating an opportunity for them to show their support for the local music scene as well as connecting them with a demographic that both appreciates that support and strives to ‘choose local.’” Brower is confident that these music fans will in turn support these businesses, and through this cycle, Suckfest will make a very real, positive impact on local commerce.
The name of the festival itself, Suckfest, while at a passing glance playful and cheeky, ties into Scene Sucker’s mission to encourage people to “suck up” as much of their local culture and be as engaged in the community as possible. Says Brower, “Suckfest is ultimately about sharing a good time with good people.”
Suckfest takes place Friday November 7th and Saturday November 8th at the Blind Tiger, 1819 Spring Garden St, Greensboro NC. Single day tickets are $8 advance, $10 at the door. Tickets are available at theblindtiger.com. More information can be found online at facebook.com/suckfestnc.
10/16: Chuck Johnson / Daniel Bachman @ Pinhook
10/16: Colossus / The Beggars @ King’s Barcade
10/16: The Secret Sisters @ Haw River Ballroom
10/16: tUnE-yArDs / James Tillman @ Cat’s Cradle
10/17: The War On Drugs / Peter Matthew Bauer @ Cat’s Cradle
10/18: Twin Peaks / Tweens @ Pinhook
10/18: The Radio Reds / Bad Luck / Youma @ Nice Price
10/18: Surfer Blood / Eternal Summers @ King’s Barcade
10/18: Warpaint / Liam Finn @ Cat’s Cradle
This week, tune into WKNC 88.1 FM and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines to win tickets to these shows! Good luck and happy listening!
Hopscotch 2014 ended a full month ago, so today we give you our 21st and final interview. Here’s Wing Dam!
When you’ve got an area as firmly entrenched in tradition as North Carolina is, you’re guaranteed to have a slew of bluegrass aficionados. Folks like Hank Smith and Lindsey Tims are proof of this, two musicians who are doing their damndest to expand the horizons of a genre that many may pigeonhole as a niche, or static genre. Throughout our hour long conversation, we covered a wide array of topics ranging from the recent IBMA Festival in Raleigh, the evolution of the bluegrass genre and where their traditional roots have taken them as musicians.
Hank and Lindsey are two incredibly busy musicians that have a penchant for wide-reaching tunes, that’d explain their Flecktones tribute band alongside their work in The Morning After, the occasional Barefoot Manner show, and their new duo performances. Whether they’re churning out bluegrass iterations of Icelandic tunes or a sprawling yet simplistic arrangement of a Flecktone favorite, they’re always putting on clinicals, showing that two men with acoustic instruments can produce much more than meets the eye.
Check out our full conversation with Hank and Lindsey including a few in-studio performances and a handful of tracks from The Morning After, Barefoot Manner and the duo’s most recent release Impulse.
10/8: Lia Mice / Horizontal Hold / Body Games @ Pinhook
10/10: Steve Gunn / Mary Lattimore / Jeff Zeigler / Wowolfol @ Pinhook
10/10: Snowmine / Nightbox @ King’s Barcade
10/10: Perfume Genius / Matteah Baim @ Cat’s Cradle
This week, tune into WKNC 88.1 FM and when the DJ asks for it, call the request lines to win tickets to these shows! Good luck and happy listening!
Body Games from Chapel Hill talked with DJs Coyote and Trillian during our 24-hour live broadcast from the Hopscotch Music Festival.
Durham’s Toon and the Real Laww helped kick off the 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival with their performance opening for De La Soul at City Plaza. Listen to their conversation with Walter-Ego before the big show.