WNC Original Music

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  • Ep 184 Cutlass pt 2
    Cutlass returns, mainly because they used that old trick of "forgetting" their scarf at my house. Real smooth, guys.
      
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    Find Landon Gray here
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     https://music.apple.com/us/album/honeymoon-eyes-feat-zenna-bryan/1729484850?i=1729484852
     
     
     
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    Cutlass is a dynamic alternative rock duo that draws heavy influence from the music of the late 60s to early 90s. Notable influences include sam cooke, jimi hendrix, the beatles, drake, cake, beethoven, soundgarden, prince, rihanna and the human condition.  Their 4th studio album "The East" will be released Winter 2022. Essential recordings include "Blue Bloods" "Used to" and "Slave". Cutlass can be found on all streaming platforms via the name Cutlass Music.
    41 min
  • Ep 183 Sycamore Bones pt 1
    Sycamore Bones joins the podcast and we al try to out-delight each other.
     
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    Thanks to Chris Milam for the closing song
    National Tour Dates: chrismilam.com/live
    EPK: chrismilmam.com/epk | "The Letter" live at the Levitt Shell
    On Spotify
    National Tour Teaser
     
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    Sycamore Bones has spent the better part of a decade playing their brand of Folk, bluegrass and country. The band began with just an upright bass, acoustic guitar, and 3 part harmony. They have recently progressed to a 5 piece band featuring keys, electric guitar, fiddle, and drums. The band is led by its two primary songwriters and frontmen, Cory Kinal (acoustic guitar) and Andrew Massey (electric guitar, keys). Their new album “Someone Who Knows” puts on display the same lyrically sensitivity fans have enjoyed from the duo backed by a broader soundscape reminiscent of bands like the Old 97’s, REM, and Wilco.
     
    “Invites—and earns—the Paul Simon comparisons,” raves American Songwriter about Chris Milam, the acclaimed singer-songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. Milam’s first two albums—Kids These Days and Meanwhile—earned him widespread critical acclaim. Years of dogged, grassroots touring earned him a dedicated fanbase across the US & UK. Collaborations and co-bills with Stax legend William Bell, Valerie June, Amanda Shires, Cory Branan, Garrison Starr, and more earned Milam’s reputation as an ascendent artist to watch.

    Now, Chris Milam is set to release his third album, Orchid South: a kinetic, slyly subversive rock record inspired by the music and events of his adolescence. These eleven portraits of teenage life draw a direct line from the tumult, thrill, depression, and anger of youth to the chaos of the present.
    53 min
  • Ep 182 Andrew Wakefield pt 1
    Welcome Andrew Wakefield to the podcast to help me further appreciate bluegrass.
     

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    The beautiful town of Asheville, nestled in the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina and noted primarily for its beer and bohemian atmosphere, now boasts a burgeoning contribution to American roots music in the name of Andrew Wakefield. Growing up in a musical family with a religious background, Andrew gained his first vocal experience singing hymns with family and in church choirs. That same passionate feeling within himself has prompted Andrew's emotional singing power and style throughout his life. 

    After leaving home at the age of sixteen he spent years honing his guitar craft and living a gypsy life of travel, adventure seeking, and soul searching(with a few bumps along the way). In 2020 Andrew landed a coveted weekly performance with the house band at Jack of the Wood, an Asheville bluegrass institution. Soon after he joined The Well Drinkers, a progressive bluegrass band based in the area. 
    Performing and touring relentlessly with these acts eventually gave Andrew the confidence to step into the limelight with his own songs and unique style, and the Andrew Wakefield solo project was born. 
    Catch Andrew at Jack of the Wood in downtown Asheville every Sunday 1-3pm with the Bluegrass Brunch Boys!
    42 min
  • Ep 181 Couldn't Be Happiers pt 2
    Couldn't Be Happiers part 2 where things get pretty weird but a good weird like whne you microwave silly putty
     

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    Thanks to The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs for the closing song
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    The Couldn't Be Happiers are a married, songwriting alt-country/Americana duo from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Jordan Crosby Lee (guitar and vocals) is a born again North Carolinian originally from Texas. His love of Texas music still runs deep, and his conversational songwriting style is redolent of Robert Earl Keen and Bruce Robison.  North Carolina native Jodi Hildebran Lee (drums, harmonica, and vocals) brings a more traditional/bluesy country dressing to their sound. Her voice is bold, brilliant, and hair-raisingly beautiful. Their sound is uniquely their own, but if a comparison must be made, think Violent Femmes meets Johnny & June. They cover everything from their love for each other to the rueful life of a Sasquatch hunter. The lyrics are nuanced, funny, and purposeful.
     
    The duo’s first full-length album, "Songs for Butchie," is out now in three volumes. The album is named in honor of Jordan's late father, John Lee, who passed away on November 3, 2020, from a rare brain cancer.  "Butchie" was undoubtedly the band's biggest fan, and his faith in Jordan and Jodi is what drove them to finally write and release this album.  Melissa Clarke, Ph.D., of Americana Highways called their music on this album “witty and entertaining, even as the lyrics weave in serious topics to consider.”
     
    The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs, known to their friends as Kendra and Zack Harding, began gig-swapping as solo artists in 2014. They bonded over these shared gigs, their common love of dogs, and an enthusiasm for hiking. They decided to tie the knot in the fall of 2015. The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs officially formed in early 2016, and they’ve been bringing songs of joy, pain, and dogs to audiences ever since.

    Combining their unique backgrounds that range from classic rock to classical guitar, they create a blend of original music with deep roots in the past and a contemporary twist here and there.
    59 min
  • Ep 180 Fancy and the Gentlemen pt 1
    Not just Fancy, not just The Gentlemen, but Fancy AND the Gentlemen join the podcast this week to talk about their new album.
     
    Listen to and follow Fancy and the Gentlemen at these places
    www.fancyandthegentlemen.com
    www.fancymarieonstage.com
    https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0BTZL5N51/fancy-and-the-gentlemen
    https://open.spotify.com/artist/1AZQuxValz9CKKsLOsLMIT
    fancymarie.bandcamp.com
     
     
    Listen to Songs of the Kurt Fortmeyer here
    https://www.instagram.com/kurtfortmeyer/
     
     
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    Based out of Asheville, NC, Fancy and the Gentlemen brings an eclectic mix of honky tonk, blues, southern gothic, outlaw country, and classical roots twist to Americana. Sensitive and rich harmonies weave through the tapestry of original compositions and carefully curated covers that celebrate the roots of southern American music. The crew enjoy performing as a full toms and mallets groove-infused band while staying true to the core artistry that is the songwriting quartet. 
     
    Kurt Fortmeyer was born in a barn and raised in a stable environment, or so he
    might tell an unwitting listener in one of his sillier moments.
    Kurt has shared the stage with Grammy-winning songwriters Steve Leslie and R.L.
    Castleman. and Hall Of Fame songwriters Don Wayne and Jimmy Payne. He has opened
    shows for many artists including Livingston Taylor, Emmylou Harris, and Doyle Lawson
    & Quicksilver. As at home in front of a microphone as he is on a front porch, Kurt plays real music,
    by, for, and about real people.
    1 hr 31 min
  • Ep 179 MoKindred

    Tyler Moore rejoins the podcast to talk about his new band MoKindred

     

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    Spotify

      

    Listen to Songs of the Folk here

    www.SongsoftheFolk.com

    www.facebook.com/SongsoftheFolk

     

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    1 hr 22 min
  • Ep 178 Rooster pt 2

    Rooster part 2, where things get real. Real real. Like really real.

     

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    https://www.instagram.com/_roosterband_/

    www.facebook.com/9rooster9

    Thanks to Kris Hitchcock  for the closing song

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    Don't miss Alison Price's review of the recent album by 77 Apes

    https://open.spotify.com/artist/0EW8agHugOLMp4kELL7MPI?si=E7wwR4DiROCDztX3xRO4Ew

    https://music.apple.com/us/artist/77-apes/1569144925

    https://music.amazon.com/artists/B095SCD15T/77-apes

     

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    Asheville-based band, Rooster, is made up of Erin Kinard on drums and Annie Myers on guitar and was formed by two strangers around a campfire in the summer of 2016. Annie and Erin recorded their debut album, Bloodroot, in February 2019 in Swannanoa, NC with recording engineer and producer Matt Lohan. Rooster's first release was an eponymous collection of five original songs in 2017. Since then they have performed throughout Western North Carolina, creating both new songs and arrangements of beloved Americana. Annie and Erin thrive on the impact of powerful vocal harmony that blends into lush organic sounds like honey from the hive. In any configuration, the orchestrations are clean and uncluttered, but with a raw, gritty edge. They seem right at home in a wine bar, brew pub, honky-tonk or at a backyard barbecue. Rooster's Bloodroot made it onto WNCW's top 100 albums of 2020. 

     

    Kris Hitchcock, the heartland troubadour, journeying from the rugged landscapes of Michigan to the vibrant streets of Nashville and New Orleans before settling in North Carolina. With his band, the SouthEnd Mistakes, Kris weaves tales of love, loss, and life's winding roads through raw, untamed melodies. Bursting onto the scene with five albums, Kris Hitchcock paints a vivid portrait of the rust belt's highs and lows, searching for love and purpose amidst blues-dripped heartland rock anthems. With a new self-produced record on the horizon, Kris and the SouthEnd Mistakes continue to captivate audiences with their high-energy performances and soul-stirring ballads, promising an unforgettable musical journey where every note strikes a chord and every lyric speaks to the heart.

    1 hr 2 min
  • Ep 177 Dani Grace
    Dani Grace joins the podcast to talk about her writing process and upcoming releases
     
    Find Dani Grace here
    www.danigracemusic.com
    Dani (@itsdanigrace) • Instagram photos and videos
    Spotify – Dani Grace
     
    Thanks to Landon Gray  for the closing song
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    57 min
  • Ep 176 The Get Right Band/iTopia pt 3
    Part 3 of 3 episodes where The Get Right Band talks about their album iTopia
     
    Quick episode mp3 download https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/57iaj2/Ep_176_Get_Right_Band_iTopia_pt_3b3xm2.mp3
     
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    Thanks to The Sleeping Cliffs  for the closing song
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    “The Get Right Band filters 60’s/70’s psychedelia and 90’s alternative rock through a modern lens–
    as if Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana co-wrote an album produced by Danger Mouse and Dan Auerbach.”
    -American Songwriter
     
    The Get Right Band is a psychedelic indie rock power trio committed to relentlessly following their muses to honest self-expression, to whatever excites them and pushes them into unexplored territory, to capturing some version of truth. American Songwriter writes that the Asheville, NC based group, “filters 60’s/70’s psychedelia and 90’s alternative rock through a modern lens–as if Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana co-wrote an album produced by Danger Mouse and Dan Auerbach.”
    The Get Right Band formed in 2011, built around the musical brotherhood that guitarist/singer/songwriter Silas Durocher and bassist Jesse Gentry have formed playing music together since middle school (25 years!). Durocher, who is a trained composer and has been commissioned to write for symphonies and chamber groups, has guitar chops that can soothe or rage, with a charismatic swagger as frontman and singer. Gentry’s virtuosic bass playing “catapults from elastic to nasty” (The Mountain Xpress). Over the years, GRB has defined their sound through constant evolution, building to the hook-driven, synth-heavy pop/rock/psych band they are today. The Huffington Post writes, “their songs are infectious and take you immediately to a place. The lyrics are smart and bear weight.” 
     
    “The Get Right Band are the type of performers that you just know will break out.
    Their songs are infectious and take you immediately to a place. The lyrics are smart and bear weight.”
    – The Huffington Post
     
    The Get Right Band has shared the stage with Dr. Dog, Everclear, Cracker, UB40, Rusted Root, Smash Mouth, and Lifehouse; been featured on NPR’s World Cafe, Paste Studio, and WTF with Marc Maron; and performed at major venues and festivals including The Fillmore, Brooklyn Bowl, Theatre of the Living Arts, The Orange Peel, FloydFest, Bristol Rhythm & Roots, and Riverbend Fest. They have released four studio albums and a live album, and their latest LP, iTopia, dropped on April 7, 2023.
     
     
    Based in the sprawling Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, The Sleeping Cliffs is a solo studio project from multi-instrumentalist Todd Glidewell. Combining elements of indietronica, post-rock, alternative, funk, jazz-fusion and ambient electronica, The Sleeping Cliffs produce emotive, cinematic, instrumental songs. Though not boxed in by any one genre, the songs share an undertow of gritty bass lines, layers of guitar, and big rock drums.
    48 min
  • Ep 175 Selections from Producer Lee Dyer
    Lee Dyer of Aunt Vicki joins the podcast on a very special episode where we showcase some of the songs he has produced
     
    mp3 download - https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/92muk9/Ep_175_Lee_Dyer_Producer7tt6q.mp3
     
    https://www.tinysunstudio.com/
     
    He also recently released this album recorded in Tiny Sun Studio
    https://open.spotify.com/album/4ArR50uDxwWImOA5M9AQls?si=Fwj4MtUjRved1VcZwnW6zg
    Also the latest from Lee's band Aunt Vicki
    https://open.spotify.com/album/4PyelypktkrkWSw0aUC5b7?si=k-7j6QKXQymlTqM6Oni6rw
     
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    Lee Dyer has been writing, performing, and recording music for the last 20 years. He studied trumpet and theory at Interlochen Arts Academy, and piano at Northern Michigan University.
    49 min

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Presenting original music from Western North Carolina musicians, but for people to hear everywhere.