Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . For this episode, Eric Hodge sits down with Chapel Hill's Mandolin Orange to discuss their song "Wildfire" from the album Blindfaller. "Wildfire" is a bit more political than the average Mandolin Orange song. Andrew Marlin says that with this song he wanted to speak his mind on what racism in the South means these days. Listen to the episode

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . This time, Eric Hodge sits down with Chapel Hill's Mipso to discuss their song "Water Runs Red" from the album Coming Down The Mountain.

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . This time, Eric Hodge sits down with Jody Stephens of Big Star to discuss the band's classic song 'September Gurls.' Stephens discusses the legacy of Big Star and the ways in which the band is still a big part of his life. Recently he has taken part in a series of tribute concerts led by Chris Stamey and a group of musicians who count the band

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . On this episode, Eric Hodge sits down with Mike Doughty to talk about his song "Brian" from the album The Heart Watches While The Brain Burns. "Brian" is a based on an East African beat, and Doughty goes in depth discussing how his travels to the region influenced his songwriting. Listen to the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . This time Eric Hodge speaks with Rick Miller of Southern Culture On The Skids about the song "Freak Flag" off of the band's 2016 album The Electric Pinecones. Miller says it's a song with a pretty simple message about being yourself. The band debuted the song at an elementary school fundraiser where it became an instant hit. Listen to the

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . On this episode, Eric Hodge chats with Sarah Shook of Sarah Shook & The Disarmers about her song 'Dwight Yoakam' from the album Sidelong . Shook says 'Dwight Yoakam' is a song of irony. It tells the tale of a person being left behind not for a famous person, but for someone who can sing like a famous person. Listen to the episode here: https

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . This time, Eric Hodge sits down with Jason Isbell to discuss his song "Cover Me Up" from the album Southeastern. Isbell says the song is an intimate look at a broken relationship, but also a plea for redemption. Listen to their conversation here: https://youtu.be/NaUCDqWzy1k

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . This time, Eric Hodge sits down with Bob Mould to discuss his song "I Don't Know You Anymore" from the album Beauty & Ruin . On the surface, "I Don't Know You Anymore" sounds like a break up song but Mould tells us that it's something more than that. Like many of his compositions, the tune's dark lyrics are accompanied by bright and catchy

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast with a look at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music . This time Eric Hodge sits down with Charlotte, North Carolina's Benji Hughes to discuss his song "Peacockin' Party" from the album Songs In The Key Of Animals . Hughes says he wasn't trying to take himself too seriously for this record, and what he ended up with is a batch of catchy songs about animals.

Songs We Love is a series and a podcast with a look at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC-Music . This time Eric Hodge sits down with Durham, NC based musician Phil Cook to discuss "Sitting On A Fence" from Cook's album Southland Mission .