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 .

Today we launch WUNC's Songs We Love Podcast. It's where we look at the stories behind some of the songs in rotation on our 24-hour music discovery stream, WUNC Music . One song that's in the WUNC Music mix right now is "Black Leaf" by John Paul White. White used to be in the band The Civil Wars but has since branched out on his own. His song "Black Leaf" is one recorded for his solo album "Beulah." In this first podcast, Eric and John Paul talk about music inspiration, song writing and more.

Here's the latest in our occasional series called Songs We Love . It's a look at the stories behind the songs we're playing on WUNC Music . That's the new music stream from North Carolina Public Radio. ( WUNC's Songs We Love is also available as a podcast .) For this episode we're focued on the song "Coffee." This is the break through song for the Durham band Sylvan Esso. When it came out in 2014 it made a number of best songs of the year lists and at WUNC Music it remains one of the songs we

North Carolina Public Radio has a new music stream . It's a place where you can discover new songs and get a taste of the local music scene. One song that's in the mix right now is called "Higher Mind" by the Durham based band Mount Moriah. Heather McEntire says it's one that she wrote while on a cross country drive with her dad. WUNC's Eric Hodge is talking with some of the artists whose songs are featured on WUNC Music. Here's part of what Heather told Eric: "Mount Moriah had a West Coast tour