Doc Aquatic talked with Phian last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh. They played four songs during the interview: On the Run, Weird Ed, Spinning, and Crook Factory.
The Crypt’s DJ Soulwood visited the Art of Cool Festival in Durham, North Carolina the weekend of May 1, 2015. American R&B singer-songwriter and producer Anthony Hamilton stopped by the press tent before his headlining performance at the Durham Athletic Park on Saturday afternoon. Listen to his press interview here. (Apologies for the food trucks in the background-Durham is kind of loud.)
Chicago-based hip hop, funk, jazz group Sidewalk Chalk called in to WKNC to talk with DJ Soulwood after their performance at the Durham, North Carolina Art of Cool jazz festival. Their creative blend of hip hop, rap, jazz and funk brought the house down at the Durham Armory Saturday evening.
River Whyless has taken the genre of folk music, one that many may feel has been driven into the ground by over-played and super-hyped acts like Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers, and have crafted songs that are as fresh and unique as they are rustic and traditional. Live shows may find the act shouting into violins for melodic textures, using bicycle wheels as percussive instruments, and frequent trade-offs of vocal duties. All of these facets come together to build one surprisingly cohesive...
See Gulls dropped by the studio on February 5th for an interview before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub. You can hear two of their songs during the interview: Don’t Write Me Love Songs and Boss Hog.
Many folks may be familiar with Wylie Hunter and Nick Jaeger from the plethora of projects they’ve both been involved with like Wylie Hunter & The Cazadores, Roman Candle, Max Indian, and the list goes on. One wouldn’t reasonably expect a new project from these two roots driven artists to sound the way Wild Fur does, a swirling mixture of synths, guitars, drum samples and smooth vocals that’s as rooted in Americana as it is electronic pop. However, Hunter and Jaeger aren’t satisfied with com...
On Thursday, Go Go Hero dropped by the station before they played Local Band Local Beer for an interview.
Last Friday the band stopped by Carolina Grown to talk about what it’s like making music in Wilmington, entering into a local music scene they knew next to nothing about, and how you probably shouldn’t throw away your Rock Band set just yet. Although the members of Astro Cowboy are still young, barely able to get into the bars they’re now performing at, they tackle relatable moments of hopelessness, despair, regret and longing with the poise of an aged songwriter. Whether they’re lamenting over ...
After Stack$’s set, a teenager from the crowd sauntered on the stage wearing a paintball jersey and what had to be a fresh haircut. This teenager was none other than Carrboro’s own Cosmoe, a high school student pursuing rap and utilizing local venues to showcase this talent. Sampling an older Rihanna song as a beat is a bold move but I definitely respect it.The previous sentence more or less sums up the entirety of Cosmoe’s set.He’s young, with a lot of untapped talent and has a hidden love for ...
DJ Coyote interviewed Ellis Dyson and the Shambles last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh. They played three songs live during the interview: Carolina, I Ain’t Leavin’, Ellie Mae, and Jailhouse Religion.
It was a fun time in the studio Dec. 18 with Shampoo. The band performed three live songs during their interview with Phian: “Hanging Up On You,” “Boys” and “Shy Guy.”
Atlanta’s Semicircle chatted with Phian before their Dec. 18 performance at Local Band Local Beer. The group brought along their instruments and performed live versions of the songs “Movement is Calm,” “Underground River of Glass” and “Mechanism of Erasure.” All three songs are also available on their new album “Blown Breeze, Grown Grass and We are Part of the Earth.”
Zack Mexico, who WKNC fans will remember from our Oct. 3 Fridays on the Lawn, performed with Strange Faces and Dad & Dad at Dec. 11’s Local Band Local Beer. The gang stopped by the studios to chat with Phian before the show. Listen in to their conversation, which begins with the song “Meric Clanson” and also includes the tracks “Apocalypse,” “Lucy” and “Fun Fun."
Dad & Dad’s Saman Khoujinian talked with Phian before their show Dec. 11 at Local Band Local Beer. Click below to hear the conversation along with the songs “All Sys Gehen” and “Doldrums.”
Mark O'Connor and Ryan Barnum from Raleigh’s Strange Faces stopped by the WKNC studios to talk with Phian before their Thursday, Dec. 11 performance at Local Band Local Beer. The interview also includes four songs: Above the Waves, Back of Your Mind, Pale Horse and Wasteland.
Phian interviewed Paperhaus last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh. (We interviewed Paperhaus back in September during Hopscotch, too!) During this interview, you can hear four songs: Cairo, All Through the Night, Helicopters, and Untitled.
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Phian interviewed Slinger Francisco last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh. You can hear four of their songs during the interview: Bad News, Grey Eyes, Radio Jedi and Finales. Keep up with Slinger Francisco on Facebook, Twitter and Bandcamp!
Phian interviewed Vanguard Party last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh. You can hear four songs during their interview: Supernova, Feel It, Yolo Sunrise, and Lightwaves.
Phian interviewed Major and the Monbacks last Thursday before they played Local Band Local Beer at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in Raleigh. You can hear three of their songs during the interview: Don’t Say A Word, Come on Home, and The Way Things Go.
DJ Dilemma chats with Deniro Farrar.
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.
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.
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 tak...
Hopscotch 2014 ended a full month ago, so today we give you our 21st and final interview. Here’s Wing Dam!
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...
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.
DJs Trillian and Coyote talked with Paperhaus during Hopscotch 2014.
Raleigh’s Bedowyn chatted with WKNC during our live broadcast from the 2014 Hopscotch Music Festival. Here their conversation below, or subscribe to our iTunes podcast so you never miss a WKNC interview.
