3 Seasons

Appalachian Vibes Episodes

Mark Brine

Mark Brine

This week my guest is Mark Brine, an Americana folk and blues singer-songwriter creating art that is "pure and rootsy, and brimming with emotion harkening back to Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family."We discuss the evolution of country music and the underbelly of...

Chestnut Creek School of the Arts mini

Chestnut Creek School of the Arts mini

Chris Pollins is a sculptor, teacher, and director of Chestnut Creek School of the Arts, a community school located in Galax, VA with a "mission is to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of southwest Virginia by offering classes and events year-round for all...

Gabriel Morales

Gabriel Morales

Gabriel Morales is a multi talented  Venezuelan American composer, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer hailing from the mountains of Roanoke, VA. We discuss how he got his start singing, performing and composing music within his hometown of Roanoke, VA through a...

Mitch Greenhill mini

Mitch Greenhill mini

Mitch Greenhill is a musician, composer, author, FLiArtists record label owner and producer of the recently released Doc Watson 100th anniversary album featuring artists like Dolly Parton and Rosanne Cash. 'I am a Pilgrim' is the title of Doc Watson's...

Mitch Greenhill

Mitch Greenhill

Mitch Greenhill is a musician, composer, record producer, author and President of the music agency FLiArtists.Mitch Greenhill recalls his childhood growing up with his father, Manny Greenhill, a music promoter in in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. Mitch watched his...

Erik Vincent Huey

Erik Vincent Huey

My guest this week is Erik Vincent Huey, a West Virginia, Americana singer-songwriter with generations of coal miners in his family. His latest album is called Appalacahin Gothic, it explores into the complexity of Appalachias union past and her ever changing future....

Bluegrass Librarian, Trish Fore

This week my guest is Trish Fore, the library director for Galax-Carroll Regional Library. She's a banjo playing, library loving woman with a unique mission to combine music and library services for the population she serves. You can learn more about the...

Joe Kendrick, Southern Songs & Stories

Joe Kendrick, Southern Songs & Stories

Today we explore the art of broadcasting with Joe Kendrick, WNCW’s program director, as well as the creator and host of Southern Songs and Stories-a music interview podcast and radio show. Learn more about Joe and Southern Songs and Stories:...

Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey

Paul Dempsey is a digital artist, egg tempura painter, jazz and bluegrass inspired finger style guitarist and composer from Lynchburg, VA. From losing part of a finger (just like Jerry Garcia), to helping his late brother complete a top secret jazz album,  becoming an...