MerleFest Unveils Lineup Details for April 23-26, 2026 EventAlison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Charles Wesley Godwin, Blackberry Smoke, Molly Tuttle, Ketch Secor, and more.

Here is the livestream of last Sunday's Free Planet Radio concert, which was a fundraiser for WNCW. Enjoy, and feel free to donate via the "GiveButter" weblink provided! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgvJrhJT-M

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center | Rutherfordton, NC

Sunday, November 16, 2025 | Thomas Wolfe Auditorium | Asheville, NC

Saturday, November 15, 2025 | Dreaming Stone Arts and Ecology Center | Rutherfordton, NC

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Joseph Terrell of Mipso, and Jordan Tice of Hawktail, are two terrific guitarists who’ve now got “some really fun guitarmonized duo guitar arrangements worked up!” They’re playing the Grey Eagle on Wednesday the 5th, as well as a Boone show at the Jones House on Sunday the 9th. They’ll do some pickin’ with Roland in our Air Studio on Thursday, while Studio B is still Ground-Zero for sending out thank-you gifts to all of you wonderful, generous station members who supported us in our successful Fall Fund Drive!

Our on-air fund drive is over, but our need for support continues. Donate online here to get one of these thank-you gifts!

We have had a fantastic week of fundraising. We ended the official drive at $294,844, which beats our record by a few dollars. We would love to reach $300,000 by the end of the weekend. So, if you didn't get an opportunity to donate this week, it is not too late! Click here to donate now. We still have some great thank-you gifts available. Your generosity during our Fall Pledge Drive reminds us just how powerful this community is. Thanks to you, WNCW will keep informing, inspiring, and entertaining listeners across our region with our eclectic mix of music and programming. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.

Jeff Whitworth of AVL Fest, the Grey Eagle, and other live music venues, and Richard Emmett, Program Director of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s Blue Ridge Music Center, join Martin Anderson in a discussion of the classic recordings on the newly released Music from the Land of the Sky: The 1925 Asheville Sessions, and this week’s panel sessions and concerts in Asheville.