Program Director, Joe Kendrick, has been talking with many of our hosts to look back on some favorite releases and music happenings of 2016. Tune into Morning Edition throughout the coming weeks to hear these interviews. Listen to the full interviews below; we will post more after they air.
WNCW's Top 100 contest gives listeners the ability to help us create the Top 100 Countdown that we air at the end of December. The 2016 contest has ended and we are tabulating the results. Thanks to everyone who voted. Tune into the Top 100 Countdown on December 28 and 29 during the daytime music mix from 9:00am to 6:00pm.
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Tuesday 11/15: Steve Blanton and Mike Dew talk about some favorite blues releases, as well as blues artists who are making their music for all the right reasons, and what younger players are helping keep the genre fresh and evolving.
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Thursday 11/17: John Fowler talks about some favorite old-time releases of this year, and goes on to lend some insight into the string band culture and what makes the music so appealing to young and old alike.
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Friday 11/18: Mary Hughes hosts WNCW’s Local Color program Sunday nights from 7 to 9pm (as well as filling in on Morning Edition, the weekday music mix, and shooting and editing our Studio B videos!), and she details some of her favorite regional releases of 2016 in this interview. She also talks about how the national spotlight shone on the scene here, and about how people are now primed for the myriad sounds that our area has to offer.
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Monday 11/21: You may know Scotty Robertson as midday host at WNCW from 12 to 3PM weekdays, but did you know that he also hosts The Rhythm Theorem late nights on Saturdays and in the wee hours on Thursdays? We got a seat in class with the Professor for a conversation about some of the best soul, funk, Afro-Beat and dancefloor jazz of the year in this conversation with WNCW’s Joe Kendrick. In addition to some of the year’s favorites, Scotty expounds on what goes into making each episode of The Rhythm Theorem, and opportunities to get your groove on in a live setting every Tuesday night In Asheville at the Funk Jam.
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Tuesday 11/22: “Celtic Winds host Richard Beard joins Joe Kendrick in a conversation about some of his favorite music of the British Isles and beyond this past year. He also touches on some artists who play a hybrid of Celtic and American roots music styles, plus he gives those less familiar with the genre a primer on some go-to Celtic bands to start with.”
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As part of WNCW’s series of interviews with hosts highlighting some favorite albums and happenings of 2016, Joe Kendrick sat with Mountain Mornings host Jasmin Melton to get her take on some of her favorite releases from Mountain Mornings as well as other shows she hosts occasionally, like the Cosmic American Music Show. She also touches on one of her favorite music memories of the year, when she emceed at the Jam In The Trees festival last summer.
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Anyone who has been listening to WNCW late at night or very early in the morning over the past decade is probably familiar with the voice of ARC Overnight director Rob Daves. Rob sat down with Joe Kendrick in this conversation about some of his favorite albums of 2016, where he also gives us some insight into how he programs the ARC music mix.