Decade of Difference: The Jayhawks
Originating in the Minneapolis music scene, the Jayhawks have established themselves as one of the premier groups to rise for the alternative country scene of the 1980s. Gary Louris and Mark Olsen formed the core [...]
Decade of Difference: Yonder Mountain String Band
Fusing progressive bluegrass with a jam band mentality, the Yonder Mountain String Band has cultivated a devoted following over their more than two decades of existence. Their story begins in Illinois where Dave Johnston and [...]
Steel Wheels In-Studio Session
Harrisonburg natives The Steel Wheels played a song from each of their Everyone A Song volumes live at WNRN: "Adventures of Grace and Henry" and "The Healer". They're also hosting Red Wing Roots Festival [...]
Decade of Difference: Darrell Scott
Darrell Scott began his musical career as a teenager, playing in Southern California before moving to Toronto and then Boston to attend college. In the early 90s, Scott relocated to Nashville to start a career [...]
Bonny Light Horseman In-Studio Session
Bonny Light Horseman (Anais Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson of Fruit Bats, and Josh Kaufman) stopped by In Your Ear Studios to talk with WNRN's Desiré Moses and play a few tracks. One of which [...]
Decade of Difference: James McMurtry
James McMurtry’s father, novelist Larry McMurtry gave him his first guitar when he was seven and his mother taught him how to play. While a student at the University of Arizona and in the following [...]
Decade of Difference: Aaron Lee Tasjan
Aaron Lee Tasjan got his musical break when he caught the eye of Drivin’ n Cryin’s Kevin Kinney, who invited Tasjan to play guitar in the band. Tasjan also opened the shows with his own [...]
Beabadoobee In-Studio Session
Beabadoobee chats with WNRN's Desiré Moses and performs an acoustic, stripped-down set live from In Your Ear Studios in Richmond, including hits like "Coffee" and "Care," along with a new track, "See You Soon." [...]
Decade of Difference: Missy Raines
Missy Raines is one of several International Bluegrass Music Association award winners appearing at this year’s Red Wing Roots Festival. She has taken the Bass Player of the Year Award a remarkable ten times, and [...]
Decade of Difference: Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley
East Tennessee native Trey Hensley began singing gospel as a six-year-old. After hearing Jimmy Martin at a festival, he turned his attention to bluegrass and guitar and just a few months after that he was [...]
Decade of Difference: Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley
Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley began their collaboration long after Rob Ickes had established himself as a premier instrumentalist, collecting the Dobro Player of the Year Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association fifteen times [...]
Hear Together: Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
The Jefferson School is one of two remaining buildings from what was once Vinegar Hill--a 20-acre predominantly Black neighborhood in the heart of Charlottesville that was bulldozed in the '60s after being seized through eminent [...]