Shaped By Sound (2025)
Shaped by Sound spotlights North Carolina’s thriving music scene, featuring artists from a broad range of genres, including indie rock, hip-hop, R&B, alt-country, jazz, bluegrass and folk. Each episode weaves a visually stunning live studio performance by an NC artist or band with an intimate conversation about their creative journey. Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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Episodes
- 1 1. Iron & Wine2025-02-06 · 27mSinger-songwriter Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) has multiple Grammy nominations, and his songs have been included in numerous film, TV and commercial productions. Despite this exposur
- 2 2. Sluice2025-02-13 · 27mWhat happens when you open the floodgates to your emotions and channel them into music? Sluice’s Justin Morris and Avery Sullivan perform songs from their latest record, “Radial Ga
- 3 3. Superchunk2025-02-20 · 27mWhat’s more punk rock than believing and investing in yourself? The Triangle-based indie rock band Superchunk harnesses the frenetic energy they’ve developed over decades of tourin
- 4 4. Nnenna Freelon2025-02-27 · 27mJazz legend Nnenna Freelon has seven Grammy nominations and has performed in the most prestigious venues on the planet. But for the first time in her 40-year career, she’s releasin
- 5 5. Sonny Miles2025-03-06 · 27mGospel, soul, jazz, R&B and hip-hop—there isn’t much that lives outside the musical universe of Winston-Salem native Sonny Miles. In 2019, one of his musical collaborations caught
- 6 6. Alice Gerrard2025-03-13 · 27mFor 80 years, Alice Gerrard has studied, played and preserved American folk music, influencing countless musicians, including Emmylou Harris and Rhiannon Giddens. In addition to be
- 7 7. Mipso2025-03-20 · 27mOn the surface, the quartet Mipso may seem like a traditional folk-bluegrass band with its exquisite harmonies, melodies and instrumentation. Zoom in, however, and you’ll also hear
- 8 8. Blue Cactus2025-03-27 · 27mThe cosmic country of Blue Cactus’ Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez has been likened to artists as diverse as Fleetwood Mac, Bobbie Gentry and David Bowie. Playing with a full band, t
- 9 9. Shirlette Ammons2025-04-03 · 27mShirlette Ammons is a Peabody Award-winning producer, poet and hip-hop artist based in Durham, NC. On her latest album, Spectacles, she blends aspects of her eastern North Carolina
- 10 10. Town Mountain2025-04-10 · 27mMore Asheville than Nashville, this country-rock outfit combines bluegrass with honky-tonk to create a rollicking sound all its own. The band’s Phil Barker and Robert Greer discuss
- 11 11. Blue Footed Boobies2025-04-17 · 27mStrap in, folks—the Blue Footed Boobies are ready to rock. The Wilmington duo brings their raw and bombastic guitars and drums to the Shaped by Sound stage. They also discuss the e
- 12 12. Fancy Gap2025-04-24 · 27mThe indie duo Fancy Gap, a new musical collaboration by Raleigh natives Stuart McLamb (of The Love Language) and Charles Crossingham, aims for pure pop-rock bliss. They bring their
- 13 13. Reuben Vincent2025-05-01 · 27mCharlotte-based rapper Reuben Vincent started with a laptop and a dream. That dream became a reality when he was discovered by legendary hip-hop producer 9th Wonder at the age of 1
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James MieczkowskiSelf - Host
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