WFDD

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88.5 WFDD,88.5 WFDD, Public Radio for the Piedmont, is the only public radio station of its kind located in the Piedmont Triad. We broadcast news, information, and public affairs programming covering the arts, people, and institutions in the area.
We are the state's charter NPR® member and the longest continuously broadcasting public radio station in North Carolina. WFDD is a member of the North Carolina Public Radio Association. It is a broadcast service of Wake Forest University.

88.5 WFDD
#8850
1834 Wake Forest Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

phone: 336-758-8850
news tips: 336-758-3083
fax: 336-758-5193

wfdd@wfu.edu
wfdd.org

In Boone, you can hear WFDD at 100.1 FM.

Series

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35 Pieces

Steinway recording artist Peter Kairoff makes classical music accessible to all in Kairoff At The Keyboard.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Feb 25, 2019
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News, personal reflections, commentaries, interviews, self-narrated pieces and much more. All stories are produced by High School students as part of their Radio 101 class.

  • From: WFDD
  • Updated: Aug 18, 2017

Latest Pieces

Caption: Piedmont bluesman John Jackson is but one of the many songsters and instrumentalists we hear on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge.  Jackson’s subtle yet powerful blues style and engaging personality endeared him to blues fans worldwide.   , Credit: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
This week we hear from a varied group of piedmont and mountain south artists for a joyful, invigorating hour of listening. Bluesman John Jackson p...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2016
  • Length: 56:59
Caption: The Steep Canyon Rangers are one of the hottest bluegrass bands on the scene today, with an appeal that transcends generations and backgrounds.  This week, Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown interviews band member Graham Sharp and plays some of the ban, Credit: Steep Canyon Rangers
The Steep Canyon Rangers are one of the hottest bluegrass bands on the scene today. A few friends from UNC-Chapel Hill started the band. They deci...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 56:59
Caption: Cousin Emmy, a fabulous performer and a pioneer for women in country music, is but one of the outstanding musicians on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge.  , Credit: Bear Family Records
This week we hear some classics of old time, country and bluegrass music. Starting out with some fiddle classics and fiddle songs, host Paul Brown...

  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 56:53
Caption: Bluegrass singer, and guitarist and bandleader James King was not a superstar, but had the deep respect and loyalty of core bluegrass fans and of his musical colleagues.  King died in May, 2016 at age 57, and Across the Blue Ridge host Paul Brown provides, Credit: Ted Lehmann  http://tedlehmann.blogspot.com/
This week, we hear a selection of wonderful fiddle tunes from the south, as musicians across the region start to flock to the fiddlers’ conventions...

  • Added: May 31, 2016
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: Aunt Jenny Wilson sang, played banjo and thought a lot about life. She’s one of several mountaineer musicians on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge.  , Credit: WV Dep’t. of Culture & History
This week we go back to 1972, and recordings of Aunt Jenny Wilson of Logan County, West Virginia. She was a joyful and powerful singer and banjo p...

  • Added: May 25, 2016
  • Length: 57:00
Caption: Ethan Jodziewicz (left) and Tatiana Hargreaves, two practitioners among a widening young generation of highly trained musicians delving into old time string music and singing traditions. , Credit: Scotty Leach
Old southern music is new and hot for an upcoming generation of highly trained string players and singers. On this week’s Across the Blue Ridge, w...

  • Added: May 19, 2016
  • Length: 56:59
Caption: Uncle Dave Macon was an uproarious entertainer in the old minstrel show, Vaudeville and medicine show styles, and an early Grand Ole Opry star.  , Credit: Public Domain
This week we hear a broad selection of music from country music pioneers including Mac Wiseman, Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, Hazel Dickens, Fred Cockerha...

  • Added: May 13, 2016
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: David Holt (left) and Doc Watson (right) toured extensively together during Doc’s final years. Holt is now hosting a roots music TV series that is going national on PBS.  , Credit: David Holt
This week, host Paul Brown visits with performer, folklorist and roots music evangelist David Holt. David’s latest TV series is titled David Holt’...

  • Added: May 02, 2016
  • Length: 56:59
Caption: Country music star Merle Haggard was more than a great singer. He was also an interesting and very traditional-sounding fiddler.  , Credit: Capitol Records, Public Domain
On this edition of Across the Blue Ridge, host Paul Brown guides us through a heartwarming selection of old time and traditional music from great a...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2016
  • Length: 56:57
Caption: The South Carolina Broadcasters (l-r David Sheppard, Andy Edmonds, Ivy Sheppard) in their Across the Blue Ridge live performance at Muddy Creek Music Hall in February of 2016.  , Credit: Paul Brown
The first broadcast from an Across the Blue Ridge Muddy Creek Opry show features an exciting trio breathing new life into some great old songs and ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 56:55