Appalachian Vibes

Series produced by WNCW

Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
Image by: Jaimie Phillips 
Amanda Bocchi 

Long form interviews of artists and creatives featuring original music and conversation surrounding the artists life and art. Appalachian Vibes is a show dedicated to challenging the expectations and celebrating the diversity of music and art in Appalachia.

Appalachian Vibes is a show dedicated to challenging the expectations and celebrating the diversity of music created in and around the Appalachian region. Host and producer Amanda Bocchi interviews artists and writers with a story to tell; compelling personal narrative interviews lead to deep conversations about the depth of an artist's work and the path it took to get there.


36 Pieces

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Caption: Appalachian Vibes , Credit: Amanda Bocchi
This week on Appalachian Vibes, my guest is Casey Noel, a Costa Rican Appalachian singer-songwriter from Greensboro NC-she reveals her latest singl...

  • Added: May 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:34
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
guest artists Cody Christian, Briana Atwell and Weekend Plans

  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 01:02:29
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
guest artist bluegrass legend, Tony Williamson

  • Added: May 16, 2022
  • Length: 59:19
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This week on Appalachian Vibes, my conversation continues from last week with Tony Williamson. Tommy Touch Down Edwards was a Virginia Tech college...

  • Added: May 23, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
This week on Appalachian Vibes my guests are the funk soul pop Asheville, NC band, Shabudikah and the earnest, talented alt-country outfit from Car...

  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
Today is a special Appalachian Vibes PRIDE edition. Today we celebrate three of my favorite Appalachian songwriters that identify as either gay, n...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
RE-RUN Tony Williamson, bluegrass legend, interview. In this interview, Tony dives into his experience growing up in a family of Friday night picke...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 59:14
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
Charlotte, NC singer-songwriter Josh Daniel, has grown a massive following to the likes of the Grateful Dead. During the Pandemic he committed to p...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
This week my guests are The Manakooras, a Surfxotica band from all over the southern states. Surfxotica encompasses surf and exotica music, a 1950’...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
Every week I edit down wonderful interviews from artists I think everyone would love to know more about. This week I took three recent artist inter...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
Cynthia Sue Larsen is the first physicist to document the strange Reality Shifts theory (AKA The Mandela Effect) in the late 1990's. She has been f...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2022
  • Length: 59:12
Caption: Cody Christian
My guest is Cody Christian, the Powhatan, Virginia, Americana, country artist who made waves in late 2021 when he quit his 8 year job at a shipyard...

  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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St. Louis Vibes is where we’re headed today with the Missouri , rock n roll, pre WW2 inspired three piece : The Hooten Hallers. And Amanda McCart...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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This week my guests are the Charlottesville, VA rock-n-roll dance party comedy band, Disco Risque. We catch up about their new album, Joke Squad, d...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:02
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
This week my guests are the lovely Indie from Indie Killed the pop star, an Atlanta artist who started out as an opera singer and transitioned to e...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 58:56
Caption: Amanda Bocchi, Credit: Jaimie Phillips
SW VA blues driven band, Seed picker,Thomas Thurman is a christian rock influenced singer-songwriter from SW Virginia, and Megan jean’s Secret Fami...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
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My guest this week is the funky, grass, soul and blues 6 piece from Asheville NC, Dr. Bacon. I’m speaking with Myles Dunder, original member, vocal...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This week my guest is lead guitarist, Ethan Heller, from the psychedelic circus, heavy jam band laced with wicked jazz lounge vibes from Asheville ...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 58:55
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This week my guests are the hip-hop and punk duo High-Low Audio from Bedford Virginia. We discuss the difficulty this duo has experienced breaking ...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 59:58
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This week we dive into the history of quilting in Appalachia with Stories of the Stitch, a quilt show from Galax, VA And...Funk You is a spicy hot...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 59:02