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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Kairoff At The Keyboard 
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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Radio 101 
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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

Holiday music, Thornton Spencer, women in old-time music
From: WFDD
Caption: Thornton Spencer (left) with his daughter Martha Spencer, who apprenticed to her dad in fiddling through the Virginia Folklife Program. Thornton Spencer recently passed away, and we present some of his musical life story and his playing on this Across th, Credit: Morgan Miller, Virginia Folklife Program
This week’s action-packed and music-packed program brings you the outstanding fiddling of Billy Hurt, Thornton Spencer, and Kilby Spencer; some hol...

  • Added: Dec 11, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
The Onlies, traditionalist interpreters and explorers
From: WFDD
Caption: The Onlies (L-R Leo Shannon, Vivian Leva, Sami Braman, Riley Calcagno) bring great skill, creativity, and a deep love of tradition to their interpretation of traditional music and their own new songs and tunes. Their May, 2017 concert at Muddy Creek Musi, Credit: Paul Brown
A new generation of highly skilled performers is putting new life into roots music. These artists are bringing traditional repertoire and their own...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 56:57
Old time, country and bluegrass classics and new music
From: WFDD
Caption: Asa Martin (shown here on a British reissue cover) was a country music recording pioneer who’s largely unknown today. But he recorded many songs that have become standards – and we hear two of them on this week’s show. , Credit: Publicity photo c. 1934, public domain, Paul Brown collection
This week we explore the highways and byways of traditional country music. Hear classic old time and bluegrass songs, a couple of live recordings...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
Richie and Rosie, musicians of multiple traditions
From: WFDD
Caption: Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton are two outstanding musicians from outside the South whose music is infused with influences from the southern mountains. On this episode of Across the Blue Ridge, they discuss how their many intersections with people and m, Credit: Paul Brown
This week we feature Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton, a musical duo bringing to bear northern, southern, classical, old time, rock and other tradit...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
Madison County, NC & Blue Ridge Music Trails
From: WFDD
Caption: ATBR host Paul Brown with Laura Boosinger, Executive Director of the Madison County, NC Arts Council. On this episode, their conversation illuminates the music scene in the mountainous county – and we hear plenty of music to go with it. , Credit: Lawrence Chrisman, courtesy Laura Boosinger
This week’s show features some strong old-time and bluegrass music right out of the gate, followed by in interview with Madison County, NC Arts Cou...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
Blue Ridge Soundscape
From: WFDD
Caption: This week we feature the soundscape of the Blue Ridge with a wonderful selection of songs and instrumentals. Here, a view of Kibler Valley, in southwest Virginia, with the Blue Ridge mountains in the background. , Credit: Paul Brown
This week we offer another satisfying listening session, with music that spans the mountain soundscape. Hear classic bluegrass from Bill Monroe, a...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2017
  • Length: 56:59
Listening to the Classics
From: WFDD
Caption: The Delmore Brothers, in a publicity photo from their heyday in the 1930s. They played a major role in establishing the “brother duet” sound of close singing harmonies that persists in country and pop music today. , Credit: Deborah Delmore, Public Domain
This week we present an encore broadcast of one of our popular “listening session” shows. We dig into the riches of early country music recordings...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
Blue Ridge Music Trails and Music of North Carolina
From: WFDD
Caption: Wayne Martin (l.), Executive Director of the North Carolina Arts Council, and ATBR’s Paul Brown get together for a conversation about the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina and their impact on the regional economy, communities, and children’s oppor, Credit: Terri McMurray, used with permission
This week, we kick off a series on North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Music Trails. Listen for a story or segment at least once a month, with some shorte...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 56:59
The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
From: WFDD
Caption: Maybelle Carter (seated, with guitar) leads off the new Crooked Road 2-CD album “A Century of Heritage Guitar Music” featured on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge. The album comprising 52 tracks features both historic and contemporary Blue Ridge mountain, Credit: Victor Talking Machine Company, 1927, Public Domain
The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, has released a two-CD album titled “A Century of Heritage Guitar Music”. The 52 tracks include ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 56:58
Producer, musician and documenter Bobby Patterson
From: WFDD
Caption: Bobby Patterson (left), Kyle Creed (center) and Fred Cockerham at Wolf Trap Farm Park, Vienna, VA. c. 1974. Patterson was an outstanding musician from the tradition-rich Galax, Virginia area, and was also dedicated to recording music of the region and m, Credit: Kerry Blech, used with permission
Bobby Patterson, the Galax, Virginia-based musician and founder of the old time and bluegrass label Heritage Records, passed away in September of 2...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2017
  • Length: 56:57

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