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: The Moon Trotters, a Virginia-based band whose repertoire ranges from classic fiddle tunes to new songs and experimental banjo pieces. , Credit: Michael G. Stewart/The Moon Trotters
There’s a lot happening in old time string music these days. This week, we catch up on some of the recordings that have come out in the last year ...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: Molsky’s Mountain Drifters (l-r Allison de Groot, Bruce Molsky, Stash Wyslouch) make connections across generations, styles and backgrounds, with a grounding in southern mountain music.  , Credit: Kate Orne via brucemolsky.com
World-renowned fiddler Bruce Molsky is a performer, a teacher (at Berklee College of Music) and a student of styles and cultures. His travels have...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: Emmylou Harris is on tour helping raise awareness of the plight of refugees – and helping raise money to educate refugees.  , Credit: Bob Carmichael, emmylouharris.com
Country music star Emmylou Harris isn’t focused solely on her art, as many musicians are. She’s demonstrated a deep social conscience throughout h...

  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 56:56
Caption: John Fogerty and the Blue Ridge Rangers are just one of the many bands featured on this year’s Across the Blue Ridge fundraising special.  , Credit: Johnfogerty.com
This year’s Across the Blue Ridge fundraising program gives you a fine reminder of all the great times you’ve had listening to Across the Blue Ridg...

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  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 56:59
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Caption: Kay Justice (R) and Alice Gerrard (L) are two of the finest singers in traditional country, bluegrass and old time music today.   , Credit: Paul Brown
This week our special guests are Kay Justice of Abingdon, VA; and Alice Gerrard of Durham, NC. These two singers inspire thousands of others to gi...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 56:58
Caption: The late Etta Baker of Morganton, NC fused old time and blues sounds in her guitar playing and singing.  , Credit: Jon Zacharay, courtesy National Endowment for the Arts.
This week’s Across the Blue Ridge takes us on a tour of some classic old time, bluegrass, blues and gospel music displaying remarkable similarities...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 56:58
Caption: High Fidelity is a bluegrass band of young adults who reach back to the founders of the style for their inspiration, Credit: Jeremy Stephens
The evolution of style is normally a multi-layered process. And where old time and bluegrass music are concerned, you’ll find all sorts of approa...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 56:58
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This week we hear some great new fiddle tunes in the constantly evolving old time style from Erynn Marshall. This Canada-born musician has spent 2...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2016
  • Length: 56:55
Caption: The late Frank Proffitt of Reece, NC is one of the many outstanding artists on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge.  He made his own banjos and carried an outstanding repertoire of traditional songs and tunes. , Credit: Folk Legacy Records
This week, we celebrate master fiddlers from West Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina with music of the late Clark Kessinger, Buddy Thomas and Be...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 56:55
Caption: Balsam Range is one of the hottest bands on today’s bluegrass scene.  The band appears at the 2016 National Folk Festival in Greensboro, NC,  September 9-11. , Credit: Balsam Range
It’s a combination of new and old, with a few fun surprises on this week’s Across the Blue Ridge. We hear from bluegrass singer-songwriter Brandon...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 56:58