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The State of Things is a live program hosted by Frank Stasio devoted to bringing the issues, personalities, and places of North Carolina to our listeners. We present the Tar Heel experience through sound, story, discussion, commentary and listener participation through calls. Let us know your thoughts during the program at 1.877.962.9862 or by emailing sot@wunc.org. Follow us on twitter. |
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YahZarah
Friday, July 30 2010
by Frank Stasio and Lindsay Thomas
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“Mama’s Gun” is the critically-acclaimed sophomore CD from neo-soul artist Erykah Badu. The project was released 10 years ago and featured background vocals from a teenage singer who called herself YahZarah. That teenager is all grown up now and after touring with Badu and recording two studio projects of her own, YahZarah has reinvented herself for her third CD, “The Ballad of Purple St. James.” YahZarah joins host Frank Stasio for a live, in-studio performance and to talk about working with the Grammy-nominated group The Foreign Exchange and how she defeated the music business in the battle for creative authority of her own music.
Undaunted Heart
Friday, July 30 2010
by Frank Stasio and Katy Barron
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It was a scandal that rocked Chapel Hill in the aftermath of the Civil War. Ella Swain, youngest daughter of the President of the University of North Carolina, fell in love with and married the Union General whose troops came to occupy the town. Suzy Barile, the couples’ great-great-granddaughter, tells their true and tragic love story in a new book of nonfiction, “Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle & a Yankee General” (Eno Publishers/2009).
Raleigh Wide Open
Friday, July 30 2010
by Alex Granados and Frank Stasio
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Just a few short years ago, downtown Raleigh was a place of work, but little play. After 5 p.m., the streets cleared out like in an old Western. That all began to change in 2006 when the Raleigh Wide Open Festival brought 70,000 people to downtown Raleigh for a day of fun, food and frolicking. Since then, the festival has continued to draw big crowds and, in many ways, the story of its success is the story of downtown Raleigh's success. Host Frank Stasio talks with Greg Behr and Billy Warden, two of the men behind the festival.
Listener Submitted Picture of the Week
Every week we select a photo from our Flickr public group and post it on our Facebook page. We'd love to see your submissions. Will yours be the next SOT Picture of the week? About SOT's Picture of the Week | Slideshow
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Live Music Fridays
No, not that guy. . . The State of Things brings you live music from real musicians (not radio hosts) every Friday afternoon from our studios at the American Tobacco Historic District. From indie rock to gospel, we feature the sounds of North Carolina’s emerging and established music scenes. Tune in at noon every Friday and listen online to previously featured music guests here.
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