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Carolina Breakdown is a product of UNC - Chapel Hill Students.

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Carolina Breakdown is a show about original Southern music and the people who make it, with live recordings from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and all around the South. This podcast/one-time WXYC-Chapel Hill radio show is produced by students in the Curriculum in Folklore at UNC Chapel Hill, often in association with the Arts Center in Carrboro, NC.

Join us for an hour of great live music and interviews with the people who make it happen. The show airs every other Friday on WXYC-FM 89.3 Chapel Hill and WXYC.org . You can also dowload the show as a podcast via iTunes or stream/download them at our Garage Band website OR check out our new and improved blogspace .

Carolina Breakdown is sponsored by the Curriculum in Folklore at UNC .

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Southern artists who produce thoughtful music and want others to hear it.
Music fans who want to understand the folklore and art of the South.
And everyone in between.

My Blog

Season 3, Episode 6: The Branchettes

On this episode of the Carolina Breakdown, Johnston County's finest sacred singers, The Branchettes perform an intimate set of soul raising gospel. In between songs Sister Lena May Perry and Brother W...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:38:00 GMT

Season 4, Episode 1: Part 2 - North Elementary

Self-described as a "musical collective," North Elementary's sonically adventurous repertoire revolves around the adept musings of lead singer and songwriter John Harrison-- who sat down with us to di...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:45:00 GMT

Season 4, Episode 1: Part 1 - Schooner

Started as a 4-track project by lead singer and songwriter Reid Johnson, Schooner's music has blossomed since it's 2003 debut, morphing its sound into a woozy shoegaze Americana, oft times with a brat...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:33:00 GMT

Season 3, Episode 9: Banana

Lowell Levinger, affectionately known as Banana, may have been raised in Northern California, but he's been thinking about and making Southern music ever since his first exposure to old Flatt and Scru...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 21:18:00 GMT

Season 3, Episode 8: Curtains of Night

On this episode of Carolina Breakdown, we take a trip out of the world of traditional music as it's commonly understood, and into the heavy universe of Carrboro two piece Curtains of Night.This episod...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:03:00 GMT

Season 3 Episode 7: Paleface

Banging around the anti-folk scene in New York, Paleface already had an enviable musical mythology by the time he and band mate Mo joined forces. Having spent time under the wing of Daniel Johnston,...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:34:00 GMT

Season 3, Episode 5: Boo Hanks

In this episode, you'll get a fine introduction to piedmont blues from octogenarian blues man James Arthur "Boo" Hanks, who performed on the terrace of UNC's Graham Memorial Hall in November of 2007. ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Season 3, Episode 4: Part 2 - Lucero

Began as a musical contrary in a thriving punk rock scene in Memphis, Lucero was born as an earnest melding of country roots and rock n roll thrash. Lead singer and songwriter Ben Nichols sat down to ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:04:00 GMT

Season 3, Episode 4: Part 1 - Patty Hurst Shifter

Melding Americana wisdom and pithy observations with Paul Westerberg guitar licks and pop-sense, Patty Hurst Shifter has been crafting their sound with patience, persistence, and a few lineup changes...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:59:00 GMT

Season 3, Episode 3: Laurelyn Dossett and Riley Baugus of Polecat Creek

In this episode, singer/guitarist Laurelyn Dossett and singer/banjo player Riley Baugus of Polecat Creek join the program for a performance and interview about how they, along with the other two membe...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT