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Arts & Culture

New Songs With Old Roots

WUNC | By Meghan Modafferi,
Frank Stasio
Published March 25, 2014 at 9:52 AM EDT
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BrucePiephoff's music draws inspiration from the Appalachian tradition of story and character-centered songs. The poet, guitarist and singer released a new album, "Soft Soap Purrings" earlier this year. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with Piephoff and he performs live at the Triad Stage with dobro player Aaron Ballance.

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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