Brian Burns
Music ReporterBrian Burns has been with WUNC since 2016, when he was brought on to help launch WUNC Music in the role of Music Librarian. Since then, he's become WUNC’s Music Reporter, a role that has given him the opportunity to interview local, national, and international acts, and cover music happenings in the Triangle and beyond. He has interviewed artists including Kamasi Washington, MJ Lenderman, Esperanza Spalding, Don Was and Adrianne Lenker, and is a regular contributor to NPR Music.
Brian has lived in the Triangle for more than 25 years, and has been involved with the local music scene ever since, having worked at local record stores and for local record labels before landing at WUNC. He graduated from UNC’s School of Information and Library Science with an MSLS in 2015. On the weekends, you might catch him DJing around the Triangle, or out at a show.
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BJ Barham of the Raleigh-based band American Aquarium is running for one of three vacant seats on the Wendell Board of Commissioners. -
Drummer and producer Kassa Overall chats with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns about his new album "Cream." -
WUNC Music's Brian Burns recaps his experience at the 2025 Hopscotch Music Festival. -
The Hopscotch Festival returns to Raleigh for its 15th anniversary this week, featuring My Morning Jacket, Earl Sweatshirt and many local and national acts. In this illustrated guide, WUNC's music reporter Brian Burns, a regular at Hopscotch since it started in 2010, takes us through how he gets the most out one of the Triangle's most beloved events. -
Many local businesses are dealing with the ramifications of Trump's tariffs on international goods. Stores that sell musical instruments are being hit particularly hard. -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns get to know the Raleigh-based musician LesTheGenius. -
The Great Cover Up, which started in 1999, is an annual event in Raleigh that features an eclectic lineup of local musicians dressing up and performing cover sets of more famous artists — and audience members don't get any details about the lineup in advance. Now, it's the subject of a new documentary that premieres Thursday on PBS North Carolina. -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with Durham musician Joseph Decosimo about his new record "Fiery Gizzard." -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with Will Anderson of Hotline TNT ahead of their show at the Cat's Cradle Back Room. -
WUNC rounds up some of the music festivals taking place in and around the Triangle this Fall.
