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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WUNC's Brian Burns chats with Durham-based folk artist Anjimile about his new record "You're Free To Go." -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns catches up with Julia Steiner of the band Ratboys ahead of their show at Motorco on March 8. -
After last year's residency on the American Tobacco Campus, BOOM Club has moved into the space recently occupied by PS37. -
Indie rock vet Jason Narducy chats with WUNC ahead of his show with Michael Shannon at Cat's Cradle on Saturday night. -
For more than a decade now, Brad Cook has been one of the most in-demand record producers in the business. He's worked with Mavis Staples, Bon Iver, and Waxahatchee just to name a few. WUNC music reporter Brian Burns recently caught up with Cook in his home studio in Durham. -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with drummer and composer Makaya McCraven ahead of his two shows at The Pinhook on February 23. -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with pedal steel guitarist Luke Schneider ahead of his show at The Fuzzy Needle on February 20. -
Season 2 of PBS North Carolina's Shaped By Sound premieres Thursday with a performance by the indie rock band Wednesday. -
For more than two decades, Laura King has been one of the most in-demand drummers in North Carolina. You can learn a lot about the evolution of indie rock in the Triangle just by tracing her career. -
Grammy and Pulitzer Prize-winning folk artist Rhiannon Giddens announced that there will not be a Biscuits & Banjos Festival in 2026. In its place, she announced Biscuits & Banjos presents: Rhiannon Giddens' Beloved Community, a one-night event at the Durham Performing Arts Center.
