Brian Burns

Brian 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.