Search results for

Work with us at North Carolina Public Radio - WUNC! Join us in our mission to provide high-quality news, cultural and entertainment content to create a more informed and engaged community in the the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill region of North Carolina.

The final years of legendary jazz musician Mary Lou Williams’ life were shrouded in mystery. Until now.

As a new monument is unveiled at the US Capitol, we look at the legacy of one of America's most influential religious figures.

Among aficionados and fans of bluegrass, it's generally accepted that this quintessentially American genre of music was born in Nashville, Tennessee and was introduced by Earl Scruggs. But it's Kentuckian Bill Monroe who is known as the "Father of Bluegrass," not Scruggs. And just before Monroe went to the Grand Ole Opry, in 1939, he was performing regularly for a live 15-minute show called Mountain Music Time on WWNC, in Asheville, North Carolina.

It was one year ago that sheriff’s deputies in Pasquotank County shot and killed Andrew Brown, Junior in Elizabeth City. Today, the small town in eastern North Carolina is at a crossroads. Elizabeth City and its surrounding community are on the brink of local elections that could determine which road they take.