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The Cinematic Folk Music Of 'Songs Of Water'

Songs of Water is an orchestral indie band. Their latest album, 'Stars and Dust,' comes out June 9th
Songs of Water

North Carolina's own Stephen Roach started the band Songs of Watermore than 10 years ago as an instrumental experiment. The group's first release was a collection of flowing, cinematic pieces.

Today, Songs of Water is producing lyrical songs with six multi-talented musicians.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Stephen Roach on vocals and dulcimer, Luke Skaggs on vocals and guitar, Greg Willette on vocals and guitar, and Elisa Rose Cox on vocals and strings, and they play live.

Their new album Stars and Dustwill be released on Tuesday, June 9, and they performFriday, June 12, at the Carolina Theater in Greensboro.

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Will Michaels
Will Michaels is WUNC's Weekend Host and Reporter.
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Frank Stasio
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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