Appalachian Vibes Radio Show

Tuesday August 16 2022 You can catch an Appalachian Vibes Mini episode from WNCW every other Tuesday at 7:51 am! The next mini episode airs August 30 2022 at 7:51 am on WNCW, listen here: https://www.wncw.org Good morning folks, This weeks Appalachian Vibes mini episode features Disco Risque, a dance party comedy band from the hills of Charlottesville, VA. We discuss their upcoming album, Joke Squ...

This week on Appalachian Vibes my guest is Cody Christian, the Powhatan, Virginia born Americana artist. In late 2021 Cody decided it was time to quit his job of 8 years at a ship yard when he was forced to choose between complying with his companies standards, or shaving his face. He constructed an email to all of the employees:  To whom it may concern: "After eight years of devoted employme...

This week we focus on a band outside of Appalachia, St. Louis Vibes is where we’re headed today with the Missouri , rock n roll, pre WW2 inspired three piece: The Hooten Hallers. The Hooten Hallers toured 200 dates out of the year pre pandemic, and now they are “Back in Business” which is the title of their upcoming record release, dropping September 9th 2022. We discuss songwriting through addict...

 In less than one week, over 60,000 musicians and spectators  will descend upon the small town of Galax, Virginia,  for the 86th annual Galax Fiddlers Convention. Thousands of Contestants gather from around the world to compete for $20,000 in cash prizes. That's August 8-13 in Galax, VA.  Appalachian Vibes Radio Show from WNCW is listener nominated, you can nominate an artist by emailing Aman...

This week my guest is Cody Christian; the Powhatan, VA, Americana, country artist who made waves in late 2021 when he quit his 8 year job at a shipyard by sending a mass email to every employee that stated, I deserve to work in an environment where my beard is valued, I’ve accepted a position as a honky tonk man And I can’t seem to stop.” Adding, I wish you all the best of luck as you mismanage th...

Hello you beautiful people, This week I'm featuring some unaired segments from recent guests. I never seem to have quite enough time to include the entire interview, so I'm sharing important, relevant, or fun parts of our interviews that didn't make it in the first episode. My first guest is  ShadowGrass, a bluegrass band from SW Virginia,  we continue our conversation from last wee...

June 26 2022 This week on Appalachian Vibes my guests are The Manakooras,  a Surfxotica band from all over the southern states. Surfxotica encompasses surf and exotica music, a 1950’s obscure genre surrounding the Hawaiian craze. https://manakooras.bandcamp.com/track/tangaroa And Shadowgrass is a SW Virginia based band who forged their path winning fiddlers conventions across Virginia and North Ca...

This Appalachian Vibes mini features The Blushin' Roulettes, a swing, Americana, 5 piece from Asheville. I speak with Cas and Angie about the farm where they got their start in Northern California, ghostly happenings and a horse named Easter Lightening. Plus we get to hear their latest single, 9-5which was just released Friday June 17. Learn more about The Blushin' Roulettes on https://b...

Hello beautiful listeners, This week on Appalachian Vibes my guest is Josh Daniel a singer-songwriter from Charlotte, NC AKA Fernlandia, with an interesting journey. His music exploded during the pandemic when he committed to performing live on social media every day for 2 hours. His fanbase jumped from 5K to 40K (currently hovering closer to 50K) but for Josh, it's all about gratitude and hu...

This week on Appalachian Vibes my guests are the soul-pop-funk band from Asheville, NC- Shabudikah and the alt-country outfit from Carrborro, NC-Dave Hedeman and the Gone Ghosts. Learn more about Shabudikah https://www.facebook.com/shabudikah/ Learn more about Dave Hedeman and the Gone Ghosts https://thegoneghosts.com/ Appalachian Vibes Radio Show from WNCW is listener nominated, you can nominate...

Hello beautiful people, It’s an honor to introduce my guest this week  he was a member of the famous Blue Grass Alliance during the late 70’s and 80’s with the likes of Sam Bush, Tony Rice, and Vince Gill, he was awarded the North Carolina Heritage Award in 2018 a few short years after Doc Watson. With a career spanning from the 1950’s to today, my guest is none other than the highly esteemed, inf...

Hello beautiful listeners, This week on Appalachian Vibes my guests are the soul-jazz-funk band from Richmond, VA- Weekend Plans. They're kick ass. Check out their website here: weekendplansmusic.com Fanoplane is my second guest, NPR's darling Bob Boilen plays synth and Ted Zook is a classical guitarist in the experimental jazz ensemble from DC. They rotate players every time they gather...

This week's Appalachian Vibes Mini features Appalachian author and civic leader/advocate Joan Vannorsdall. As a writer for Blue Ride Country Magazine, she got an idea for a bi monthly column that begs the question, how are small towns in Appalachia reclaiming their identities after years of declining population and industry shifts? Joan travels to one of seven states in Appalachia every other...

Good morning lovely people, I'm super behind on publishing this episode. I was Merlefest last weekend and I had the opportunity to introduce several of the artists, so I'm just getting to the show. I'm so excited about this episode.  Cynthia Sue Larson is the best-selling author of several books including Quantum Jumps, Reality Shifts, and High Energy Money. Cynthia has a degree in...

Hello lovely people, I am so so honored to share this episode of Appalachian Vibes. This week my guest is Robin Landsong,  a medicine singer with an incredible  story of how she became the trauma healer she is today. In 1977, an 8 year old Robin was walking home from school on the last day of the school year when she was kidnapped from her Virginia neighborhood, drugged and trafficked to Africa. O...

Hello Lovely people, This week my guest is Robin Landsong, a Medicine Singer with the harrowing story of how she came to embody this gift. In 1977 Robin was 8 years old when she was abducted walking home from school in a Virginia suburb. She was quickly trafficked to Africa during the height of the Rhodesian War where Robin experienced brutality and violence resulting in two Near- Death Experience...

Good morning lovely people,  This week on Appalachian Vibes I chat with the founder of Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, John Paul Miller, a half columbian guitarist whose mother first exposed him to the instrument as a small child by singing and playing to him on a classical guitar. Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band is a sexy funk band from Asheville, NC with 20 years in the industry. John Paul...

Hello lovely people, This is the first full hour episode of Appalachian Vibes on our new home WNCW! My guests this week are: Casey Noel, A Jordan and The Resonant Rogues. Casey Noel, the Costa Rican American roots, singer-songwriter and ex-professional ballroom dancer from Greensboro, NC. She reveals her latest single, "Playing God" a chilling song about the 17th century serial killer wh...

Appalachian Vibes makes a triumphant return on our new home station-WNCW. WNCW stands for Western North Carolina's Window and serves Western North Carolina, Charlotte, and Greenville, South Carolina.  I am honored and excited for Appalachian Vibes to have a home on a station that is deeply devoted to their listeners, community and musicians.  You can hear an Appalachian Vibes mini episode eve...

Hello beautiful folks, It's Saturday night. Hope you're enjoying life and such. This week on Appalachian Vibes, Mac Traynham shares the magic of Floyd and how old time music is being passed down in Appalachia, Stuart Brown discusses the heartbreak he experienced as a child and how longing for his parents love helped him become someone who reached out in love to everyone in his life, and...

Appalachian Vibes Radio Show from WNCW is listener nominated, you can nominate an artist by emailing Amanda at appalachianvibes@gmail.com.  Appalachian Vibes Radio Show is created and produced by Amanda Bocchi, a neo soul singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and journalist hailing from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. 

Appalachian Vibes Radio Show from WNCW is listener nominated, you can nominate an artist by emailing Amanda at appalachianvibes@gmail.com.  Appalachian Vibes Radio Show is created and produced by Amanda Bocchi, a neo soul singer-songwriter, multi instrumentalist and journalist hailing from the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. 

This week on Appalachian Vibes! Kat Mills has been performing since the 90's, and she's killer. Kat has a career that spans 30 years, 4 albums, a marriage and kid later, social justice activism and she continues to create meaningful content. She gives me serious Melissa Etheridge, Jennifer Knapp Vibes.  learn more at https://katmills.com/ Thomas Thurman is a southern rock inspired Christ...

Happy Saturday beautiful people.  Amanda here. Can you believe it's almost Thanksgiving? It's also Season 2 Episode 21 of Appalachian Vibes. This week North Carolina singer-songwriter Travis Shallow talks about growing through addiction, We learn of the unspoken language between the guitarist and keyboardist of Raonoke, Virginia’s James Lageaux Band and Radar Rose is SW Virginia's D...

Nov 6 2021 Hello! Amanda Bocchi here. Today was E2E20 of Appalachian Vibes my guests were Orange Culture, an indie rock band from SW Virginia who discusses the opportunity Covid presented for them, they got the chance to all live together in the bass players basement and record their debut album. They're creative and every change leaves you hungry for more. It's definitely ear candy. htt...