shows
after the tone
Fridays 4-6pm (Bi-weekly)
Join Karyn Schy every other Friday from 4 to 6 PM on After The Tone, where the music takes you on a journey through timeless classics and the latest local hits. Whether you're winding down your week, dancing your heart out, stuck in traffic, or striking up conversations with strangers, After The Tone might just have what you’re looking for to start your weekend. The show will focus on a different genre/period of music each time, but some favorites include soul, jazz, shoegaze, blues, and grunge tunes.
ALl you can eat
Wednesdays 4-6pm (Bi-weekly)
All You Can Eat is a 2 hour tune buffet curated by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips--aiming to leave you full and wanting more. Exploring the Blues, Bollywood, Classical, Country, Cumbia, Dream Pop, Dub, Ethiopiques, Folk, Gamelan, High Life, Piano, Post Punk, Steel Drum, Quechua, Shoegaze, Soul, Spiritual Jazz, etc. etc.
Astral Moments
Saturdays 2-4PM
Astral Moments is a show that attempts to open the listener up to their space time continuum. The space could be your bedroom or the cosmos. Through the use of expensive jams and interesting soundscapes, Astral Moments reaches for the stars. You will hear jazz, new age, electronica, psychedelic rock and a variety of other genres. Reach in, lookout and let the sounds of Astral Moments take you there.
Balm valley authority
Thursdays 8-10pm (Bi-weekly)
Coming up from Valle Crucis and into Avery County, Shawneehaw Creek creates a narrow pass between the meadows of Beech Mountain and Horse Bottom Ridge. It's there that decades of aggregate words and sounds collect and are cared for by the Balm Valley Authority. Poems, field recordings, deep cuts, folk songs, and world music from balsam to sambal. Look up, drive slow, and thanks for listening.
Brewer world tour
Occasional Contributor
Brewer World Tour Radio Hour is musician/booker/promoter/professor Dave Brewer's two-hour love letter to soul, funk, country, folk, gospel, r&b, jazz and whatever else feels silky smooth and in the groove every Tuesday afternoon, from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Listen on Mixcloud, follow on Insta @brewerworldtour and find his bands, booking and latest news at BrewerWorldTour.com.
Bumper to bumper
Tuesdays 4-6pm (Bi-weekly)
Traffic ain't that bad when you've got some good tunes! Bumper to Bumper, hosted by Vanessa Nowak, explores a mixed-bag of genres, to take you on a drive through new-wave, synthpop, grunge, soul, post-punk, and the classics you know and love. Buckle up and turn it up, every other Tuesday from 4-6 PM!
Catalog dawg
Sundays 4-6pm
Lover of squealing feedback, slide guitar, and breakup songs that feel a little too personal, Catalog Dawg Radio is hosted by Harper Day every Sunday from 4-6pm. Join Harper in fighting the overwhelming sense of doom that accompanies Sunday afternoon with a mix of indie rock, emo, punk, metal, country, and everything in-between.
Flow Motion
Fridays 12-2PM & Sundays 8-10PM
flow motion (by day) fridays 12-2p. pop music - as new as today and as old as your grandma - filtered through the lens of a fried music nerd
flow motion (at night) sundays 8-10p. sometimes difficult, sometimes peaceful - sometimes hard, sometimes soft. anything under the giant umbrella of 'psychedelic' is fair game ~ space-rock, free-jazz, ambient, musique concréte, abstract electronic, non-music. for the heads.
Front side slappy
Occasional Contributor
At times the show can be a reflection of the music from skateboard culture. If it were summed up into genres though, you’d find a lot of alternative, punk, pop punk, indie, and some stretches into other areas of music that aren’t necessarily derived from skateboarding. Hopefully it makes ya wanna skate though! Check Instagram at @FrontsideSlappyRadio for past playlists and “for fans of” leading into new shows to give you an idea what you’re about to listen to.
Hearts love club
Wednesdays 4-6PM (Bi-weekly)
Hearts Love Club delivers a weekly 2 hour selection of minimal synth, post-punk, funk, disco and other oddities from around the world. Curated by Dakota Westbrook, it seeks to serve as an exploratory space for music of all shapes and forms.
Homegrown
Tuesdays 6-8PM
Based on the hypothesis that Neitzche wouldn't have been so goddamn grumpy if he had just heard disco. Homegrown is music for dancing in the kitchen, rare soul cuts, liberation anthems, and whatever else we think brings people together in the name of Groove. Tune in freak out.
ice cold daydream
Occasional Contributor
Ice Cold Daydream is hosted by Emma Coppedge (she/her) and explores a wide range of music from all different genres. Every week will offer something different based on what I'm feeling at the time. Tune in every Thursday from 2-4pm to slip into an Ice Cold Daydream
in with the out sound
Tuesdays 8-10PM
Non-denominational Deep Cuts, Rarities, Hidden Gems, Guilty Pleasures, Cheap Thrills, Bangers, Bummers, Covers (…and the occasional special guest)
The last plane out
Thursdays 6-8PM
The Last Plane Out is a weekly excursion into the realms of prog rock, free jazz, long-form psychedelia, experimental electronics, and messy punk rock. Join Andy every Thursday night from 6 to 8pm. And be ready - it's gonna be a weird one.
Like humans do
Thursdays 8-9pm (Bi-weekly)
Like Humans Do is your local send-in dilemma radio show. Join Sara and CJ as they offer advice on real-life scenarios from listeners, share stories and insights from their own lives, and occasionally analyze pop culture, media, and music through a relational lens. Hear your problems discussed live on air! Submit your questions here <3
Loop Findings
Fridays 4-6pm (Bi-weekly)
Hosted by ellisdj, fueled by espresso on ice. Loop findings is your bi-weekly dose of electronic music. From dance to ambient and everything in between, the loops will be found n shared. Expect an occasional label/artist focus. Tune into my IG for a loop threat level for each week @smellunderscorethis
“iffinyawanna”
Love cleans the mind
Saturdays 1-2PM
Hello, I’m Derek and I host Love Cleans The Mind. My show builds on almost 20 years of musical memories. Playing shows, touring, making friends and collecting these sonic associations along the way. From cryptic hardcore shows in Legion Halls of my teenage years to seated theatre shows with immaculate sound systems, I have experienced sound in most every type of way. I attempt to distill these encounters in a one-hour format each week. You can find all of my visual work, episode notes and tracklists for each show here: maplefortress.us
MIsc jazz
Sundays 12-2PM
Misc Jazz is a live internet radio show on BACR. Every Sunday at noon I play some music and hang out with a friend or special guest. The vibe can be a little bit new age-y, I do drops and like to make little sound collages live on the air. Sometimes people call in live! I try to play a little bit of everything! Hopefully the show brings some joy, and maybe a weird little sense of community to people! That would be cool!
the morning bugle
Saturdays 11-12PM
The Morning Bugle is BACR’s Saturday morning "wake up and get the coffee goin" program, featuring sounds and stories from across the wide expanse of American roots music. The show's title and theme are a tip of the derby to John Hartford and we try to take Ol' Harf's freewheelin' approach to exploring the expansive musical landscape of America, ranging from traditional fiddle tunes to jam heavy psychedelic Newgrass to all points around and in between. If ya ain't fishin, ya best be listenin!
new commute
Occasional Contributor
New Commute is an audio/visual music blog where independent music and artwork is celebrated through album reviews, song and music video premieres, and interviews along with a doom scroll of outré photographs and ephemera from music's beautifully bizarre archives. At the helm of the BACR broadcast every Wednesday from 8-10PM, New Commute will bring a rotating tour of outsider boogie, leftfield funk, global psychedelia, and other splendid sounds that span generations.
no wxrld
Fridays 5-6PM (Bi-weekly)
Hosted by musical group Clara St Cloud - No Wxrld attempts to deconstruct genre through sonic collage. Selections ranging from noise - muzak - jazz - ambient - kosmische - funk - field recordings - pop - punk - poetry & prose; arranged to question titles and create introspective sound explorations.
phenomenology of home
Sundays 2-4pm (Bi-weekly)
Diallo is a sad boy who spends way too much time on the internet and trying to convince his friends that finishing twin peaks is not a waste of time. Some of his favorite artists are Aaliyah, James Ferraro, Arca, and Dean Blunt. Courtney loves hauntology and believes that in times of trauma one can begin to envision utopia. She loves looking at hauntology as a type of acoustemology for looking towards a future of healing. Her favorite band of all time is Broadcast and they love anything synthpop!! Their sets range from synthpop to postpunk to shoegaze to outsider music and everything in between ;) You can follow them @phenomonology_of_home
Pixie’s picks
Wednesdays 2-4PM
Hi my name is Pixie and I’m the friend that listens to every kind of music under the sun and never shuts up about it! So if you’re looking for a variety of music tune in every other Wednesday from 4-6pm to Pixie’s Picks to hear anything ranging from songs you would find in your dad’s record collection to songs you’ve never heard before and everything in between! You never know what’s coming next on Pixie’s Picks!
Poptones etc.
Thursdays 2-4pm (Bi-weekly)
Poptones Etc. is a hodgepodge of pop music collected, packaged, and presented by Dylan Taylor and Cody Hudgins for BACR. Two people who don’t know exactly what pop music is, but we have a few ideas. Each show we’ll explore different sub-genres or just stuff we’ve been lovin’ lately! Tune in! etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
proximity effect
Sundays 6-8pm
Emanating from the woods of Ashe County, NC, Proximity Effect plays electronica, techno, ambient, drone, modern classical, noise, and spoken word selections both new and old in 2 hour doses mostly organized around a specific artist, label, release year, or genre. Round out your weekend with the show every Sunday from 10pm until midnight. Best listened to loud and in a dark room.
Real companion radio hour
Saturdays 12-1PM
Hosted by Seth Sullivan, Real Companion Radio Hour spans the space between the Grateful Dead’s cosmic American landscape, British psychedelic folk, Swedish and German prog, meditation music, ECM, Windham Hill, far out jazz skronk and solo guitar excursions. Seth also plays new and local records that fit that vibe. When he isn’t playing tunes on the radio, Seth runs local restaurants Lily’s Snack Bar and the Cardinal, plays in the band Naked Gods, and spends time with his wife, daughter and dog. Spark a stick of nag champa, roll a number and join us.
Resonance Radio
Thursdays 4-6pm
/ˈrezənəns/ noun
the quality in a sound of being deep, full, and reverberating
Weekly two hour show that features music across multiple genres including soul, funk, psych, jazz, folk, etc. A cross-cultural archaeological exploration into psychoacoustic sounds. Catch-up on old shows: https://linktr.ee/resonanceradio
Something big
Fridays 2-4PM (Bi-weekly)
Something Big is presented by Mike Hudson, playing music both catchy and abstract, centering on experimental/avant-pop but often expanding into other territories. You may hear Captain Beefheart, Kate Bush, and Sun Ra all in the same show, and you may feel good, and you may feel something big.
step it up and go
Occasional Contributor
From greasy, early rocknroll to surly garage and 60’s psych to raunchy blues and R&B with dashes of funk, soul, and who knows what else, Step It Up and Go keeps the party rollin' every Thursday from 2 til 4pm. Host, Mark Coltrain, rarely plays anything but vinyl. When he isn't spinning records at BACR, he's librarianing at App State, hanging with his wife and daughter, and haunting junk stores for wax to lay down for your listening and hip shaking pleasure.
Trans moment
Occasional Contributor
Hello I’m Jade and I host Trans Moment. From the underground clubs of Berlin to the rooftop functions of New York, this show is here to make you get up and dance wherever you are. Deep and dub house, techno of all sorts and anything else that’s made by twisting knobs… all here every Friday 2-4PM. You can find me on Instagram & Mixcloud @cunntdesgarcons
The yeehaw lounge
Wednesdays 6-8PM
Beginning as a mythic playlist created for a fictitious fantasy bar, the Yeehaw Lounge has expanded into a weekly dive into whatever may be bouncing around host Kiever Hunter’s (aka Gymcoach) head at the moment. A typical grab bag of varying genre, one can expect to hear a freeform listening experience where sonic landscapes are melded and defied.
the y’ought club
Occasional Contributor
Weekly, all-vinyl record party. Dusty and Kitty Ray paw through the Platter Paks and dig deep in the dirty stacks for selections of the beautiful, the forgotten, the passed-over, the dollar bin, the scratched up, the goofy but good, the wild, the weird...and, of course, the hits. From the low budget locals to slick studio jam masters, you never know what you'll hear.