Author and longtime News & Observer music critic/arts reporter David Menconi talks about his upcoming book "Step It Up and Go: The Story of North Carolina Popular Music, from Blind Boy Fuller and Doc Watson to Nina Simone and Superchunk".
Matt McMichaels from Surrender Human talks about the origins of the band, their debut album and a new charity single recorded under quarantine.
Songs played in this episode:
18 Strings - Third of Never
Sweet Honey Hole - Blind Boy Fuller
Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters
What A Time To Be Alive - Superchunk
Candy Jones - Surrender Human
Hantuchova - Surrender Human
On The Rack - Surrender Human
Remember A Girl - Surrender Human
Shelter In Place - Surrender Human
It's Our Life - Surrender Human
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