Songs We Love is a series and a podcast that looks at the stories behind some of the songs we're playing on our new music discovery stream, WUNC Music. For this episode, Eric Hodge sits down with ...

Andrew Marlin is accustomed to spending the bulk of his time on the road. Since the late aughts—alongside his wife and musical partner, Emily Frantz—he has led the beloved Chapel Hill roots outfit, ...

The New York Mandolin Orchestra turns 100 next month, marking a century of bringing people together over their shared love of making music and fostering community. “I think this is an extraordinary ...

Bluegrass / folk outfit Mandolin Orange's newest album, Tides of a Teardrop, chronicles the grieving process and unresolved emotions bandmate Andrew Marlin experienced after his mother died when he ...

There is no shortage of folk and country songs about whiskey. But what makes this Mandolin Orange tune so enchanting is its effortlessness. The words seem to fall right into one another, like cheery ...

The hypnotic Canadian rock trio Land of Talk is about to release its debut full-length CD; we've got a sneak preview. For some, the first recordings of Creedence Clearwater Revival were flat, but ...

The mandolin is a beautiful, strange, difficult instrument, tuned like a violin but with a flat, fretted fingerboard and eight strings instead of four. Played with a plectrum, it is capable of ...