Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 11:29AM What It Is welcomes Charleston SC band The Explorers Club to our studios in Spindale to talk about their upcoming album, their love for the music of Burt Bacharach, the Charleston music scene and much more. Jason, Justin, Dave, Kyle, Paul and Wally are pictured below outside WNCW stuidos 1-14-12
Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 10:38AM 
We have had a great week of conversations with Alabama Shakes (pictured to the right: yours truly with Brittany Howard, Zac Cockrell and Heath Fogg) backstage at the Orange Peel as well as with panelists Daniel Coston and Greg Lyon in studio about their experiences and observations of the inner sanctums (which often resemble a dank closet) that artists inhabit behind the scenes. You can hear my conversation with Brittany, Heath and Zac of Alabama Shakes here in our Podcasts (episode #204) and our lively talk with Daniel (who has a new article and photo spread of many notable NC & SC musicians in Southern Cultures) in episode #205 "Backstage Observations and Anecdotes". As always, we look forward to getting your thoughts about these or any other shows, your ideas for future conversations, and backstage anecdotes in our comments section or by emailing whatitis@wncw.org - Joe
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 9:44AM 
Daniel Coston (left) and Greg Lyon (right) in WNCW studios 12-9-11.
Daniel came back to the show for the second time, joining Greg for his debut on the WNCW airwaves. They join host Joe Kendrick in a series of conversations ranging from favorite concerts and records of 2011 to the return of Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel to talk about the 2012 Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductees (where once again Rush isn't nominated), stories of backstage experiences and much more.
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:40AM 
What It Is welcomes WNCW veteran host Scotty Robertson to the show as Kim Ruehl rejoins the panel to talk about the 2011 Warren Haynes Christmas Jam, some notable music happenings from 2011 including Spotify's U.S. debut as well as favorite music of the past year. Host Joe Kendrick joins in on these topics as well as a recent phone conversation with Dan Deacon on the WNCW airwaves during the first two weeks of December. The shows are podcast in their full versions here as well.
Monday, November 28, 2011 at 3:53PM 
Chris Pandolfi talks with Joe Kendrick on What It Is the week of 11/28 about his keynote speech at the recent IBMA awards which addressed the debates amongst bluegrass fans about the direction and definition of the music. Chris is well spoken and refreshing, and you can hear the podcast of our conversation in Episode #195, where he also talks about The Infamous Stringdusters' new live album, forming their own music label, his love of videography and more.
