Brian Burns
Music Director / WUNC Music HostBrian Burns is the Music Director for WUNC Music, WUNC's AAA music discovery station. He has been working within the local music scene for over a decade. On the weekends you might see him DJing at various spots around the Triangle, or digging through boxes of records. He's also the host of Future Shock on WUNC Music and a contributor to NPR Music. He graduated from UNC’s School of Information and Library Science with an MSLS in 2015.
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Lenny Kaye chats with WUNC Music's Brian Burns about the 50th anniversary of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968
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Composer and harpist Mary Lattimore talks about her fifth album ‘Goodbye, Hotel Arkada,’ and how her travels to a Croatian island inspired its namesake.
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Nabil Ayers chats with WUNC's Brian Burns about the music that inspired him and trying to connect with his father, jazz musician Roy Ayers, in his new memoir 'My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family.'
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Superchunk's Mac McCaughan discusses ‘Misfits & Mistakes: Singles, B-sides & Strays 2007-2023,’ a new box set that dives deep into the band’s archives.
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Little Brother chats about Made In Durham: A Little Brother Block Party, 20 years of 'The Listening,' their upcoming documentary, and more.
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Kara Jackson's had a busy few years. On top of self-releasing her first EP in 2019, she was also named the U.S. National Youth Poet Laureate. And now she's released her first official album ‘Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?’ which has received rave reviews from both critics and fans. The record is beautiful and personal, with playful and powerful lyrics.
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WUNC Music is excited to present the premiere of ‘‘I Went Back In Time (To Tell You I Love You)’ by Durham based singer-songwriter Owen FitzGerald.
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Multi-instrumentalist and rapper Kassa Overall builds his songs like collages. He blends elements of experimental jazz and hip-hop to create something that sounds ahead of its time and unique.
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Durand Jones has spent the better part of the last decade fronting the contemporary soul group Durand Jones & The Indications, but in 2023 he’s striking out on his own.
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The Nashville-based soul artist chats with WUNC Music about his newest album.
