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Alexa Rose Brings The Music Of The Mountains To The Mainstream

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Amanda Magnus
Published March 9, 2018 at 12:29 PM EST

Alexa Rose was singing before she could talk, but she did not sing or even listen to country music until she was a teenager. She starred in a country-inspired musical theater production, which opened her up to the sounds of the Carter family, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash.

Host Frank Stasio talks to singer songwriter and musician Alexa Rose about her music, and Rose is joined by bassist Tim Comstock to perform selections from her latest album 'Low and Lonesome' live in studio.

Rose has always lived in the mountains, from her upbringing in western Virginia to her time in college in Boone. That experience is a part of her music, which she describes as folk and Americana with a mountain roots influence. Host Frank Stasio talks to Rose about her music and her influences, and Rose is joined by bassist Tim Comstock to perform selections from her latest album “Low and Lonesome”  live in studio. Rose performs Friday, March 9 at the Bullpen in Durham. She will also be at the Old North State Winery in Mount Airy on March 16, and at the Isis Music Hall in Asheville on March 17.  

Courtesy of Alexa Rose /
Courtesy of Alexa Rose /
Courtesy of Alexa Rose /
Courtesy of Alexa Rose /

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Amanda Magnus
Amanda Magnus grew up in Maryland and went to high school in Baltimore. She became interested in radio after an elective course in the NYU journalism department. She got her start at Sirius XM Satellite Radio, but she knew public radio was for her when she interned at WNYC. She later moved to Madison, where she worked at Wisconsin Public Radio for six years. In her time there, she helped create an afternoon drive news magazine show, called Central Time. She also produced several series, including one on Native American life in Wisconsin. She spends her free time running, hiking, and roller skating. She also loves scary movies.
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