The Organic Folk Of Farewell Friend

WUNC | By Amanda Magnus,

Frank Stasio

Published May 15, 2018 at 12:02 PM EDT

Mark Byerly, Aaron Cummings, Tom Troyer, and Evan Campfield of Farewell Friend. Their album release party is June 11th at the Sunset Theater in Asheboro, NC.

Under the umbrella of “alternative country,” you will find the music of Farewell Friend. Guitarist and vocalist Tom Troyer, guitarist Mark Byerly, and upright bass player Evan Campfield perform live at the Triad Stage’s Upstage Cabaret in Greensboro.The band Farewell Friends play live for the State of Things at the Triad Stage in downtown Greensboro.

Farewell Friend will be at the Boxcar Bar + Arcade on Saturday, May 26 in downtown Greensboro. They will also be at the Sunset Theater in Asheboro on Monday, June 11 for their CD release show for their latest album, “Lineage.”

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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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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