Certainly one of the most anticipated Americana releases of this early new year, Aoife O’Donovan’s Age Of Apathy arrives this Friday from Yep Roc Records. The songwriter has been vividly visible in recent years, recording and touring with the elite Goat Rodeo Sessions ensemble while her trio I’m With Her won Grammy and Americana awards. But in Episode 195 of The String, we focus on her first new solo album since In The Magic Hour six years ago.

A new entrant into the fast-growing, backlogged record pressing business found a historic home in Asheville, NC that's let it become an anchor in the community and an entire musical ecosystem. Visitors to Citizen Vinyl in the 1939 Asheville Citizen Times newspaper building can watch records get made while they sip drinks, eat farm-to-table food, and shop for vinyl and art. Craig visited last fall and CEO Gar Ragland showed him around for this audio special report.

Join WMOT just before the weekend for the return of Finally Friday. We're still streaming artists from their home bases, but we're approaching the return of live shows from the new Eastside Bowl in Madison. This week's guests, Rob Aldridge and the Proponents, plus Lord Nelson.

Get to know Sophie Gault, singer, songwriter and leader of Sophie & The Broken Things and hear two tracks from her new album.

Allison Russell's "Nightflyer" tops our list of most played songs for 2021. See the full list of WMOT's Most Played Songs for 2021.

An annual Nashville tradition, artists create music to help those in need through SAFPAW, the Southern Alliance For People and Animal Welfare. Their annual Toy Drive For Kids Living in Poverty is on now.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Netflix show Twentysomethings: Austin, a look back at 20 years of The Onion and more.

Kai Forsyth relished being the only passenger on a flight from London to Orlando. But his solo trip highlights the wastefulness of near-empty flights that environmentalists are trying to ban.

The annual march in Washington, D.C., occurs around the anniversary of the Roe decision. This year, as the Supreme Court considers overturning some of its protections, protesters say they feel hope.