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.

Formed in the mid 2000s in Nashville, the Infamous Stringdusters executed one of roots music's most successful pivots. Their foundation was traditional bluegrass, but when that scene proved confining, they looked west to Colorado and the broader values of the jamgrass world. In Episode 194 of The String, Craig speaks with banjo player Chris Pandolfi, dobro player Andy Hall and guitarist Andy Falco about the odyssey of the Dusters on the eve of the band's tenth album Toward The Fray, due Feb. 18.

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.

Tickets may be easier and cheaper to get for the plays that are still open. Some producers reopened until the virus raced through the cast and crew. Future productions are hard to see on the horizon.

Jury selection begins Monday in the former Alaska governor's case. A 2017 Times editorial wrongly connected an ad from her political action committee to the shooting that wounded Rep. Gabby Giffords.

After nine cases were detected in the region, the country will impose gathering size limits and other measures. Until this month, New Zealand had avoided any outbreaks of the omicron variant.