NPR's On Point features Sara Foster as guest

“Now 1990 seems like a lifetime ago, when small upscale food markets in New York and Connecticut inspired me to bring the concept to the south. In the unlikely space of a former lawn mower repair shop on a short stretch of highway in Durham, my vision of a charming market quickly took shape. Power washing oil and grease from the basement and replacing old lawn mowers with sugar and flour bins was the beginning of putting Foster’s on the map.”

—"Fresh Ideas For Your Thanksgiving Feast" Tom Ashbrook, On Point, NPR

NPR Features Durham Guitarist

"Daniel Bachman calls Durham, N.C., home now, but he grew up around the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg."

"History Runs Through Daniel Bachman's Guitar," Lars Gotrich, NPR

NPR Faces Off Against Automated Insights' WordSmith Program

"A company called Automated Insights created a program called WordSmith that generates simple news stories based on things like sporting events and financial news..How would NPR's best stack up against the machine? To answer our question, NPR White House correspondent and former business reporter Scott Horsley agreed to go head to head against WordSmith."

"An NPR Reporter Raced A Machine To Write A News Story. Who Won?" Stacey Vanek Smith, NPR Planet Money

Sylvan Esso is one of "10 Breakout artists of 2014"

"On Sylvan Esso's self-titled debut, the duo occasionally flirts with bass drops and low-end rattling, but it keeps most of its compositions sparse, buoyant and airborne; few songs released this year encourage dance-like-no-one's-watching movements quite like the sing-songy single "Coffee.""

—"Public Radio's 10 Breakout Artists Of 2014," Andrea Swensson, NPR Music

David Dye's Top 10 Albums of 2014 Includes Hiss Golden Messenger

"Hiss Golden Messenger's first album for Merge shambled its way into my heart. There is still anguish in MC Taylor's voice on this his fourth album as Hiss Golden Messenger, but there is also light in these songs, even if it may be the artificial light of a Saturday night honky-tonk...The songs combine gospel's swampy guitar with direct writing. A natural beauty."

—"David Dye's Top 10 Albums of 2014," David Dye, NPR

Durham Bands are on NPR's "Favorite Songs of 2014"

Durham-based Sylvan Esso, and Hiss Golden Messenger were recognized on NPR Music's "Favorite Songs of 2014." for "Coffee" and  "Saturday's Song" respectively.

NPR Profiles Women Butchers in Durham

"In a chilly walk-in storage cooler in Durham, Curtis watches as fresh beef is tagged for distribution. Then she reaches down and picks up a thick chunk of dark red meat: "Oh my gosh, have you had this before? It's Osso Buco, or beef shank," she tells me."

—"Female Butchers Are Slicing Through The Meat World's Glass Ceiling," Leoneda Inge, The Salt, National Public Radio

Durham's Sylvan Esso is on NPR's Top 25 Albums of 2014 (So Far)

"An unexpected, intoxicating left-field debut, Sylvan Esso captures the sound of two equally unlikely musicians..."

—"NPR Music's 25 Favorite Albums Of 2014 (So Far)"

NPR Gives Sylvan Esso Fans Free Live Concert Video

"Rising from Durham, N.C., Sylvan Esso has quickly become one of 2014's most captivating bands, boosted in no small part by Meath's captivating performances and the duo's intoxicating mix of dance grooves and heady electronics."

"Live in Concert Sylvan Esso," Robin Hilton, NPR

NPR Paying Attention to Durham's Sylvan Esso

"Delicate folk vocals combine with thumping electronics in Sylvan Esso's debut album. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the duo of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn."

—"The Music Of Oak And Forest Sprite Blend In Sylvan Esso," Scott Simon, NPR

NPR Gives Durham's Sylvan Esso a First Listen

"The product of an unlikely pairing of musicians, Sylvan Esso works in equally unlikely ways: Singer Amelia Meath first surfaced as a singer in the largely a cappella Vermont folk group Mountain Man, while Nick Sanborn plays bass in the versatile North Carolina psych-rock band Megafaun."

"First Listen: Sylvan Esso, 'Sylvan Esso'," Stephen Thompson, NPR

NPR Music - Mount Moriah

"What Mount Moriah's "Lament" lacks in complexity, it gains in clarity and sharpness... The North Carolina band came about after McEntire and Miller began digging deeper into their Southern roots. "Lament" is from their self-titled debut, an infectious brew of gospel, folk, rock and country that asks questions of the establishment while looking at love from every angle."

- Mount Moriah: Love From Every Angle, NPR Music