Wuxtry Information in Athens, Ga.
Kimberly Junod/WXPN
disguise caption
toggle caption
Kimberly Junod/WXPN
Wuxtry Information in Athens, Ga.
Kimberly Junod/WXPN
In case you had been to plan a musical pilgrimage to Athens, Ga. — one of many birthplaces of different rock and residential to bands like R.E.M., Pylon, Drive-By Truckers and The B-52s — you’ll be good to schedule in an entire day to go to Wuxtry Information. It is the form of file store you might spend without end in.
As a part of our Sense of Place: Athens sequence, World Cafe stopped by the impartial file retailer to seek out out why it is such an essential a part of the Athens music scene and its music historical past. On this session, we’ll meet the parents who run Wuxtry, like proprietor Dan Wall and longtime supervisor Nathaniel Mitchell.
Wuxtry Information proprietor Dan Wall (left) with World Cafe host Raina Douris and retailer supervisor Nathaniel Mitchell.
Kimberly Junod/WXPN
disguise caption
toggle caption
Kimberly Junod/WXPN
Wuxtry Information proprietor Dan Wall (left) with World Cafe host Raina Douris and retailer supervisor Nathaniel Mitchell.
Kimberly Junod/WXPN
Wall talks about a few of Wuxtry’s former workers who went on to develop into well-known, and about how this file retailer has survived because of their dedication to vinyl.
This episode of World Cafe was produced and edited by Miguel Perez. Our senior producer is Kimberly Junod and our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson and our line producer is Will Loftus.
