Brian Burns
Music ReporterBrian Burns has been with WUNC since 2016, when he was brought on to help launch WUNC Music in the role of Music Librarian. Since then, he's become WUNC’s Music Reporter, a role that has given him the opportunity to interview local, national, and international acts, and cover music happenings in the Triangle and beyond. He has interviewed artists including Kamasi Washington, MJ Lenderman, Esperanza Spalding, Don Was and Adrianne Lenker, and is a regular contributor to NPR Music.
Brian has lived in the Triangle for more than 25 years, and has been involved with the local music scene ever since, having worked at local record stores and for local record labels before landing at WUNC. He graduated from UNC’s School of Information and Library Science with an MSLS in 2015. On the weekends, you might catch him DJing around the Triangle, or out at a show.
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Ari Picker of Dante High catches up with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns ahead of the band's final show on November 1. -
ADULTING is an early evening dance party in Durham where people can "dance all night" and "be in bed by 11." -
After being closed for major renovations since January, Wake County's West Regional Library is set to reopen on October 27. -
Quadeca chats with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns ahead of his sold out show at Motorco on October 24. -
The Raleigh Convention and Performing Arts Complex has shared some images and renderings of their nearly 300,000 square foot expansion. -
The Durham-based percussionist, composer, and improviser Joe Westerlund chats with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns about his latest record "Curiosities From The Shift." -
Legendary producer and musician Don Was chats with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns ahead of his show with the Pan-Detroit Ensemble at the Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw on October 17. -
Singer-songwriter Madison McFerrin chats with WUNC music reporter Brian Burns ahead of her show at Missy Lane's Assembly Room on Friday. -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with Swedish composer and producer Sven Wunder ahead of his show at The Ritz in Raleigh on Friday, October 10. -
WUNC music reporter Brian Burns chats with producer and musician Sofia Kourtesis ahead of her performance at the Slingshot Festival at The Fruit in Durham on October 11.
