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Mary Stone sat down with Carolina Country Music Award winners Julia Golden and Garrett Huffman — plus a special appearance from Julia’s mom — just days before their new EP dropped. We dug into what drives them to make music, the families who’ve been cheering them on since day one, and the awards that are only the beginning of their journey.

If you love stories about heart, hustle, and the people who lift us up, this episode is for you. Come back for a bonus episode with these two!

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Starting out near the Sunrise Theater for the Pinecone Drop, Ending up at Bell Tree, Neville's or O'Donnell's Pub, you're in for a good time! Introducing DJ Van Horton and how he's currently DJaying with one arm! How he's connected to Shannon at the Sunrise Theater, Shannon tells us about the Silent Disco and all ages festivities at the Sunrise at 8:15pm New Year's Eve. Van Horton is Djaying at 1901 Lounge aka the Jefferson with DJ Logan that night. Van has new music out with a girl he met at the Sunrise. Rec Room is having a DJayed Gala party. Then Mary Stone connects the dots between Neville's and Van Horton and Cameron Kyle Mills from Hydryver and we talk about drummers, names, birthdays, the meaning behind New Year's and we can't wait for you to experience all the bands that night including Hydryver at Bell Tree Tavern, the Low Down Dirty Heathens jamming at O'Donnell's Pub, and Katatonik rocking Neville's Club!

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Six dudes, one sax, and a whole lot of chaos 🎷😂 Mary Stone & cohost Matthew Battise wrangle Fayetteville’s own Hydryver in a small room packed with jokes, potty humor, and unforgettable stories. When Matthew Battise asks, ‘What’s the craziest thing that ever happened at a show?’ the band erupts into tales of nights gone off the rails —even revealing details about their recent set at Nude Stock (yes, a nudist colony festival -shhh🤫) To quote Gus the guitarist “Authenticity is very magnetic and also very repellant to those who don’t understand it!" This is definitely the most Authentic Podcast we have ever released with very little editing. We wanted to invite you to backstage banter with us so grab a beer and listen in!

In this episode, Hydryver members are extremely proud to introduce us to their newest member, award‑winning saxophonist Chris Nelson. Hear how he’s bringing fresh fire to the band. To hear more about Chris’s other life in the Country Music World and his songwriting process, listen in to the previous episode of SoPines Scene Podcast where we featured Chris Nelson.

Hydryver is currently gearing up for their Nov 21 blowout at Raleigh’s Lincoln Theatre with blues‑funk rockers Effing and Blinding and Raleigh’s hard‑hitting Dirty Remnantz.

This episode is pure backstage energy spilling over and we are so excited to see a band that plays in Moore County head on to bigger stages and we wish them all the best! PS – Look out for their New Year’s Eve Announcement soon!

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Chris Nelson is in a rockin Country Band called the Chris Nelson Band. In Moore County, NC you may have seen him at Neville's Club with the Saxophone and various band members including Jon Nowiski on Bass, Henry Knight on Lead guitar, Kyle Mills on Drums, an occasional pedal steel, or even an additional sax player - Zach Harris from last week's episode! Chris Nelson and his band are headed to the Josie Music Awards this weekend in Nashville at the Opry- the awards will be aired on American Country Network.

Chris is nominated for 2025:
Male Vocalist of The Year
Musician of The Year (Sax)
Country Song of The Year
Rising Star of The Year

and we sat down with him in studio this week!

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In this episode, Mary and Matthew sit down with DJ Saxy aka Zach Harris, and we find out about the plan for Oct 25th at 1901 Lounge. Zach has a double life - Aberdeen, NC Firefighter by day and DJ by night doing weddings, events, and dance parties all over Moore County and beyond! Find out how Zach started playing Saxophone and solve the mystery of the Missing Southern Pines Ornaments! At the end of the episode Mary and Matthew give you several Halloween parties to hit up in Southern Pines and Aberdeen, NC!

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Multi-Instrumentalist, singer songwriter, and producer Chelsea Davis comes to the studio with Mary Stone and Matthew Battise. The three discuss Chelsea's projects: MoonTransmissions, SparkByrd, Turf, and more! Matthew asks the craziest thing that ever happened at a show and what is Chelsea's process for song writing. We get into a little bit of everything including Femme Fest, MoCo Rising, Open Mics and even Football!

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Mary Stone sits down with Shannon Butler, a great friend and fellow musician with similar passion for the music scene. Shannon gives us details on all the fun things happening at Femme Fest this weekend at Red's Corner as well as how Hilltop Music Fest is connected with other fundraisers and a Music opportunity for the whole community on Tuesdays at the West Southern Pines Center.

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This week Bonnie from Mira Foundation joins Mary Stone and they talk about the bands and festivities happening this Saturday in Pinehurst at Mira Fest: Tunes, Tacos and Tequila is the theme and the festival is family friendly! Tickets are available at the gate for only $25 and there will be music inside and outside!

Mira Fest with13 Bands including Tumbao, Julia Golden, Autumn Nicholas, and Justin Clyde Williams.

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