ThirteenShaped By Sound (2025) is a documentary, talk web series in English. On New MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Shaped By Sound online in HD.
Shaped By Sound — Storyline
Shaped by Sound spotlights North Carolina’s thriving music scene, featuring artists from a broad range of genres, including indie rock, hip-hop, R&B, alt-country, jazz, bluegrass and folk. Each episode weaves a visually stunning live studio performance by an NC artist or band with an intimate conversation about their creative journey. Made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Music Office within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: N.C. Music Office
- Starring: James Mieczkowski
Shaped By Sound — Series Details
| First Air Date | 2025-02-06 |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Genre | Documentary, Talk |
| Language | English |
| Network | PBS |
| Status | Returning Series |
Shaped By Sound — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Iron & Wine (2025-02-06) — Singer-songwriter Iron & Wine (aka Sam Beam) has multiple Grammy nominations, and his songs have been included in numerous film, TV and commercial productions. Despite this exposur
- E2: Sluice (2025-02-13) — What happens when you open the floodgates to your emotions and channel them into music? Sluice’s Justin Morris and Avery Sullivan perform songs from their latest record, “Radial Ga
- E3: Superchunk (2025-02-20) — What’s more punk rock than believing and investing in yourself? The Triangle-based indie rock band Superchunk harnesses the frenetic energy they’ve developed over decades of tourin
- E4: Nnenna Freelon (2025-02-27) — Jazz legend Nnenna Freelon has seven Grammy nominations and has performed in the most prestigious venues on the planet. But for the first time in her 40-year career, she’s releasin
- E5: Sonny Miles (2025-03-06) — Gospel, soul, jazz, R&B and hip-hop—there isn’t much that lives outside the musical universe of Winston-Salem native Sonny Miles. In 2019, one of his musical collaborations caught
- E6: Alice Gerrard (2025-03-13) — For 80 years, Alice Gerrard has studied, played and preserved American folk music, influencing countless musicians, including Emmylou Harris and Rhiannon Giddens. In addition to be
- E7: Mipso (2025-03-20) — On the surface, the quartet Mipso may seem like a traditional folk-bluegrass band with its exquisite harmonies, melodies and instrumentation. Zoom in, however, and you’ll also hear
- E8: Blue Cactus (2025-03-27) — The cosmic country of Blue Cactus’ Steph Stewart and Mario Arnez has been likened to artists as diverse as Fleetwood Mac, Bobbie Gentry and David Bowie. Playing with a full band, t
- E9: Shirlette Ammons (2025-04-03) — Shirlette Ammons is a Peabody Award-winning producer, poet and hip-hop artist based in Durham, NC. On her latest album, Spectacles, she blends aspects of her eastern North Carolina
- E10: Town Mountain (2025-04-10) — More Asheville than Nashville, this country-rock outfit combines bluegrass with honky-tonk to create a rollicking sound all its own. The band’s Phil Barker and Robert Greer discuss
- E11: Blue Footed Boobies (2025-04-17) — Strap in, folks—the Blue Footed Boobies are ready to rock. The Wilmington duo brings their raw and bombastic guitars and drums to the Shaped by Sound stage. They also discuss the e
- E12: Fancy Gap (2025-04-24) — The indie duo Fancy Gap, a new musical collaboration by Raleigh natives Stuart McLamb (of The Love Language) and Charles Crossingham, aims for pure pop-rock bliss. They bring their
- E13: Reuben Vincent (2025-05-01) — Charlotte-based rapper Reuben Vincent started with a laptop and a dream. That dream became a reality when he was discovered by legendary hip-hop producer 9th Wonder at the age of 1
Season 2
- E1: Wednesday (2026-02-05) — Bleeds is not only the best Wednesday record—it’s also the most Wednesday record, a patchwork-style triumph of literary allusions and outlaw grit, of place-based poetry and hair-ra
- E2: The Connells (2026-02-12) — The Connells are one of North Carolina’s most enduring and internationally successful indie rock bands, known for their melodic, literate songwriting. Formed in Raleigh in 1984 by
- E3: Anthony Hamilton (2026-02-19) — Proclaimed a "national treasure" by the Los Angeles Times, GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, and actor Anthony Hamilton has achieved global sales of over 50+ mill
- E4: Charly Lowry (2026-02-26) — Charly Lowry stands as a soulful powerhouse in the realm of music, enchanting audiences with her velvety vocals, heartfelt compositions and commanding stage presence. Her voice, im
- E5: Tan and Sober Gentlemen (2026-03-19) — Tan and Sober Gentlemen play Irish tunes, ballads, and pub songs right next to the Appalachian fiddle tunes of their youth, melding the two into what they call “Irish-American hill
- E6: Ben Folds (2026-03-26) — Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. The Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer has created an enormous body of genre-bending mu
- E7: Faith & Harmony (2026-04-02) — Faith and Harmony is a family group—two sets of three sisters who are first cousins. They grew up singing together in Greenville, North Carolina. All six members are descendants of
- E8: Cyanca (2026-04-09) — A smooth and cheerful aura combined with unique style and therapeutic vocals, North Carolina based RnB artist CYANCA is gaining momentum with some of music’s best critics such as R
- E9: Jim Lauderdale (2026-04-16) — Jim Lauderdale, known as “Mr. Americana,” is a Nashville singer-songwriter who learned to sing and play multiple instruments in his native North Carolina. A two-time Grammy Award w
- E10: Skylar Gudasz (2026-04-23) — “It’s wild, the ways that humans try to make boundaries out of things,” Skylar Gudasz says. With her third LP, COUNTRY, (“Best of 2024” —Bandcamp) she interrogates borders of land
- E11: River Whyless (2026-04-30) — River Whyless is a band from Asheville, North Carolina whose music sits somewhere between folk, indie and something harder to define. Known for their festival appearances (Newport
- E12: Hiss Golden Messenger (2026-05-07) — Describing the Durham-based Hiss Golden Messenger is like trying to grasp a forgotten word: It’s always on the tip of your tongue, but hard to speak. Song writer and bandleader M.C
- E13: Al Strong (2026-05-14) — Al Strong is an award-winning trumpet player, composer, recording artist, and educator. A cultural innovator, he is the co-founder of the non-profit the Art of Cool Project, which
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Shaped By Sound have? 2 season(s) with 26 episodes.
Who created Shaped By Sound? N.C. Music Office.
Where can I watch Shaped By Sound? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
