Acoustic Sunrise




Sundays 8 am - Noon

The perfect soundtrack for your slow-rise Sunday morning. Featuring rare acoustic versions of your favorite RIVER music and unreleased acoustic tracks recorded right here in Asheville in our very own Studio AVL.

Stay tuned for each week's Acoustic Sunrise playlist. 

Sunday, June 26th


ARTIST SONG
Florence + The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Death Cab for Cutie Summer Skin
Uncle Tupelo Black Eye
Dave Matthews I Did It
Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home
R.E.M. Losing My Religion
Paul Simon Graceland
10,000 Maniacs Don't Talk
Steve Earl I Ain't Ever Satisfied
Levon Helm Mountain
Bodeans Idaho
Drivin' and Cryin' Jumping Jack Flash
Cadillac Sky Hangman
Tom Waits Chocolate Jesus
Beck Lost Cause
Blues Traveler Run Around
Brandi Carlile The Story
Chapin Sisters Sweet Light
Colbie Caillat Fallin' For You
Counting Crows Anna Begins
David Gray The One I Love
Del Sol Blanco y Negro
Fiona Apple Never Is A Promise
Jack Johnson The 3 R's
Jason Mraz You and I Both
John Mellencamp Pink Houses
Ani DiFranco Smiling Underneath
G. Love Beautiful

Sunday, May 1st


ARTIST SONG
Buddy Miller In Memory of My Heart
Brandi Carlile Heaven
Time and Neil Finn Won't Give In
Amos Lee Keep it Loose Keep it Tight
Ray Lamontagne Please
Lyle Lovett If I Had a Boat
Norah Jones Sunrise
Sara Bareilles Love Song
Rhett Miller Question
Greg Laswell Sing, Theresa Says
Patty Griffin Take it Down
Foo Fighters Times Like These
Mindy Smith Little Devil
Ani DiFranco Little Plastic Castle
Robert Plant All the King's Horses
Indigo Girls The Wood Song
Michael Franti and Spearhead Hey Hey Hey
The Decembrists Don't Carry it All
10,000 Maniacs Don't Talk
The Beatles Norwegian Wood
Good Ol' War Looking for Shelter
Gomez See the World
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Warehouse
Guster Ramona
Dar Williams It's Alright
Ingrid Michaelson Everybody
M. Ward Chinese Translation
Michael Stipe and Vic Chestnut Injured Bird

Sunday, April 24th


ARTIST SONG
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Paris (Ooh La La)
Mumford and Sons The Cave
Sahara Smith The Real Thing
Needtobreathe The Outsiders
Nirvana About a Girl
The Wallflowers Three Marlenas
Van Morrison Sweet Thing
The Avett Brothers Will You Return?
Coldplay In My Place
Death Cab for Cutie The Sound
Tracy Chapman Sing For You
The National Start a War
Sister Hazel All for You
Solomon Burke Don't Give Up on Me
Levon Helm Mountain
John Lennon Oh Yoko
Jose Gonzalez Heartbeats
The Jayhawks Tailspin
Corinne Bailey Rae Put You Records On
Dido White Flag
Keane Somewhere Only We Know
The Black Crows Over the Hill
Richard Thompson 1952 Vincent Black Lightening
Rilo Kiley More Adventurous
Stevie Ray Vaughn Life By the Drop
They Might Be Giants Pirate Sun
Tom Waits Chocolate Jesus
Train If It's Love

Sunday, April 18th


ARTIST SONG
Shawn Mullins Beautiful Wreck
KT Tunstall Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Josh Ritter Right Moves
The Swell Season Falling Slowly
Talking Heads Heaven
Paolo Nutini New Shoes
Paul Simon Biko
REM Electrolyte
Sara Bareilles Fairytale
Stephen Kellog and the New Sixers Start the Day Early
Spoon I Summon You
Brandi Carlile The Story
G. Love Beautiful
Pete Yorn Life on a Chain
Lucy Kaplansky Brooklyn Train
David Gray The One I Love
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Paris (Ooh La La)
Fountains of Wayne Hey Julie
Jeffrey Foucault Lodi
Keller Williams
 Life on a Chain
Violent Femmes Kiss Off
Train If It's Love
Jack Johnson Badfish
Iron and Wine Belated Promise Ring
Tori Amos
 Angi
One Eskimo Kandi
Elvis Costello Alison
Mumford and Sons The Cave

Sunday, April 10th


ARTIST SONG
Jack Johnson Flake
Mumford and Sons The Cave
Iron and Wine Dearest Foresaken
John Mellancamp Pink Houses
Gillian Welch Acony Bell
Sheryl Crow Summer Day
Los Lobos Two Janes
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Paris (Ooh La La)
The Decembrists Don't Carry It All
Nick Lowe I Live on a Battlefield
Howie Day Collide
Radiohead/Portishead Blow Out
The Duhks You Don't See It
Steve Earle Mercenary Song
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Warehouse
Florence + the Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)
G. Love Still Hangin' Around
The Raconteurs Steady as She Goes
Live Selling the Drama
Martin Sexton Freedom of the Road
O.A.R. Shattered
Elvis Costello Complicated Shadows
Alejandro Escovedo By Eleven
Ani DiFranco Little Plastic Castle
Carolina Chocolate Drops Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind
Golden Smog Radio King
Foo Fighters Everlong
Rodrigo Y Gabriela Tamacun

Sunday, April 3rd


ARTIST SONG
Sting Every Breath You Take
Train If It's Love
Michael Franti and Spearhead Hey Hey Hey
Jim Crow Operator
Jack Johnson Badfish
Donavon Frankenwriter Mansions
Dido White Flag
Uncle Tupelo Still Be Around
Amos Lee Supply and Demand
Neil Diamond Cherry Cherry
Colbie Caillat Falling For You
Sara Bareilles Love Song
Robert Plant All the King's Horses
Sahara Smith The Real Thing
John Lennon Oh Yoko
Ray Lamontagne Until the Sun Turns Black
Ben Harper Another Lonely Day
Patty Griffin Love Throw a Line
Coldplay In My Place
Counting Crows Rain King
Florence + the Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
Glenn Phillips I Could End This Now
Lou Redd Perfect Day
Guster Amsterdam
Ingrid Michaelson The Way I Am
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Paris (Ooh La La)
Jeff Tweedy Love and Mercy

Sunday, March 27th


ARTIST SONG
Brandi Carlile Fall Apart Again
Ted Hawkins Bring it on Home to Me
Jack Johnson Flake
The Raconteurs with Ricky Skaggs & Ashley Monroe Old Enough
REM Pop Song '89
OAR Shattered
Joni Mitchell For the Roses
Shawn Mullins Beautiful Wreck
Coldplay Yellow
The Decembrists Don't Carry it All
Ray Lamontagne Trouble
KT Tunstall Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Regina Spektor Blue Lips
Shawn Colvin Shotgun Down the Avalanche
Snow Patrol Chocolate
Dan Auerbach Trouble Weighs a Ton
Fleet Foxes White Winter Hymnal
Sheryl Crow Redemption Day
The National Fake Empire
Sara Watkins and the Stringdusters Long Hot Summer Day
Same Cooke Ain't that Good News
Paul Simon Graceland
Mark Olsen and the Creekdippers with Gary Louris Say You'll Be Mine
Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Jose Gonzales Heartbeats
Ingrid Michaelson Parachute
Calexico and Jim James Going to Acapulco
Sara Bareilles Love Song

Sunday, March 20th


ARTIST SONG
The Duhks You Don't See It
Mumford and Sons The Cave
Jack Johnson Badfish
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Indigo Girls Become You
The Replacements Skyway
10,000 Maniacs These Are the Days
John Mayer Waiting on the World to Change
John Mellancamp Pink Houses
Keane Somewhere Only We Know
Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Warehouse
Nickel Creek Reasons Why
One Eskimo Kandi
Gomez Airstream Driver
Van Morrison And it Stoned Me
Martin Sexton Happy
Dar Williams It's Alright
Avett Brothers Will You Return
Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound of Sunshine
Beth Orton Safe In Your Arms
Donavon Frankenreiter Pass it Around
KT Tunstall Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Falling Slowly
Brett Dennen Make You Crazy
Good Old War Tell Me
Ben Folds Fred Jones Part 2
Patty Griffin Take it Down
Ryan Adams Sweet Black Magic

Sunday, March 13th


ARTIST SONG
Ben Harper Forever
Brandi Carlile Closer to You
Michael Franti and Spearhead Hey Hey Hey
Sheryl Crow Summer Day
Train If It's Love
Sahara Smith The Real Thing
Wayne Robbins and the Hellsayers We are All Singing
They Might Be Giants Dr. Worm
Brett Dennen Heaven
G. Love Beautiful
Iron and Wine Belated Promise Ring
Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home
The Duhks You Don't See It
Shawn Mullins Beautiful Wreck
Amos Lee Shout It Out Loud
Sara Bareilles Bottle It Up
Ray Lamontagne Please
Jeff Tweedy Love and Mercy
Ingrid Michaelson Parachute
Counting Crows Rain King
Jack Johnson The 3 R's
Lyle Lovett Up in Indiana
Dido White Flag
Radiohead/Portishead Blow Out
John Hammond Jr. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
The Decembrists Don't Carry It All
John Mayer Clarity

Sunday, March 6th


ARTIST SONG
Amos Lee What's Been Going On
Shawn Mullins Beautiful Wreck
Sia Breathe Me
Finn Brothers Won't Give In
Jason Miraz You and I Both
Dixie Chicks Not Ready to Make Nice
Daniel Powter Bad Day
John Mayer Waiting on the World to Change
The Raconteurs Steady as She Goes
The Blind Boys of Alabama Higher Ground
Galen Kipar Project Rolling Over My Bones
The Wood Brothers Atlas
Guster Careful
R.E.M. Electrolyte
G. Love Still Hanging Around
Jack Johnson Flake
Brandi Carlile The Story
The John Butler Trio Good Excuse
Loretta Lynn High on a Mountain Top
Regina Spektor Blue Veins
M. Ward Chinese Translation
Ingrid Michaelson Be Ok
Big Head Todd and the Monsters Bittersweet
Iron and Wine Dearest Foresaken
James Hunter People Gonna Talk
Coldplay In My Place
Robert Plant All the King's
Fountains of Wayne Hey Julie