Florence Dore dishes on her new record, growing up in Nashville

If you've heard of Florence Dore, it might be because she was your professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Or, you might have caught her at a recent album release show at The Cat's Cradle. Dore is from Nashville, where she grew up and made friends with an interesting array of characters from her own family as well as future musicians.

Dore's new record is called “Highways and Rocketships,” and was produced by Dore and Don Dixon with help from Mitch Easter. Her bandmates include alumni of The dBs, Bruce Springsteen and Son Volt. The album artwork is by Jon Langford from the Mekons.

Dore joined WUNC recently to talk about her new album, growing up in Nashville, her family and the meaning behind some of her songs.