When Charlotte rapper Erick Lottary agreed to come on the podcast, he told Ryan he'd play a never-before-heard track on air. Once he got in the studio, though, he felt the 'Vibes' and decided to play us three tracks off the new project.

We also did some talking, too. Lott tells us about expanding beyond the Queen City as he prepares for another busy year at SXSW. Shome also dropped in fresh from the barber chair for the last segment, and he and Erick discussed why presentation is important if you want to start playing the bigger venues in Charlotte.

As always, catch up with our past episodes on iTunes or Stitcher. Or, you can now just type "Local Vibes" into the Spotify search bar and that's an easy way to find all our episodes on the go.

• [From left] Shome, Ryan Pitkin and Erick Lottary.