UpNorth Concert Hall: Traditional & New Acoustic

(03/03/11) Grab the sheet music from the String Fever website and play along. Songs this hour include Libert Two-Step, Black Velvet Waltz, Wabash Cannonball, Soldier's Joy, Orphan Girl, Cock of the North, Devil's Dream, Arkansas Traveler and Take Me Back To Tulsa.

(03/03/11) Grab the sheet music from the String Fever website and play along. Songs this hour include Road to Boston, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, The Westfalia Waltz, Angelina Baker, Old Joe Clark, Dark Hollow, St. Anne's Reel and Goodnight Irene.

(02/14/11) Friday night was a Winter Carnival Rotary Show in Saranac Lake. One of the performers this year was Adirondack singer-songwriter Roy Hurd. Here he is performing his song Adirondack Woman at the Harrietstown Town Hall.

(02/14/11) This song, co-written by Howie Campbell and Sarah Curtis, has a nice medieval touch and is the theme song of this year's Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. The players are: Howie Campbell-vocals, guitar and chimes; Sarah Curtis-vocals, ukelele; Susan Grimm-flute; Martha Mozdzier-cello; Russell Feher-bohdran, tambourine. Lindsay Anderson provides the artwork.
Copyright 2011 Howard Campbell ASCAP. Used with permission.

(09/23/10) Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mark Elliot gave a brilliant performance on String Fever with Barb Heller. This is the first hour of the program. The North Country's own Roy Hurd, an old friend of Mark's, joined in the lively conversation between songs.

(09/23/10) Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mark Elliot gave a brilliant performance on String Fever with Barb Heller. This is the second hour of the program. The North Country's own Roy Hurd, an old friend of Mark's, joined in the lively conversation between songs.

(08/29/10) Going Home was written by Pat Duniho, a North Country native who grew up alongside the Au Sable River in view of Whiteface mountain. He now lives in Plattsburgh, NY, where he's raising a daughter, teaching high school art, making his own instruments (including a fiddle and a mandolin,) painting, and writing songs. His daughter-in-law plays fiddle for DC-based Americana bad Dead Men's Hollow. The song will appear on their new CD, Angels' Share, due to be released September 21.

(01/07/10) This was a special "Play Along With the Radio" edition of the program, featuring a live jam band in the studio. We provide the downloadable accompaniment and the sheet music, you can play along at home. This first hour includes the following tunes: Arkansas Traveler, Cock of the North, Fisher's Hornpipe, Flop Eared Mule, Garry Owen/Haste To The Wedding, I'll Fly Away, Irish Washerwoman, Keep On The Sunny Side, and Off She Goes.

(01/07/10) This was a special "Play Along With the Radio" edition of the program, featuring a live jam band in the studio. We provide the downloadable accompaniment and the sheet music, you can play along at home. This second hour includes the following tunes: Old Joe Clark, Smash The Windows, Star of the County Down, Devil's Dream, Soldier's Joy, and Wabash Cannonball.

(02/19/09) String Fever host Barb Heller welcomes a whole slew of traditional musicians into the studio to perform standards and favorites. To encourage the radio audience to play along, all the sheet music was posted online. You can download this audio and play along yourself. Recordings of your home session may be posted on the String Fever page.

(01/29/09) String Fever host Barb Heller welcomes Gretchen Koehler and Don Woodcock into the studio for some great North Country fiddling. Gretchen is the 2008 Northeast Champion fiddler, and Don is a past NYS champion. They take turns at the fiddle and the piano for some favorite tunes, and talk with Barb about the history of traditional fiddle styles. more

(12/09/08) The Potsdam Fiddle Club visited Traditional Arts in Upstate New York during an open house on Saturday. The group is composed of musicians who range from pre-schoolers to grandparents. They were accompanied by family members on guitar, piano, limberjacks, spoons and washtub bass. Here they perform Swallowtail Jig and Geese in the Bog.

(11/23/08) In the final performance in the UpNorth Music Concert Series, Adrenaline Hayride, a group of well-seasoned bluegrass players from Saratoga Springs, NY, dazzled a full house at The Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek.

(11/23/08) In the final performance in the UpNorth Music Concert Series, The Fraser Clan, a family band of Celtic musicians and singers from Harrisville, NY, dazzled a full house at The Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek.

(08/20/08) Performed by Dave Ruch at the NCPR studio for UpNorth Music. This song is included on his new CD The Oldest was Born First.

(08/20/08) Performed by Dave Ruch at the NCPR studio for UpNorth Music. This song is included on his new CD The Oldest was Born First.

(08/20/08) Performed by Dave Ruch at the NCPR Studio for UpNorth Music. This song is included on his new CD The Oldest was Born First.

(08/16/08) This outdoor concert at Asgaard Farm features four performers from the UpNorth Music project: bluegrass with Althea Jean, Caribbean drums with Dan Hammond, blues with Mark Tostrup, and ska and jazz with Shu. We select highlights from their live performances.

(06/16/08) The annual singer-songwriter festival at the Norwood Village Green Concert Series featured three performers from the UpNorth Music project: folk songs by Celia Evans of Paul Smiths NY, eclectic acoustic tunes by father-son duo John & Orion Kribs from Corinth NY, and folk and blues by father-daughter duo Jim & Gwen Tracy from Old Forge. We select highlights from their original compositions in live performance.

(10/04/07) Performed by City Limits in Lake George, NY for UpNorth Music.

(10/04/07) Performed by City Limits in Lake George, NY for UpNorth Music.

(10/03/07) Performed by Gary Moon in Lake George, NY for UpNorth Music.

(10/03/07) Performed by Gary Moon in Lake George, NY for UpNorth Music.

(09/21/07) Performed by The Whompers at Paul Smith's College.

(09/21/07) Performed by The Whompers at Paul Smith's College.