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Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys onstage at Indian Lake. Photo: Barb Heller
Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys onstage at Indian Lake. Photo: Barb Heller

NCPR Music Video: Jim Gaudet & The Railroad Boys live in Indian Lake

August 20, 2012 was a great night at the Indian Lake Theater. Jim Gaudet and The Railroad Boys were rocking the house, and NCPR was broadcasting the concert live. If you missed the show, here's a little video sample--two songs recorded and produced by NCPR's Joel Hurd, and used by permission of the performers. Watch them play "If It Ain't Cajun I Ain't Gettin' Up" and "You Don't Know What I Know."  Go to full article

String Fever Radio Jam 2011 Hour 2

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.  Go to full article

String Fever Radio Jam 2011 Hour 1

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.  Go to full article

Bonus track: Castle of Ice and Light

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.  Go to full article

Music for a Winter Carnival night

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.  Go to full article
Mark Elliot
Mark Elliot

Singer-songwriter Mark Elliot on String Fever (Hour 2)

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.  Go to full article
Mark Elliot
Mark Elliot

Singer-songwriter Mark Elliot on String Fever (Hour 1)

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.  Go to full article

Going Home performed by Dead Men's Hollow

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.  Go to full article

String Fever "Play Along with the Radio" Jam (Hour 2)

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.  Go to full article

String Fever "Play Along with the Radio" Jam (Hour 1)

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.  Go to full article

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