Dec 04, 2003 — Patrick Russell and Don Woodcock were Barb Heller's guests on String Fever. Patrick, on guitar, is from Tennessee, and has been stationed at Fort Drum with the US Army. Don Woodcock, on fiddle, lives in the suburbs of Heuvelton and is a retired dairy farmer turned teacher. His father was a fiddler too... and a dairy farmer. Here they play two traditional tunes.  Go to full article

Sep 18, 2003 — The Orey Gadway Fiddlers were Barb Heller's guests for String Fever on September 18, 2003. NCPR Online caught up with them in the production studio.  Go to full article

Apr 24, 2003 — Adirondack harper Martha Gallagher visited NCPR in April 2003 to talk about a benefit concert in Lake Placid and to share some of her original music, accompanied by Saranac Lake musician Sue Grimm. We hear Spring Awakens, Mud Season, and Blueberry.  Go to full article

Feb 27, 2003 — Singer songwriter Roy Hurd was joined by fiddle and mandolin player Frank Orsini in a guest appearance on String Fever, Thursday February 27, 2003. Roy is celebrating the release of his new live CD, As Real As It Gets.  Go to full article

Jan 02, 2003 — Richard Hayes Phillips has deep family roots in the North Country. His unique sound comes from modifying the familiar folk idiom using the kalimba, or African thumb piano, to accompany his voice. Someone Remembers is an original composition. Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair is traditional.  Go to full article

Nov 07, 2002 — Seward Sibley from Depeyster NY is known as The Singing Marshall. Sib sings and plays old-time country and bluegrass tunes drawn from nearly eight decades of North Country living. He was a guest on String Fever, November 7, 2002.  Go to full article

Sep 12, 2002 — Josh and Jeremiah Cramoy from Lake Placid recorded some of their songs in sessions at the NCPR studio during September 2002. Both are students at the Northwood School. Josh (18) is the lead singer / songwriter / guitarist. Jeremiah (16) accompanies him on bass. The duo can be heard live at the Wobbly Moose in Ausable Forks and at The Cabin in the Northwoods Inn, Lake Placid.  Go to full article

Jun 20, 2002 — Grasse Roots of Canton played a live guest set on String Fever, June 20, 2002 to help promote the River Bluegrass Fest in Madrid. The band features Cathryn Jahncke on bass, Rosemary Philips on guitar, Bill Casey on mandolin, Everett Smith on banjo and Phen Canner on violin.  Go to full article

Jun 17, 2002 — Hollis Easter of Potsdam recorded these duets of himself and Susie Petrov, his friend and teacher, in May 2002 in Lang Concert Hall at Swarthmore College, where he studies music and computer science. The songs in the polka medley are Riding on A Load of Hay, Jack the Bridge and Salmon Tailing Up the River.  Go to full article

Apr 05, 2002 — Frog Bridge was in the NCPR Studio April 5, 2002 and recorded these traditional and Quebecois dance medlies:
Big John McNeil/Mason's Apron/Mitten's Breakdown
My Darling Asleep/Jules Veret
Reel du la Pont au Pic/Reel du Diable
These are followed by their rendition of Cattle in the Cane recorded for the NCPR documentary Leonora Berry: First Voice for Working Women, recorded in February 2000.  Go to full article