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Playing music along with the radio

Yesterday afternoon on String Fever, the first-ever on-air jam session was held live in our studio. It was a chance for musicians at home to play along with the radio, complete with downloadable sheet music from the String Fever website. The entire program will be posted later this morning on our website, but we thought we would give you a taste of what listeners heard yesterday. Here's the first tune of the jam session, "Liberty."  Go to full article
Members of the <em>String Fever</em> Jam Band in the NCPR studio.

String Fever "play along with the radio" Radio Jam

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.  Go to full article
Photo: Pendragon Theatre

Preview: a good-natured romp through American history

The Lake Placid Center for the Arts and Pendragon Theatre present, The Complete History of America (abridged). The show opens at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts this weekend. It features a trio of Pendragon cast members in a history-comedy that pokes fun at America's most illustrious moments. Todd Moe talks with director Bonnie Brewer.  Go to full article

Pea soup and johnnycake cancellation draws attention to homecooking in public

The cancellation of a popular event in Canton earlier this month is raising questions about serving food at community gatherings. Not-for-profits across the North Country...  Go to full article
Charlotte King works on a painting in her home studio.

An artist out to promote her culture

Charlotte King is an artist with a mission. She grew up on the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation near Massena and recently received an art degree from SUNY-Potsdam. Her goal now...  Go to full article
An art class at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam.

Artists respond to budget cuts

Arts organizations took a hard hit last week during budget negotiations in Albany. The state's $1.6 billion reduction plan strips $7-million dollars from the New York State...  Go to full article
Meredith Luce

Preview: Meredith Luce in Upper Jay

You likely heard Meredith Luce's music a year ago during the first UpNorth Music Concert in Canton. The young Canadian has been busy this winter touring the coffee house...  Go to full article

Book Review: ?Winter with Crows?

In winter, northern peoples gathered around a fire to exchange stories and experiences. Mohawk poet, Peter Blue Cloud, shares his voice on paper, in a new collection of...  Go to full article

Preview: music from the King's court to a cajun kitchen

Hill and Hollow Music in Saranac continues its commemoration of the Champlain Quadricentennial this Sunday with music that takes its influence from many styles and many...  Go to full article
Max at work in his studio.

Artwork that's really play

Most artists will tell you that art is a career you never retire from. And that's the joy of being an artist. Max Coots is probably best known for having been the Minister...  Go to full article

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